Patently-O Bits and Bytes No. 68: People in the News

IP Law Hall of Fame New Inductees (Sponsored by IAM) [LINK]:

• Jane Ginsburg – Columbia Law Professor; written extensively on the intereconnection between copyright and trademark law.
• Francis Gurry – New Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
• Dolores Hanna – Retired partner from Bell Boyd & Lloyd. Former head of INTA, IPLAC, WBA of Illinois, etc.
• Michael Kirk -- Recently retired Executive Director of the American Intellectual Property Association.
• Niels Reimers – Former director of Stanford University's Office of Technology Licensing. Founder of AUTM.

New IPO Board Members:

• Wayne Sobon (Accenture)
• Roger Gobrogge (Dow Corning)
• Michelle Lee (Google)
• George Johnston (Hoffman-La Roche)

Washington University:

• Tonight WashU will host the VP debate
• On Friday, October 10, I will be speaking at WashU law school to a much smaller crowd. (3:00 – 4:00pm) The topic trademak law and the protection of designs. I believe that CLE credit is being arranged for the free event. [LINK]

Comments

[Just an ordinary inventor(TM)]

They missed Professor Dennis Crouch again. That can't be right.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Hear, hear!

or, here, here! (whatever)

[The Mad Prosecutor]

Extra, extra, read all about it! Up to 10 million dollar civil fines for lawyers found guilty of inequitable conduct!

http://www.patentdocs.net/patent_docs/2008/09/senator-kyls-pa.html