Chicago-Kent College of Law and Loyola University Chicago School of Law jointly sponsor and host the Chicago Intellectual Property Colloquium. The Colloquium promotes discussion of a range of issues in intellectual property and cyberspace law. Each year, during the Spring academic semester, Chicago-Kent and Loyola invite six nationally renowned intellectual property scholars to Chicago to present and discuss their current research projects before intellectual property faculty from Chicago-area law schools, prominent intellectual property practitioners, and selected students from Chicago-Kent and Loyola ("Chicago IP Colloquium Fellows").
These presentations usually take place on every second Tuesday during the Spring semester from 4:10 p.m. to 5:50 p.m., with the location alternating between Chicago-Kent and Loyola.
If you are a student at Chicago-Kent or Loyola who is interested in participating in the Colloquium, please click here. Student Fellows meet with Colloquium Faculty from Chicago-Kent and Loyola one week before each presentation to discuss the draft paper that the invited scholar will present. To read more about the Colloquium Faculty from Chicago-Kent and Loyola, please click here.
SPEAKERS FOR THE SPRING 2008 IP COLLOQUIUM
We are pleased to announce the six scholars who will discuss their works in progress in Spring 2007:
January 29, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Room 305
Professor Peter Menell, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
Paper:
Knowledge Accessibility and Preservation Policy for the Digital Age
February 12, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Room L14
Professor Ann Bartow, University of South Carolina School of Law
Paper: Trademarks, Commoditization, Gender and the Color Pink
February 26, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Room 305
Professor Peter Lee, UC Davis School of Law
Paper:
The Evolution of Intellectual Infrastructure
March 25, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Room L14
Professor Jennifer Rothman, Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Paper: Copyright Through a Liberty Lens
April 8, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Room 305
Professor R. Polk Wagner, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Paper: Did Phillips Change Anything?
April 22, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Room L14
Professor Mark McKenna, Saint Louis University School of Law
Paper:
Testing Modern Trademark Law's Theory of Harm
A copy of the paper to be presented will be posted on this website approximately two weeks before each presentation.
Papers presented and discussed at past Colloquia are available here.
Contact Information
Questions or comments regarding the Colloquium should be directed to Professor Graeme Dinwoodie, Director, Program in Intellectual Property Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law (gdinwoodie@kentlaw.edu) or to Professor Cynthia Ho, Loyola law School (intellectual-property@luc.edu).
If you would like to be reminded of the presentation a few days in advance and/or informed of the posting of each paper, please email gdinwoodie@kentlaw.edu or cho@luc.edu.
