Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property

On April 27th, Professor Christine Farley will speak at Duquesne Law School, along with the Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association and the Federal Bar Association on the CLE, “A Name Worth Fighting For? The Slants, Trademark Law, and Free Expression.”

On April 11th, Associate Director of PIJIP, Sean Flynn will speak at an international seminar, “Dimensions of Intellectual Property,” in Brazil. He will be joined by magistrate judges, IP agents and public servants, and will speak on the legal, economic and political dimensions of intellectual property on a global scale.

On April 7th, Professor Christine Farley will speak at NYU School of Law’s International Intellectual Property Law Roundtable. She will be speaking on “Territoriality in US Unfair Competition Law” and trademark law.

The IP Clinic is now certified in both the Trademark and Patent portions of the Law School Clinic Certification Programs. 

On April 1st, Professor Jonas Anderson spoke at the Junior Federal Courts Scholarship Panels, which took place at Emory Law School. The workshop paired a senior scholar with a panel of junior scholars presenting works-in-progress, and was open to untenured and recently tenured academics who teach and write in federal courts, civil rights litigation, civil procedure, and other associated topics.

On April 5th, Professor Christine Farley will be speaking at the annual American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Spring Meeting, where she will discuss how firms can prepare themselves and their clients to brand products and protect trademarks in Cuba.