The Fall 2008 Symposium was held on November 14 in Nashville, Tennessee.
| PROGRAM | |
| Friday November 14, 2008 | |
| 8:00 – 8:20 am | Registration and Morning beverages and pastries |
| 8:20 – 8:30 am | Welcoming remarksKenneth Hoffmeister of TIPLA (Pitts & Brittian, PC) |
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | The Top 5 Trademark Decisions (of All Time!) from the Sixth CircuitThor Urness (Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry, PLC) |
| 9:00 – 9:45 am | Legislative Issues for Intellectual PropertyPaul Fassbender (Chief Legal Counsel for Sen. Bob Corker) |
| 9:45– 10:15 am | Signal Claims, Business Methods and Recent Developments in PatentabilityPatrick B. Horne (Luedeka, Neely & Graham, PC) |
| 10:15 – 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:15 am | Patent Prosecution in Japan Tsuyoshi Nakamura (Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP – Washington, DC) |
| 11:15 am – noon | Patent Prosecution in Canada James E. Longwell (Gowlings, Toronto, Canada) |
| 12:00 – 12:45 pm | Lunch (provided on-site) |
| 12:45 – 1:45 pm | An Update on Inequitable Conduct Before the U.S. PTO (One hour of ethics) Christina I. Ryan (Stites & Harbison – Louisville, KY) William C. Ferrell, Jr. (Stites & Harbison – Nashville, TN) |
| 1:45 – 2:15 pm | Incorporation by Reference – Is it That Easy? Ken Hoffmeister (Pitts and Brittian) |
| 2:15 – 2:45 pm | Patent Prosecution in China Stephen Yang (Peksung Intellectual Property, Ltd. – Beijing, China) |
| 2:45 – 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:00 – 3:15 pm | Patent and Trademark Trends in the State ofTennesseePeter L. Brewer (Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC) |
| 3:15 – 4:00 pm | Technology Trends in the State of Tennessee Richard S. Seline (New Economy Strategies, LLC – Washington, DC) |
| 4:00 – 4:30 pm | Multi-Party Infringement of a Method ClaimWayne Beavers (Waddey & Patterson, PC) |
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