Through three panels, explored copyright law, trademark law and patent law, with a focus on the perspectives of the European Union and the United States. Panelists included experts from multiple U.S. intellectual property law areas as well as experts on EU design-protection law who discussed the current issues facing intellectual property law and projected its evolution throughout the next decade.

Sponsored by the law school's Journal of Intellectual Property Law and the Dean Rusk Center for International Law and Policy.

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2012
Friday, March 2nd
8:45 AM

Welcome and Introduction

Rebecca H. White, University of Georgia School of Law
C. Donald Johnson, University of Georgia School of Law

Larry Walker Room, Dean Rusk Hall

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM

International Perspectives on the Evolution of Copyright Law in the Next Decade

Alain Strowel, Universitaires St.-Louis Brussels and Covington & Burling LLP
MIchael J. Madison, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Orit Fischman Afori, College of Management Academic Studies Law School
David E. Shipley, University of Georgia School of Law

Larry Walker Room, Dean Rusk Hall

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:45 AM

U.S. and EU Perspectives on Trademark and Design Law in the Next Decade

Annette Kur, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law and Stockholm University
Rebecca Tushnet, Georgetown University Law Center
Mark P. McKenna, University of Notre Dame Law School
Stacey Dogan, Boston University School of Law
Joseph S. Miller, University of Georgia School of Law

Larry Walker Room, Dean Rusk Hall

10:45 AM - 12:30 PM
1:15 PM

Patent Law in the Next Decade

Mark D. Janis, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Jason Du Mont, International Max Planck Research School for Competition and Innovation
Andrew W. Torrance, University of Kansas School of Law
Joseph S. Miller, University of Georgia School of Law

Larry Walker Room, Dean Rusk Hall

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM

Closing Remarks

Lara Ortega, Journal of Intellectual Property Law

Larry Walker Room, Dean Rusk Hall

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM