Past Events

April

04/03/03 - 4th Annual CIPLIT® Intellectual Property Conference
Ownership and Control in the Academic World: Intellectual Property Issues Facing Colleges, Universities and Researchers
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04/03/03 - CIPLIT® 6th Annual Niro Distinguished Intellectual Property Lecture & Luncheon
David Nimmer, Visiting Professor, UCLA Law School; Of Counsel, Irell & Manella LLP
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March

03/17/03 - Lunchscape® Series
Copyright, Fair Use, and Economic Considerations
Laurie Haynie, Of Counsel, Welsh & Katz

February

02/20/03 - Lunchscape® Series
Trademark Usage on the Internet
Herbert Finn, Partner, Law Offices of Dick & Harris

02/06/03 - IP Faculty Brown Bag
Fair Use Across Time
Justin Hughes, Hosier distinguished Visiting IP Chair, DePaul University College of Law; former Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office; Assistant Professor, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law/Yeshiva University

January

01/23/03 - Lunchscape® Series
Striptease and the Law: A History
Rachel Shteir, D.F.A., Head of Dramaturgy, DePaul University Theatre School

Raymond P. Niro Distinguished Intellectual Property Lecturer
Jane C. Ginsburg, Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary and Artistic Property Law, Columbia Law School

December

12/02/02 - CIPLIT® and the Technology/Intellectual Property Clinic (TIP Clinic®) Alumni Luncheon

November

11/21/02 - Lunchscape® Series
New Developments in Copyright: Veeck v. Southern Bldg. Code Congress Intern., Inc. and Green v. Hendrickson Publishers, In.
Donald W. Rupert, Partner, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw.

11/18/02 - IP Faculty Workshop
The Spiritual Underpinnings of Moral Rights
Roberta R. Kwall, Raymond P. Niro Professor of Intellectual Property Law, DePaul University College of Law.

11/04/02 - CIPLIT® Advisory Board Meeting

October

10/21/02 - Lunchscape® Series
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA): Encryption, Copyright Management Information, and Safe Harbors for ISPs
Carol Anne Been, Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal

10/17/02 - IP Faculty and Attorney Luncheon
How Lawyers Educate and Persuade Judges
Hon. Roderick R. McKelvie (former United States District Judge (Delaware); Fish & Neave

September

09/30/02 - Chicago Area Intellectual Property Faculty Luncheon

09/23/02 - Lunchscape® Series
Law & the Music Business
Peter J. Strand, Senior Counsel, Holland & Knight

09/19/02 - The Mulroy Scandaglia Marrinson Ryan Reception
This reception will honor the incoming First-Year Intellectual Property Legal Writing Section and recognize the 2001-2002 recipient of the Mulroy Scandaglia Marrinson Ryan IP Legal Writing Award.

August

08/08/02-08/09/02 - Second Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference
Jointly organized by Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law/Yeshiva University (host location), and CIPLIT®, this roundtable forum brings together IP scholars to present and discuss their works-in-progress.

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Acquiring and Maintaining Collections of Cultural Objects: Challenges Confronting American Museums in the 21st Century
On October 16, 2008, the DePaul University College of Law Center for Intellectual Property Law and Information Technology (CIPLIT®) and Center for Art, Museum and Cultural Heritage Law will hold a major conference where leading experts will examine the basic rules of nonprofit museum governance and how those rules apply to the growing challenge of collecting cultural property in light of new laws, court decisions and professional ethical guidelines; evolving museum practices and standards in collecting antiquities; sovereign immunity and immunity of art works; and the need for further standards for donor/collector museum relationships.

For more information and/or to register, please visit the Symposium website by clicking here.

11TH ANNUAL NIRO SCAVONE HALLER & NIRO DISTINGUISHED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LECTURE & LUNCHEON
From Maimonides to Microsoft: The Jewish Law of Copyright Since the Birth of Print

Featured Speakers:
David Nimmer
Of Counsel, Irell & Manella LLP; Professor from Practice, UCLA School of Law
Neil Netanel
Professor, UCLA School of Law

Location: Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
610 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL
October 27, 2008
12:15 - 2:00 p.m.

Registration: www.law.depaul.edu/niro08

The fee for the luncheon and lecture is $20.
Luncheon is free for DePaul Students, Faculty & Staff but registration is required.
The Niro Lecture has been approved for 1.5 hours of CLE credit.

Visiting Artist: ZACH HELM, Screenwriter and DePaul Theatre School Alumnus.
Presented by CIPLIT and the Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law.
April 23, 2008

Helm was the College of Law's third annual Visiting Artist, known for his writing of Stranger Than Fiction and directing of Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium. He was the featured speaker on a panel discussing the recent screenwriters' strike with Professors Alan Salzenstein and Margit Livingston.
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Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines in the Developing World
DePaul University College of Law co-sponsored a roundtable discussion with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on September 20, 2007. This event focused on the issue of access to essential medicines in the developing world, in particular, the global pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories’ refusal to launch a new version of the HIV/AIDS drug Kaletra in Thailand.

Click here for more information and to view the Podcasts from the event.

Click here to read the article published in the December edition of The Advocate, written by DePaul Law student, Rose Rivera.
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