Events at the 2008 VSB Annual Meeting

The 2008 VSB Annual Meeting will be at Virginia Beach on June 18-22, 2008.  The IP Section will have the following events at the following places and times:

On the evening of Thursday, June 19, 2008, we will have a section dinner for all section members and their guests.  It will occur at the Hilton (3001 Atlantic Avenue -- on the beach at 31st Street) in the Peacock Room, Salon C.  Cocktails start at 6:30 p.m., and dinner starts at 7:15 p.m.  Here is the registration flyer.

On Friday, June 20, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., we will host a CLE program.  The CLE will be worth 1.5 CLE hours.

The CLE will cover 10 top, recent developments in intellectual property law.  The speakers will be:
Robert A. Angle, Partner, Troutman Sanders, Richmond -- moderator
Dabney J. Carr, Partner, Troutman Sanders, Richmond -- speaker
Christopher A. Cotropia, Associate Professor, T.C. Williams School of Law, Richmond -- speaker
John B. Farmer, Owner, Leading-Edge Law Group, PLC, Richmond -- speaker

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Spring Ethics Seminar

We traditionally host a spring ethics CLE in Northern Virginia.  Usually it carries two hours of ethics credit.  Please stay tuned to this page for further information on the 2008 seminar.

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Fall Weekend Seminar -- Fall 2008.

Stay tuned to this website for news about our fall 2008 program.  We usually put up information about it and send information about it (by email and snail mail) in the middle of the summer before the program.

Fall Weekend Seminar -- Report from 2007

The IP Section hosted its 19th Annual Fall CLE Weekend Seminar on September 28-29, 2007 at the Williamsburg Lodge in Williamsburg, Virginia.  Here is the registration brochure.

The event included talks from experts on topics such as:
 
*  Avoiding Trade Secret Pitfalls;
*  Avoiding Pitfalls in Licensing;
*  MedImmune & Declaratory Judgments;
*  Ethical Issues in International Trademark Practice;
*  Ethics & Inequitable Conduct;
*  Panel Discussion: KSR v. Teleflex and patent obviousness; and
*  Data Security: What you and your clients need to know.
 
The seminar featured a panel discussion on Litigating IP Cases with Judges Jerome Friedman, Henry Hudson, and Robert Payne, all of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. 
 
The program carried eight MCLE credit hours, including an hour of ethics.