: Greg R. Vetter (IPIL/Houston) with presenter, Loren Mulraine (Belmont University College of Law). Professor Mulraine presented on Copyright Law Update.
Ragen Doyle Benavides (The Ion Houston, Rice University) presenting “Startup Ecology in Houston: Building a Leading Hub of Innovation.”
Meg Boulware (Boulware & Valoir) presenting “Trade Secret Update – Texas Style.”
Conference attendees enjoying a break.
This year’s In-House panel discussed Liability of High-Tech: AI and Other Issues
(L-R): Dwayne Mason, panel moderator (Greenberg Traurig, LLP), Steve Christian (Chevron), Phyllis Turner-Brim (Hewlett-Packard Company), and Angela Lipscomb (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Greg R. Vetter (IPIL/Houston), Bert Jeninngs (LyondellBasell/TSU Thurgood Marshall School of Law), Leslie Streeter (LyondellBasell), Richard Tate, and Dwayne Mason (Greenberg Traurig, LLP)
Bourbon Tasting event held at The Houstonian under the live oak in The Meadow.
The event was sponsored by Cozen O’Connor, Legal Advantage, and Munck Wilson Mandala
The Fall IP Institute started Friday morning with the Mentorship Panel.
Mentorship panel: (L-R) Carlyn Burton (Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP), Len Badeau (TSU Thurgood Marshall School of Law), Kennedi Harmon (TSU Thurgood Marshall School of Law), Leslie Streeter (LyondellBasell), and Bert Jeninngs (LyondellBasell/TSU Thurgood Marshall School of Law)
Greg R. Vetter (IPIL/HOUSTON) welcomes everyone and introduces the 2024 Keynote presenter
Keynote Presenter, Hon. Ryan T. Holte (U.S. Court of Federal Claims/University of Akron School of Law)
Greg R. Vetter (IPIL/HOUSTON) with U.S. District Court Judicial Panelists: Hon. K. Nicole Mitchell (Eastern District of Texas), Hon. Peter Bray (Southern District of Texas), and Leisa Talbert Peschel (Jackson Walker LLP)
Hon. Ryan T. Holte , Sharon Israel (U.S. Patent & Trademark Office), Hon. Peter Bray, 0Greg R. Vetter, and Chris McKeon, Conference Chair (Saunders McKeon PLLC)
Presidents’ Reception sponsored by StoneTurn
Alan Ratliff (StoneTurn) and Kurt Hammerle (NASA Johnson Space Center)
Dan King (Enerverse), Elizabeth King (EW King, PLLC), and Paul Morico (Baker Botts L.L.P.)
Tamsen Valoir (Boulware & Valoir) and Sparkle Ellison (LyondellBasell)
Craig Watson (Cranach Patent Attorneys), Lee Eubanks (Eubanks PLLC), and Rob Manware (Fletcher Yoder, P.C.)
Shawn Foster (ExxonMobil) and Carlyn Burton (Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP)
Michael Collins (Maier & Maier, PLLC), Tom Turner (Abel & Imray LLP), and Michael Silliman (Baker Botts L.L.P.)
Adel Sander, Jason Sander (LyondellBasell), Keana Taylor (Taylor Dykema PLLC), Dwayne Mason (Greenberg Traurig, LLP), and Teresa Mason (Rangel Mason, P.C.)
Jason Sander, Natalie Alfaro Gonzales (Yetter Coleman), and Ron Haggerty (Ronald Haggerty Law Firm)
Chloe Dixon (Condo Roccia Koptiw LLP) and Sparkle Ellison
Jeff Andrews (Yetter Coleman) and Jason Saunders (Saunders McKeon PLLC)
Marcella Watkins (Ewing & Jones) and Sharon Israel (U.S. Patent & Trademark Office)
