The Golden Gate University Intellectual Property Law Center will be holding its 13th Annual Conference on Recent Developments in Intellectual Property Law and Policy on February 20, 2015 in San Francisco. A summary of the day’s presentations and panels is set out below.
OWE attorneys Greg Owen, John C. Baum, and Eric Gelwicks are all members of the Center’s Advisory Board. Eric will be moderating a panel entitled “IP Issues in Tech Start Ups.” More information about the conference, including how to register, is available here.
According to the conference description: “This year’s conference features a series of panels and discussions on new and important works by noted IP practitioners, in recognition of the critical intersection between IP practice and policy.”
Topics and speakers include:
- Justin Beck, Beck, Bismonte & Finley, LLP, “Patent Year in Review”
- David W. Tollen, “Cloud Computing Contracts: What Lawyers Need to Know in 2015”
- Adam Sand, Ancestry.com, “Privacy and Your Genes”
- Karen Frank, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass, LLP “Developments in Fashion Law”
- Eric Gelwicks (moderator), Owen, Wickersham & Erickson, P.C., “IP Issues in Tech Start-Ups”
- Tennille Christensen, General Counsel at Cumulus Networks
- Chrissy Watson, IP and Social Media Counsel at Carr & Ferrell LLP
- Nnena Ukuku, Partner at Venture Gained Legal and Co-Founder and CEO of Black Founders Startup Ventures