Intellectual Property Law Society

Senniger Powers, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL) and Washington University Law School hosted a program on the recent and very important Seagate decision. The presenters included David Harlan and Ed Hejlek, both from Senniger Powers, J. Bennet Clark, from Bryan Cave LLP, and Brian Ferguson, who successfully argued the case at the Federal Circuit for Seagate, from McDermott Will & Emory. The event was on October 16, 2007 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom. There was also a tutorial on the decision taught by Professor Kieff on October 11, and a reception following the event.

Click here to read the case.

Click here to see Professor Kieff's Seagate tutorial. (239MB .wmv file)

As usual, our moot court teams did an outstanding job.

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The Intellectual Property Law Society is a student organization at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law dedicated to the study of intellectual property law. The organization has over 100 members and sponsors events throughout the semester including guest speakers, study breaks, movie nights, happy hour, and we send two teams to IP law moot court competitions each year. Please browse our site and learn more, and don't hesitate to email us if you have questions.

On October 16th, Washington Universtiy School of Law hosted a program on the case In re Seagate where an en banc panel of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit changed the standard for proving willful infringement and clarified the scope of attorney-client privilege waiver in patent cases.
Click here to see Professor Kieff's tutorial on the Seagate case. (239MB .wmv file)

IPLS is dedicated to keeping up to date with current issues in IP law. Below, we have hand picked articles from several news sources discussing the current state of IP law in the news.

Let The Markets Regulate Microsoft [by Professor Kieff]
(Source: forbes.com; Date: March 11, 2008)

Top Patent Firms
(Source: iptoday.com; Date: March, 2008)

Top Trademark Firms
(Source: iptoday.com; Date: May, 2007)

March 19, 1474: Venice Enacts a Patently Original Idea
(Source: wired.com; Date: March 19, 2008 )

Motorola to split into two companies in 2009
(Source: reuters.com; Date: March 26, 2008)

Columbia University professor could trigger a Blu-ray injunction
(Source: betanews.com; Date: March 21, 2008)

Hollywood targeted in film web site court case
(Source: chinadaily.com.cn; Date: March 25, 2008)

Microsoft's Bid for Yahoo Is All About Big-Budget Brand Advertising
(Source: wired.com; Date: March 24, 2008)

ECJ ruling protects Parmesan
(Source: ft.com; Date: February 26, 2008)

• Making the Transition from Law School to Law Firm

  March, 4 2008 12 - 1 PM Room 306

  Local attorney Fred Rusche (Husch & Eppenberger) will give students some tricks and tips to impress attorneys at a law firm and help you succeed in either a summer internship or a full-time job

• FASHIONable Copyrights, Trademarks as Keywords

  Julie Jennings of Senniger Powers LLP will give a set of talks about keyword advertising as trademark infringement and about the proposed bill to protect fashion designs under copyright law. Brought to you by the IP Law Society's First Tuesday Speaker Series. Tuesday, April 01, 2008: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Room 306

   

• IPLS Happy Hour

  Friday April 11, 2008

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  Patent Bar prep event

  IPLS happy hour