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Hot Topics in IP

Read this post on American University's Intellectual Property Briefs Blog. It was written by Griffin Barnett, one of ABA-IPL's law student reporters who covered the recent 26th Annual Spring IP Conference.

http://www.ipbrief.net/2011/04/16/2011-aba-ipl-spring-conference-a-student-report-on-hot-topics-in-ip/

Pictorial: ABA-IPL's 26th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference

Program and Conference Information Available by QR Code!

ABA-IPL Tote Bag given to all registrants

 

CLE Panel

Section luncheon with Chief Judge Rader of the Federal Circuit

Delicious table favors from the Women's Networking Dinner

On the bus to the Dolley Madison House

Walking to the Dolley Madison House

Chief Judge Rader telling the crowd about the history of the Dolley Madison House

Late nights in the hospitality suite

Come prepared to play poker each night at the hospitality suite

Section Council Meeting

Student Reporters

The above photo is of the 11 law student reporters, plus myself and Amanda Streff, fellow law student and board member of the Young Lawyer/Law Student Board. It was taken last week at the 26th Annual Spring Conference of the American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section.

I created the law student reporters program in my capacity as the Law Student Liaison to the Intellectual Property Law Section and as a Board Member to the Section’s Membership Board. Student reporters received complimentary registration to the 26th Annual Spring Conference in Arlington, Virginia in exchange for their services as social media reporters. Students were asked to tweet about the CLE programs and other events they attended using the Conference’s official “#iplspring” hashtag.

The student reporters wrote over 600 tweets during the three and a half day conference, generating buzz and excitement among the attorney attendees, many of whom joined Twitter to add their own tweets about the Conference. Most importantly, the law students got the opportunity to learn and experience what the ABA Intellectual Property Law (ABA-IPL) Section is all about by interacting with its leaders, members and staff.

Pictured in the photo are: (R to L with links to their Twitter accounts) Vivek Nittala, Krystle Thompson, Olivia Ruiz-Joffre, Eric Jeide, Elizabeth Wilson, Griffin Barnett, Wendy Zimbone, Jennifer Nguyen, Eric Perrott, Amanda Streff, Keith Syverson, Seth Dennis, Micah Ascano.

Ethical Issues in IP Litigation

Check out this blog post written by Seth Dennis, one of ABA-IPL's law student reporters who covered the recent 26th Annual Spring IP Conference. Posted on American University's Intellectual Property Briefs Blog.

http://www.ipbrief.net/2011/04/10/ethical-issues-in-ip-litigation/

Student Reporters -- Follow for Updates from the ABA-IPL's 26th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference

If you can't join us in Crystal City this week, then follow our Twitter list of Student Reporters who will be live-tweeting about every CLE panel and every event you wish you could be at.

https://twitter.com/#!/KrystleThomp/aba-ipl-student-reporters

Like ABA-IPL for Law Students on Facebook - Stay up to date!

The ABA-IPL Section now has a Facebook page just for law students. Give us a "like" at https://www.facebook.com/pages/ABA-IPL-for-Law-Students/214053651942190?sk=info#!/pages/ABA-IPL-for-Law-Students/214053651942190

ABA-IPL's Young Lawyer's Action Group (YLAG)

One of the most welcoming, active and eager committees of the ABA-IPL is the Young Lawyer's Action Group. They have monthly conference calls and everyone is welcome on their calls. I encourage all law students to check out this group. They are always excited to have law students dial in, and frequently put the law students to work on the group's upcoming Careers in IP Publication and other great programs.

There are so many stand-out members of this group, so when you call in, listen for people such as Matt Kohner, Matt Asbell, David Postolski, Sharra Brockman, Chrissie Scelsi and Mo Deka.

Check out their ABA page at: http://apps.americanbar.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=PT051000
The page contains the call-in information so you can join the call and PDFs of the minutes for each call, so that you bring yourself up to speed before you call in this month.

Also, check them out on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/#!/aba_ipl_ylag

Leadership Conference

As the law student liaison to the ABA-IPL and board member of two boards, I was invited to attend the Annual Leadership Conference in Palm Beach, Florida.

Hotel where the Leadership Conference was held

It was a great conference, with a lot of brainstorming, developing, networking and a healthy amount of relaxing/enjoying the company of my colleagues. The location was beautiful!

The Young Lawyers & Law Students Board was my first meeting for the week, and Pam Banner Kruptka, our Board Chair, presented the idea that the Section should have more video content available. The young lawyers and law students all echoed Pam's idea, and now David Postolski and Matt Asbell are working towards a video project. [edit 8/2011: The Section Council approved their video project, so stay tuned for exciting new content next year!]

As always, I pushed for more social media, and by the end of the day, I had a full-fledged idea to host a handful of law students at the Spring Conference to tweet about the event. I presented this idea at the Membership Board meeting and explained how it would benefit the Section by raising awareness about the ABA-IPL's conference and get more people talking about it.

By the end of the Leadership Conference, the Student Reporters Program was born. I look forward to choosing several law students to serve as "reporters" and live-tweet the IPL Spring Annual Conference in April. If you are interested in this opportunity, contact me at krystle.thompson (at) gmail.com. or at http://www.twitter.com/krystlethomp. No prior Twitter experience required! Trust me, you'll catch on quick.

One of the great social events held at the Conference was the evening reception at the Mar-A-Lago Club, which is Donald Trump's private social club in Palm Beach. There was even a sighting of Donald Trump and his son. Check out more pictures below.

Liaison!

Inside the Mar-A-Lago Club

Inside the Mar-A-Lago Club

Portrait of Donald Trump inside Mar-A-Lago

Poolside at the Conference Hotel

Conference Hotel

Beach Access at the Conference Hotel