See a Trademark Appeal in Boston, Followed by Discussion and Reception

By Dave Wieneke | in Conferences & Meetings, Trademark law | 2 Oct 2007 | No Comments

Friday, October 26, 12:30-6:00 pm
The Boston Patent Law Association and the Suffolk University Law School IP Concentration are sponsoring a program which includes the presentation of final arguments to the TTAB in Boston. Trademark Trail and Appleal Board Blogger, John L. Walch, will participating the day’s panel discussion.

Friday, October 26, 12:30-6:00 pm
The Boston Patent Law Association and the Suffolk University Law School IP Concentration are sponsoring a program which includes the presentation of final arguments to the TTAB in Boston. For details.

Of the two final hearings, one will be inter partes and one ex parte, preceded and followed by commentary and discussion from a panel of distinguished lawyers.

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

Registration 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm
1:30 – 2:10 Introductory remarks and comments regarding recent TTAB developments
2:10 – 3:20 Inter Partes Oral Argument
3:20 – 3:35 Intermission
3:35 – 4:20 Ex parte Oral Argument
4:20 – 5:00 Panel Discussion on TTAB Practice and Procedure
5:00 – 6-00 Reception with the Judges, panelists and speakers

SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS

Professor Andrew Beckerman-Rodau
Suffolk University Law School
Andrew Beckerman-Rodau teaches Property Law, Patent Law and IP law. He is a patent attorney and Co-director of the IP Law Concentration at Suffolk Law School.

Pamela Chestek
Adidas
Pamela Chestek is Intellectual Property Counsel for Reebok, responsible for all patent, trademark and copyright matters. She is also an adjunct professor at Western New England College School of Law, teaching trademark and unfair competition, and has authored scholarly articles on trademark law.

Julia Huston
Bromberg & Sunstein LLP
Julia Huston is a partner and the co-chair of her firm’s Trademark and Copyright Practice Groups. She focuses on intellectual property cases, including the litigation of trademark claims in federal courts and the TTAB, and is a frequent author and speaker on intellectual property topics.

Mark D. Robins
Nixon Peabody LLP
Mark Robins is a partner focusing on intellectual property litigation, including trademark matters before the TTAB and the courts. He has published extensively and spoken frequently on trademark and other intellectual property subjects and is co-chair of the BPLA Trademarks and Unfair Competition Committee.

Professor Jessica Silbey
Suffolk University Law School
Jessica Silbey teaches Constittutional Law and IP Law. Professor She was formerly a litigator at Foley Hoag LLP in Boston and clerked for both the U.S. District Court and the 1st Circuit in Boston.

John L. Welch
Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP
John L. Welch is Of Counsel to the firm, and practices intellectual property law in all its forms. He is co-chair of the BPLA Trademarks and Unfair Competition Committee, is a frequent author and lecturer on TTAB topics, and is the founder and publisher of The TTABlog.