IP Considerations for New IP Practitioners and Non-IP Attorneys

NYIPLA and Hofstra Law School Joint Program

Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University

Reference Materials:

• Employee Exit Acknowledgement—Intellectual Property Provisions (2 Pages)
• Employment Agreement—Intellectual Property-Related Provisions  (3 Pages) 
• Intellectual Property Due Diligence Checklist (13 Pages)
• IP Considerations for New IP Practitioners and Non-IP Attorneys (23 Pages)
• Sample Clause from Patent License Regarding Bankruptcy (1 Page)

Panel 1 CLE: Diverse Careers in IP Panel
6:00 PM - 6:50 PM Room 230

Moderator:  Scott Forman, Associate, Wolf, Greenfield  & Sacks, P.C.

• Melissa Schoffer Farber, Senior Director of Legal Affairs, SoulCycle
• Brian Bloom, Partner, Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP
• Stephen Breidenbach, Law Clerk, Morritt Hock & Hamroff LLP 
• Robert Rando, The Rando Law Firm P.C. 
• Evgeny Krasnov, Associate, Stern & Schurin LLP

Networking and CLE Registration for Panel 2
6:50 PM - 7:30 PM Hofstra Law Atrium (Pizza will be served)

Panel 2 CLE: IP Considerations for New IP Practitioners and Non-IP Attorneys
7:30 PM - 8:20 PM Room 230
Moderator:  Irina Manta, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Intellectual 
Property Law, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra 

• Robert Rando, The Rando Law Firm P.C. 
• Philip Blum, Vice-President and Senior Counsel, CA Technologies
• Michael Sparling, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, 1-800-Flowers.com 

Panelists will discuss a range of IP issues that both new IP attorneys and attorneys 
practicing in non-IP areas of law might confront.  Topics will include:

• Intro to IP Law
• Assignment/Transfer of Copyright and Trademark Licenses
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Bankruptcy Matters
• Corporate/Start-Ups
• Labor and Employment
• Day to Day Support
• Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016   

EARN 1 NY/NJ CLE CREDIT
FOR BOTH NEWLY ADMITTED & EXPERIENCED ATTORNEYS  
Hosted by the NYIPLA Young Lawyers Committee