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PIIPA-PIJIP Conference on
Pro Bono Intellectual Property Services:
Past, Present, and
Future
Conference Saturday, April 25, 2009
(Reception Friday, April 24, 2009)
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April 25th
PIIPA-PIJIP Conference and Webcast
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On Saturday April 25th, from 10:00 am
to 1:00 pm Eastern Time, Public Interest Intellectual Property
Advisors (PIIPA) and the Program on Information Justice and
Intellectual Property (PIJIP) of the American University Washington
College of Law (WCL) will host a conference at WCL on the past,
current, and future needs for pro bono intellectual property services.
PIIPA was established in 2002 to create an international pro bono
intellectual property referral network to help developing country
clients. See www.piipa.org. The conference
will focus attention on the need for assistance in developing
countries, and the opportunities for law firms, law school clinics, and
other legal service providers to engage in pro bono work in the
intellectual property law and policy space.
The goal of
the Conference is to assess the future of public interest intellectual
property law and how pro bono effort can be matched to demand in
difficult economic times. Conference speakers will also discuss the
broader mission and history that led to the formation of PIIPA and
other public interest intellectual property providers, and will
summarize some of the many matters and projects that the PIIPA network
has handled during its six years of existence. The current state of
demand for pro bono legal services, the available supply of pro bono
providers of intellectual property work, and the drop-off of funding in
this sector leading to the dissolution of several pro bono
organizations will also be considered. Speakers will include:
- Michael
Gollin, PIIPA Founder and partner at Venable LLP;
- Ron
Layton, Lightyears IP founder and CEO;
- Josh
Sarnoff, Assistant Director of the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual
Property Law Clinic;
- Richard
Wilder, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property Policy at
Microsoft;
- Members of PIIPA's
IP Corps of volunteers and other participating attendees.
The conference will be held in room 524 of WCL, 4801
Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20016. The conference
will be preceded by a light breakfast and followed by an informal
lunch. Space is limited for
onsite attendance and advance registration is required at www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration.
Or you may participate in the conference through a real-time webcast,
by logging in on 4/25 to www.wcl.american.edu/go/PIIPA-PIJIP-Webcast.
A podcast recording will be available afterwards at www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/
(recent webcasts). A reception for registered on-site attendees (space
permitting) will be held on Friday
April 24th from 5:00pm to 7:30pm Eastern Time in the George Washington University (GWU)
Law School Faculty Conference Center, 2000 H St., NW, Washington, DC
20052.
The Venable Foundation, WCL, and GWU are supporting this event. To
become a sponsor of the conference, or a sponsor of PIIPA, or to
volunteer for the conference or as a participant in the PIIPA pro bono
referral network, please contact info@piipa.org,
Michael Gollin at magollin@venable.com
or 202-344-4072, or Prof. Josh Sarnoff at jsarnoff@wcl.american.edu
or 202-274-4165. For questions about attending the conference in
person or on-line, please contact PIJIP Program Coordinator Stacey
Jackson-Roberts at sdrobert@wcl.american.edu
or 202-274-4445.
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