2025 Symposium
21st Symposium on Emerging Intellectual Property Issues: Intellectual Property Frontiers
Friday, February 28th
Topics and Speakers:
Patent Reform Legislation
Panelists:
- Michelle Armond, Partner, Armond Wilson LLP
- David Jones, Executive Director, High Tech Inventors Alliance
- David J. Kappos, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP and Former Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
- Moderator: David O. Taylor, Co-Director of the Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation and Professor of Law, SMU Dedman School of Law
Emerging Issues in AI and Law
Panelists:
- John Daley, Founder, Helmguard UK
- Nik Guggenberger, Assistant Professor, University of Houston Law Center
- Danny Tobey, Partner, Global Co-Chair and Chair of DLA Piper Americas AI and Data Analytics Practice, DLA Piper
- Moderator: Sari Mazzurco, Assistant Professor, SMU Dedman School of Law
Luncheon and Keynote: A Fireside Chat with The Honorable Barbara M.G. Lynn '76
- The Honorable Barbara M.G. Lynn, Senior District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- Moderator: The Honorable Stacey G. White, Lead Administrative Patent Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Fashion and IP
Panelists:
- Christopher Buccafusco, Edward & Ellen Schwarzman Distinguished Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law
- Jeanne Fromer, Vice Dean, Intellectual Life; Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Intellectual Property Law, NYU Law School
- Aman Gebru, Assistant Professor, University of Houston Law Center
- Moderator: Shani Shisha, Assistant Professor, SMU Dedman School of Law