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Event Date
  • 7/19/2017   12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Please arrive early for registration
Location
  • Princeton Club
    15 W 43rd Street
    New York, New York 10036
 

Reference Materials:

Additional Materials:

Trademark Ethics 101: Investigations, Advance Consents and Terminating Client Relationships
Brent E. Routman, Partner and General Counsel, Merchant & Gould LLP

Part One

  • Ethics Advisory Opinion 09-10 (8 Pages)
  • Ethics Advisory Opinion 12-03 (11 Pages)
  • Ethics Advisory Opinion 16-06 (7 Pages)
  • Ethics Opinion 873: New York State Bar Association (5 Pages)
  • Ethics Opinion 897: New York State Bar Association (5 Pages)
  • Ethics Opinion 1009: New York State Bar Association (7 Pages)
  • Formal Opinion 465: Lawyers' Use of the Deal-of-the-Day Marketing Programs (7 Pages)
  • Formal Opinion 122: The Applicability of COLO. RPC 7.2 to Internet-based Lawyer Marketing Programs (4 Pages)
  • Michigan Ethics Opinion (3 Pages)
  • Notice to the Bar: Lawyer Participation in the Avvo Legal Service Program and in LegalZoom and Rocket Lawyer Legal Service Plans (3 Pages)
  • Opinion 43, Committee on Attorney Advertising: Internet Advertising, Misleading Content, and Impermissible referral Sources (12 Pages)
  • Participation in Online Group Legal Advertising Using Territorial Exclusivity (4 Pages)
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee Formal Opinion 2016-200 (15 Pages)
  • Rule 7.1 Advertising (17 Pages)
  • State Bar of Arizona Ethics Opinions 11-02: Advertising; Referral Service; Fee Sharing (10 Pages)
  • Supreme Court of Ohio Opinion 2013-2: Direct Contact with Prospective Clients: Text Messages (10 Pages)
  • The Philadelphia Bar Association Professional Guidance Committee: Opinion 2010-6 (7 Pages)
  • The State Bar of California Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct Formal Opinion No. 2012-186 (6 Pages) 

Part Two

  • Alabama State Bar: Formal Opinion 2007-05 (4 Pages) 
  • Midwest Motor Sports, INC. v. Arctic Cat Sales, INC. (10 Pages)
  • NYCLA Committee on Professional Ethics Formal Opinion No. 737 (6 Pages)
  • Rule 3.6 Trial Publicity (17 Pages)
  • Rule 8.4 Misconduct (3 Pages)


AGENDA

12:00 - 12:45

Registration and Lunch

12:45 - 1:00

Welcome Remarks

1:00 - 1:30

Keynote Address - Taking Criminals Out of Cyberspace and Into the Courtroom: An Evolving Battlefield for Lawyers
James Gatta, Chief of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York

1:30 - 2:00

The Impact of Varsity Brands for Design Protection in the Fashion Industry
Moderator: Olivera Medenica, Partner, Medenica Law PLLC
Viviana Mura, Intellectual Property Law Counsel, Luxottica Group 
Lisa W. Rosaya, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP

2:00 - 2:30

Augmented and Virtual Reality: Issues for IP Practitioners
Robert deBrauwere, Partner, Pryor Cashman LLP

2:30 - 2:45

Refreshment break

2:45 - 3:15

Don't Go At It Alone: Insurance for Intellectual Property Claims 
Moderator: Michael C. Cannata, Partner, Rivkin Radler LLP
Robert W. Fletcher, President, IPISC Patent Insurance
Frank Misiti, Partner, Rivkin Radler LLP

3:15 - 3:45

Trademark/Trade Dress/Copyright Infringement: A View From the Branding and Survey Design Perspective 
Matt Ezell, Partner, Ford Bubala & Associates 
Rob Wallace, Managing Partner, Best of Breed Branding Consortium

3:45 - 4:15

Fireside Chat with Gerard F. Rogers, Chief Administrative Trademark Judge, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board 
Moderator: Dyan Finguerra-DuCharme, Partner, Pryor Cashman LLP

4:15 - 4:45

Trademark Ethics 101: Investigations, Advance Consents and Terminating Client Relationships
Brent E. Routman, Partner and General Counsel, Merchant & Gould LLP

4:45 - 4:50

Closing Remarks