IPKat in NY: Fordham IP Conference

The AmeriKat's New York cousin -
the Bodega cat. Don't mess
with her.  

This week the AmeriKat and Kat Eleonora are in New York for the 27th Fordham IP Conference.  Together with special guest reporter Kats in the form of Amy Crouch (Simmons & Simmons) and Alexander de Leeuw (Brinkhof), the IPKat will be covering another exciting program of challenging topics in IP covered by the glitterati of the IP field.  The program this year includes:

• Priority  - the pitfalls of transferring priority rights from a European and US perspective
• Google v Oracle - past, present and future of the closely-watched copyright case
• DMCA:  20 Years Later - has the DMCA legislation solved business problems or caused them?  
• EU Copyright Reform - update following the controversial adoption of the new EU Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market
• Artificial Intelligence - how does AI and machine learning fit into and change traditional models of IP.
• In-House Panel
• IP in China
• Updates on FRAND, SPCs, trade mark law, second medical use and more with presentations including:

• Of Celebrity Chefs, Gruesome Video Games and Astrophysicists: The Eclectic World of New Types of Marks - First Experiences at EUIPO

• Potholes, Manholes, and Landmines Along the FRAND SEP Highway

• Geographical Indications and the Textiles Industry in Developing Countries - the Case for Multilateral Protection

• Judges: Another Way to Harmonize the World for IP

• Can the Music Modernization Act’s Database Actually Solve the Music Licensing Problem?

Speakers include Mr Justice Arnold (High Court of Justice, London), Judge Rian Kalden (Court of Appeal of The Hague), Hon. Yoshiaki Shibata (Tokyo District Court), Judge Newman (CAFC), Nicholas Banasevic (Head of Unit, Antitrust, DG Competition), Professor Adelman (George Washington University Law School), Professor Daryl Lim (John Marshall Law School), Justin Watts (Wilmer Hale), Andrew Trask (Williams & Connolly), Jürgen Dressel, Jill (Yijun) Ge (Clifford Chance), Laura Sheridan (Google) and more. 

You can see the faculty list here.  The detailed program can be found here and further information, including registration information, can be found here.  Stay tuned from Thursday for live reports from New York.