Programs

The Annual Niro Distinguished Intellectual Property Lecturer

Adding yet another dimension to the Intellectual Property and Information Technology program, the Annual Niro Distinguished Intellectual Property Lecturer is an influential figure in IP/IT who addresses faculty, students and attorneys on current IP/IT issues.

NIRO

Previous Lectures:

NIRO

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Niro lecturers:

  • Peter Drahos (2007)Director, Centre for Governance of Knowledge and Development; Head of Program, Regulatory Institutions Network, Australian National University
  • Hon. Frank H. Easterbrook (2005)
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
  • Pamela Samuelson (2004)
    Chancellor's Professor, University of California Boalt Hall School of Law; Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
  • Hon. Richard A. Posner (2004)
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
  • David Nimmer (2003)
    Of Counsel, Irell & Manella, LLP
  • Jane C. Ginsburg (2002)
    Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary and Artistic Property Law, Columbia University Law School
  • Q. Todd Dickinson (2001)
    Former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property; Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office
CIPLIT

News

Conversation with the Judiciary
The Civil Defendant’s New Friend – Bell Atlantic v. Twombly (S.Ct. 2007)

A panel discussion featuring Chief Judge James F. Holderman, Judge Virginia M. Kendall, and Judge Milton I. Shadur took place in April. They were accompanied by DePaul Professor Katherine Strandburg and Edward Manzo of Cook Alex, Ltd.

See the article featured in the Daily Law Bulliten here.


Visiting Artist Series
featuring Jazz Musician, Frank Catalano

This year's Visiting Artist, noted jazz musician Frank Catalano, visited DePaul to discuss his working relationship with his attorney, Gregg Gansmann, and some of the legal issues he has faced in building a performance career in music.

See the news release from DePaul University here.

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IPSC Conference 2009

The Intellectual Property Program at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law will host the 9th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference on August 6th and 7th, 2009, co-sponsored by the DePaul University Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology (CIPLIT®), the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, and the Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology.

Requests to present a work or attend the conference should be submitted electronically, no later than April 30th, 2009, to David Morrison at dmorriso@yu.edu.

For more information, visit http://www.ipscholars.org.