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Elizabeth Lewis: So two people walk into a bar…

June 5, 2010

I love social media stories.  In the afternoon session on social media policies in the workplace, I got to hear a few that I had not heard before.  They all start out like bad jokes… have you heard the one about three teenage girls who use a sink at KFC like a hot tub?  Have [...]

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Elizabeth Lewis: Morning sessions

June 5, 2010

The morning sessions were quite interesting with the first being on the joint development of IP and the second on cloud computing.  The morning finished with lunch and an update on the changes in the USPTO by Deputy USPTO Director Sharon Barner. The first session on joint development of IP focused mainly on when one [...]

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Elizabeth Lewis: Quite a pair!

June 4, 2010

In two delightful sessions, licensing law updates and a license were reviewed.  The first session was presented by Jeff Dodd.  The second session was presented by Jeff Dodd and Ray Nimmer.  First, I have to say that the two of them make quite a pair.  They worked so well together that it kept me awake [...]

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Elizabeth Lewis: Trade Secrets, Oh My!

June 3, 2010

The first afternoon session I attended was on trade secret updates presented by Washington D.C. based attorney Dan Westman works in Washington D.C. One of the first points mentioned was that government contractors tend to have protecting trade secrets down – before even going into briefing rooms in some companies, you have to give up [...]

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Elizabeth Lewis: Social Media Ethics

June 3, 2010

After lunch, there was an interesting presentation on the ethical issues with social media.  Many of the issues that were raised were in my presentation several months ago.  However, a few interesting tidbits: I had not heard about the branding issue with Nixon Peabody.  If you get a chance, check out the awesome video!  Yes, [...]

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Elizabeth Lewis: Social Media – Part Two!

June 3, 2010

After Kevin O’Keefe did his keynote speech on social media, a panel of five social media users answered questions on social media presented by the moderator.  This panel consisted of three marketing individuals and two attorneys (including Kevin O’Keefe).  Several things that were brought up include looking at your marketing strategy to determine how social [...]

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Elizabeth Lewis: Social media keynote speaker – Kevin O’Keefe

June 3, 2010

The social media keynote speaker was Kevin O’Keefe, someone I have been following for a while on twitter.  He made some very good points; however, most of them seemed to be directed to attorneys that don’t use social media already.  For instance, he said he wants a relationship with the person he is doing business [...]

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Elizabeth Lewis: Review of the Second Half of the Patent Law Panel

June 3, 2010

In the second half of the patent law panel, there were two main areas that I found interesting.  The first is that at least two out the four judges on the panel think that e-discovery is huge problem.  One of the judges said that one of the biggest issues is that as the judge in [...]

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Elizabeth Lewis: First half of the Patent Law Judicial Panel

June 3, 2010

The 8th Annual IP Law Institute is underway. The first panel is on patent law litigation updates. The first panelist is the Honorable Lee Yeakel from Western Texas. Luckily, he is a judge with a sense of humor as he joked about being from Western and not Eastern Texas as first mentioned by the moderator. [...]

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Meet Elizabeth Lewis, Our Second Young Lawyer Blogger

June 1, 2010

We recently offered media passes to two young lawyers who wanted to attend the IP Institute and were willing write about the Institute here at our blog. What a great week.  This week marks not only the unofficial start of summer with the planting of gardens and Memorial Day BBQs, but also the premier IP [...]

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