NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ALM's Corporate Counsel today announced plans for its Eighth Annual IP Counsel Forum, to take place March 7-8, at The Hilton San Jose in San Jose, Calif.
The conference speakers – including some of intellectual property's top minds – will place the flurry of recent patent reform updates into practical context for attendees. The event's featured speaker will be Deputy Assistant Attorney General from the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Criminal Division, Jason Weinstein, who will discuss the DOJ's intellectual property enforcement efforts, the work of the IP Task Force, as well as the Department's IP enforcement priorities, policy initiatives and interagency efforts.
The keynote speaker will be David Vance Lucas, the former General Counsel of Intergraph Corporation and a 15+ year veteran of IP management issues, who will discuss where are we now and where IP is headed in the future.
Attendees will be eligible for Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits. The complete conference agenda and registration details are available at www.corpcounsel.com/ipcounsel.
Developed for the benefit of general counsel, intellectual property counsel, IP managers and business owners in all industries, the two-day conference will outline important issues in IP litigation, reform, prosecution and pertinent international issues. Some of the important topics to be covered include readiness for reform, alternative dispute resolution, reducing the costs of litigation, non-practicing entities, economic espionage, monetizing patents and litigation against Chinese patent infringement.
Other panelists and speakers will include:
- Will Bachand, Managing Counsel for Intellectual Property, TASER International, Inc.
- Vickie Brewster, Senior Patent Counsel, Genentech
- Bryan Butler, Counsel for IP Law - Storage Products and Networking Division, IBM Systems Group
- Rich Butler, Director of Intellectual Property, Roku, Inc.
- Christopher A. Colvin, Partner, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel LLP
- Kevin Cranman, General Counsel, Ericsson Television
- Eleanor Lacey, General Counsel & VP of Business Development, Corel Corporation
- Neilesh Patel, IP Counsel, Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.
- Ted Sichelman, Associate Professor of Law, The San Diego School of Law
- George Simion, Senior Patent Counsel, Oracle Legal - Patents, Trademarks & Copyrights
The conference is presented by ALM's Corporate Counsel, in conjunction with ALM Events, a leading producer of educational and networking events for legal and business professionals.
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