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Second Annual Michigan Innovation and IP Legal Writing Competition
The State Bar of Michigan, Intellectual Property Section and the Thomas M. Cooley Law School Graduate Program in Intellectual Property Law are pleased to announce the Second Annual Michigan Innovation and IP Legal Writing Competition. The Competition will recognize outstanding student legal scholarship in the fields of innovation law, intellectual property law, and related subjects. Prizes include cash awards for first, second and third place submission, plus publication in the Section's IPLS Proceedings journal. The deadline for submissions is May 15, 2012.
The Competition is open to students at any law school in the State of Michigan. Download the IP Legal Writing Competition announcement (pdf) describing the Competition Rules, prizes, and entry deadline. For more information, please contact Prof. David C. Berry, IPLS Council Member, at berryd@cooley.edu or Anna M. Budde, IPLS Vice-Chair, at abudde@hdp.com.
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Past Events
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2011 Distinguished Lecture in Intellectual Property and
Innovation Law
The Thomas M. Cooley Law School Graduate Program in Intellectual Property Law announces that William J. Coughlin will present its 2011 Distinguished Lecture in Intellectual Property and Innovation Law.
Mr. Coughlin is President and CEO, Ford Global Technologies, LLC. a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company responsible for managing all intellectual property matters of Ford across all brands on a global basis. Coughlin will deliver a lecture entitled "Innovation and Patents: Keeping the 'Fire of Genius' Burning Through the Next Decade." The program will be held on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 with a registration at 5:30 p.m., lecture at 6:00 p.m. at the Cooley Law School Auburn Hills Campus, 2630 Featherstone Road, Auburn Hills, Michigan 48326.
The program is FREE to the public. A reception will follow. RSVP by March 7, 2011 to Vanessa Ramakers, ramakerv@cooley.edu.
"IP and innovation are absolutely critical to the region’s economic future," said Professor David C. Berry, Director of Cooley Graduate Program in Intellectual Property Law. "The Cooley Distinguished Lecture in Intellectual Property and Innovation Law showcases the views of leaders in those fields and explores how technological innovation can spur business development and economic renewal."
Coughlin received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan and his Juris Doctor from Detroit College of Law. Before joining Ford, he was President of DaimlerChrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation and the Director of IP-Legal for DaimlerChrysler worldwide. Prior to this corporate experience, Mr. Coughlin was a Principal at Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C. He is a member of the Board of Directors, Intellectual Property Owners Association and an Adjunct Professor in Cooley’s Graduate IP Program.
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The State Bar of Michigan and Cooley Grad Program announce the competition is open to students at any law school in Michigan. See Rules, prizes, and entry deadline.
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Prof. Berry To Lead "Talk Back" At Riverwalk Theatre's Production Of "The Farnsworth Invention"
Lansing's Riverwalk Theatre will be presenting the play "The Farnsworth Invention" on Oct. 21-31, 2010. The play, written by Aaron Sorkin (a creator of the seriesWest Wing and writer of the screenplay for the hit movie The Social Network) depicts the battle for legal control of perhaps the most significant invention of the 20th Century – Television.
Prof. David Berry, who teaches Patent Law and Patent Litigation at Cooley's Auburn Hills Campus, will lead the audience in a "talk back" discussion of the play on Friday, Oct. 29, 2010. Tickets are available online atRiverwalk Theatre or call 517-482-5700.
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Cooley Graduate IP Program and ABA Co-Sponsor Patent Research Project
The ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law, Special Committee on Patent Analysis and Opinions of Counsel Post-Seagate, and Cooley's Graduate Program in Intellectual Property Law are conducting a joint research project investigating how organizations respond to patent infringement risks. The purpose of the research project is to collect data from persons with recent experience evaluating whether or not an organization’s current or planned activities create a risk of patent infringement, and deciding how to best respond to that risk.
The Survey: Designed for in-house counsel or persons who recently have served as in-house counsel.
The survey is not limited to members of the ABA or the Section of Litigation. Feel free to forward this invitation to clients or colleagues who may be interested in participating.
- The survey is confidential
- Complete in one session to ensure confidentiality
- Approximately 30 questions
- Can be completed in less than 15 minutes
- Open until January 15, 2011
- Take the Survey
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Cooley To Host Program On Copyright Fair Use In Ann Arbor
The State Bar Of Michigan, Arts, Communications, Entertainment And Sports Section will be presenting a program entitled "The Harry Potter Lexicon Case - Pushing The Limits Of Fair Use" on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School Ann Arbor Campus, 3475 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105. The program is sponsored by the Gerald R. Ford Library and Cooley Law School. Registration is $25 per person, and includes lunch and a reception following the program.
To RSVP by Nov. 6, 2010, or for more information, contact Matthew W. Bower, at mbower@saffordbaker.com or (248) 646-9100 ext. 17.
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Prof. Berry To Speak On Willful Patent Infringement
Professor David C. Berry, Co-Director of the Graduate Program in Intellectual Property Law, will be the guest speaker at the October 2010 meeting of the Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association ("MIPLA"). His presentation will discuss how prevailing commercial practices for avoiding patent infringement risks affect the standard for willful patent infringement under the Federal Circuit's In re Seagate Technology, LLC decision. The meeting will be held at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School's Auburn Hills Campus on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 12:00. For more information, contact MIPLA. |
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Noted Adjunct Professor Discusses Innovation In New York Times
Prof. William J. Coughlin, Adjunct Professor and President/CEO, Ford Global Technologies LLC, was quoted in a recent New York Times article discussing a new collaboration between TechShop and Ford Motor Company to promote innovation in the automobile industry.
Prof. Coughlin will be teaching Trade Secret Law in the Michaelmas 2010 term. |
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The panelists were (left to right) Prof. David C. Berry from Cooley; Prof. Gautam Singh, a patent attorney and Professor at Oakland University School of Engineering and Computer Science; Matthew Binkowski, Esq., a patent attorney with Howard & Howard Attorneys in Royal Oak, Michigan; and Michael Reid, 3L and SIPLA President. (Photo by John Meiu, courtesy of Detroit Legal News Publishing LLC.) |
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Faculty, Practitioners Debate Bilski Decision Impact
At recent program organized by the Cooley Law School Student Intellectual Property Law Association ("SIPLA") titled "Patent Eligibility, Bilski, and the Future of Business Method Patents," a panel of faculty and patent practitioners discussed the effect the recent Supreme Court Bilski v. Kappos decision will have on business method patents.
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"Trademarks and First Amendment" Program at Cooley
On March 22, 2010, The TMCLS Student Intellectual Property Association, together with the Federalist Society presented a program titled "Trademarks and the First Amendment: Trademarks in Artistic Works."
The panelists included Gerald Tschura, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Graduate Program in Intellectual Property Law, and William Ford, Assistant Professor at John Marshall Law School. The event proved to be an informative presentation and discussion of how claims of trademark infringement sometimes collide with First Amendment interests.
The panel focused on the challenges courts face in deciding how to best address disputes that inevitably arise when a trademark owner's purported rights clash with an artist's interests in free expression. |
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Prof. Tschura Comments on Port Huron-To-Mackinac Trademark Dispute
Prof. Gerald Tschura was recently interviewed for a Port Huron Times Herald reporting on the announcement by the Bayview Yacht Club, which conducts the annual sailboat race from Port Huron to Mackinac Island, that merchants selling clothing and trinkets emblazoned with "Post Huron-to-Mackinac-Race" infringe its registered mark BAYVIEW MACKINAC RACE. Tschura noted that the success of Bayview's claim would depend on whether the use would result in confusion concerning the source or sponsorship of the merchandise. Read the March 13, 2010 article in the Times Herald online. |
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Prof. Berry Speaks At OU Business School
On January 29, 2010, Professor David Berry gave a presentation on the effect of the recent In re Bilski case at the Oakland University School of Business Administration, as part of the Center for Integrated Business Research and Education's Research Seminar Series. In his talk, titled "Patent Protection for Computer Implemented Methods," Prof. Berry reviewed the law relating to patent eligibility of method inventions and the current controversy concerning the patentability of computer-based technology. He also discussed the current Bilski v. Doll case, pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, and its potential impact on information technologies. |
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