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The Committee's New Leadership Roster, effective August 7, 2012, as amended, follows:
Co-Chairs: Johanna Dennis, Marco Provvidera and W. Gregory Voss
Immediate Past Chair: Alexandra Darraby
Vice-Chairs: Uche Ewelukwa, Bruce McDonald, Richard Ruzich, Cynthia Sanchez, Ekaterina Schoenefeld, Melvyn Simburg and Demetrios Eleftheriou
Senior Advisors: Scott Bain and Susan Brushaber
Steering Group: Robin Fahlberg, Meph J. Gui, Angela Nelson and Laura Peter
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December 2012 International Patent News: Europe: The European Parliament approved the European Council's compromise draft of a Unitary Patent Regulation on December 11, 2012. The Unitary Patent Regulation will, once it applies (this could be on January 1, 2014 or later), be effective in 25 of the existing EU Member States -- all except Italy and Spain. Applicants for Unitary Patents will benefit from (i) the unitary effectiveness of their patent in the 25 Member States participating, and (ii) from large cost reductions due to lessened translation obligations. For more information see "European Union Parliament Approves the Unitary Patent Package" (page 6) and "Advocate General of the European Court of Justice Rules on the Legality of the 2011 Council Decision on Enhanced Cooperation in the Area of Unitary Patent Protection" (page 7) in the Winter (December) 2012 issue of the Intellectual Property Committee Newsletter, available on this webpage; see also this European Parliament document or this European Patent Office website page. October 2012 International Copyright News: Europe: On October 4, 2012, the Council of the EU finally adopted the Orphan Works Directive (Directive 2012/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on Certain Permitted Uses of Orphan Works), which sets out requirements for enabling a work to be treated as an orphan work throughout the EU, thus allowing it to be made available online by certain public institutions. For more information, see "EU Council Adopts Longawaited Orphan Work Directive" (page 7) in the Fall (October) 2012 issue of the Intellectual Property Committee Newsletter, available on this webpage. News briefs submitted by IIPR Committee Co-Chair Gregory Voss
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Announcements IP Forever: Inexhaustible Copyrights and Patents: On March 1, 2013, the IIPR committee sponsored, along with several other committees, a non-CLE teleconference titled "IP Forever: Inexhaustible Copyrights and Patents". Speakers included Yee Wah Chin, Of Counsel at Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP (New York, NY), Alex Feerst, Associate at Durie Tangri (Menlo Park, CA), Benjamin Liu, Assistant Professor at John Marshall Law School (Chicago, IL), Matthew Siegal, Partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP (New York, NY), and Johanna K.P. Dennis, Associate Professor at Southern University Law Center (Baton Rouge, LA) and IIPR Committee Co-chair. The speakers discussed issues in intellectual property exhaustion and foreign IP exhaustion generally, and as they relate to two pending US Supreme Court cases: Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, a case involving the copyright first sale doctrine and Bowman v. Monsanto, a case involving patent exhaustion for self-replication technologies (soybean seeds). The MP3 recording of the teleconference should be available in the ABA store soon for purchase by anyone who missed the program. Newletters IIPR Committee Spring 2013 Newsletter: The Spring 2013 edition of the International Intellectual Property Committee newsletter is out and available on this web page. IIPR Committee Summer 2013 Newsletter Call for Articles: A reminder that article submissions for the Summer (June) edition of newsletter, are due by May 15, 2013. Articles may be of any length, so long as they are of good quality and relate to international or comparative intellectual property law. Case notes, book reviews, and brief updates on a legal issue of personal interest are also welcomed. Please send your submissions to IIPR Vice Chair and Newsletter Editor Uche Ewelukwa at: uchee@uark.edu. Please do not hesitate to let Uche know if you have any further questions. Articles for future newletters may be submitted now. Publication guidelines are available by clicking here. ABA SIL Fall 2012 Diversity Newsletter: The Fall 2012 issue of the ABA Section of International Law's Diversity Newsletter is out! You may access it here. Publications New YIR 2013 Q1 India IP Case Update: Newly posted, you will find a Q1 2013 India IP Case YIR update among the "Year in Review including Quarterly Updates" resources downloadable in the right hand column of this web page. Thanks go out to Mrityunjay Kumar and Sameep Vijayvergiya of the Dhingra & Singh -- Attorneys at Law law firm. Happy reading!
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Compulsory Licensing and Other IP Controls
Important changes that affect intellectual property rights are occurring or imminent in a number of nations. There is a widening gulf between nations... more
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IIPR April 2013 Steering Committee Conference Call
April 16, 2013 | | Please join us for the April 2013 IIPR Steering Committee Conference at noon EDT(consult your email for details). |
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May 26, 2013 - May 29, 2013
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May 28, 2013 Jun Yao International Plaza
Shanghai,
China
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May 29, 2013
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Task Forces on Proposed Chinese Law Regulations, Guidelines and Amendments: Our Committee has been involved in another multi-committee cooperative policy task force effort in the field of Chinese law involving IP, together with the SIL China Committee and the Intellectual Property Section.
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