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.

2009: 12th Annual Niro Distinguished Lecture and Luncheon

Symposium

Previous Lectures:

Niro lecturers:

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

    • NIRO

  • Peter Drahos (2007), Director, Centre for Governance of Knowledge and Development; Head of Program, Regulatory Institutions Network, Australian National University

    • NIRO

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  • 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

9th Annual CIPLIT Symposium & Niro Lecture

Cyberlaw 2.0: Legal Challenges of an Evolving Internet

October 15-16, 2009
DePaul Center 8005

Cyberlaw 2.0: Legal Challenges of an Evolving Internet brought together a group of distinguished scholars to contemplate the ramifications of new internet technologies and the changing role of the internet in society. These developments bring, as technological advances often do, both opportunities and risks. Correspondingly, cyberlaw doctrine now confronts challenges resulting from the increasing importance of social networking applications and cloud computing, the drive toward “personalization” of search, advertising, and other internet experiences, and, as life is lived more and more online, the related threats to private life caused by the potential to store more and more complete records of individuals’ experiences. Our speakers explored the ways in which Web 2.0 and beyond affects a wide spectrum of legal issues, ranging from privacy and freedom of expression through intellectual property.

The 12th Annual Niro Distinguished Intellectual Property Lecture and Luncheon was sponsored by Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro. It was held on October 15, 2009 in conjunction with the Symposium. This year the lecture was given by Mark Lemley, Stanford Law School’s William H. Neukom Professor of Law.

For more information including Papers and Powerpoints from the lectures, a list of Featured Speakers, and the Symposium Schedule, please visit our Symposium Website.

To read an article published in the Daily Law Bulletin about the conference, please click here.

Protecting Your Marks In & From the New Top Level Domains

September 16, 2009
12:00pm – 5:00pm
DPC 8005

This half-day seminar took a detailed, practical look at the process by which an applicant becomes a registry for a new top level domain, as well as what a brand owner can do to stop a new top level domain that comes too close to an existing brand.

DePaul University College of Law is an accredited Illinois MCLE provider. This program had been approved for 3 hours of CLE credit.

For more information on this past event, please click here.

To watch videos from this event, download them from iTunes here.

Grammy Network Event

Building and Maintaining an Entertainment Law Practice Anywhere: Essential Knowledge, Marketing, Economic, and Ethics Considerations

September 10, 2009
3:00pm - 6:00pm
DPC 8005

A frank and factual discussion of the realities and practicalities of developing and maintaining an Entertainment Law Practice with an emphasis on Music Law and Business. Special attention was paid to the law office economics and ethical considerations consistently facing pro-active practitioners. Relevant cases, statues, rules and regulations governing these issues was raised also and was referenced and discussed.

DePaul University College of Law is an accredited Illinois MCLE provider. This program was approved for 2 hours of CLE credit.

For more information on this past event, please click here.

Visiting Artist Series
featuring Jazz Musician, Frank Catalano

Our 2009 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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