SPECIAL EVENTS provide the opportunity for IPIL, other academic institutions, intellectual property and information law practitioners, and the judiciary to focus on current issues and to explore solutions for critical legal problems associated with creative expression and new technologies.
2024 JUNIOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SCHOLARS ASSOCIATION (JIPSA) WORKSHOP
February 23-24, 2024, University of Houston Law Center
Hosted by the University of Houston Law Center’s IPIL, members of the Junior Intellectual Property Scholars' Association (JIPSA) convened for a two-day workshop. The February event brought together emerging scholars from various institutions across the nation to engage in discussions on intellectual property law. The workshop provides a platform for participants to receive feedback, refine their ideas, and network with peers and mentors in the field.
2024 SETH LECTURE SERIES January 18, 2024, University of Houston Law Center
The University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs held its inaugural Security, Economics, and Technology for Houston (SETH) lecture series, A Conversation with Daleep Singh, at the University of Houston Law Center in conjunction with the IPIL Institute.
Daleep Singh is the chief global economist and head of Global Microeconomic Research at PGIM Fixed Income, an asset management arm of Prudential Financial, Inc. The faculty organizer for the lecture was Chris Bronk, the Hobby School's expert on cybersecurity.
LICENSING EXECUTIVES SOCIETY (LES) IP & LICENSING BASICS: A ONE DAY REVIEW Friday, September 8, 2023, University of Houston Law Center
This one-day course provides a survey of the basics of intellectual property (IP) and licensing. It builds a practical understanding of core IP and licensing concepts from both the business and legal perspectives.
2023 EPIE SEMINAR SERIES
February 22, 2023, University of Houston Agrawal Engineering Research Building
The topic for the Engineering Program for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (EPIE) 2023 Seminar Series was Trends in Patent Filings and the Resources for Innovators and Entrepreneurs.
The panelists were Professor Greg R. Vetter (IPIL/Houston and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs), Robin Evans (Deputy Commissioner for Patents, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office), Carmen V. Lyles-Irving (Texas Regional Outreach Coordinator, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office), and moderated by Shilpa Ghurye (Industrial Relations and IP Manager, UH Engineering).
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LICENSING EXECUTIVES SOCIETY (LES)
IP & LICENSING BASICS: A ONE DAY REVIEW
Friday, September 9, 2022, University of Houston Law Center
This one-day course provides a survey of the basics of intellectual property (IP) and licensing. It builds a practical understanding of core IP and licensing concepts from both the business and legal perspectives.
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M3 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SCHOLARS WORKSHOP
Friday and Saturday, January 24-25, 2020, University of Houston Law Center
M3 stands for mid-career scholars, middle of the academic year, & mid-point drafts. This workshop organized by Professors Sarah Burstein, Jake Linford, and Andres Sawicki, gives IP law professors the opportunity to get in-person feedback on their works-in-progress from other IP law professor participants.
IPSO SPEED MENTORING
Thursday, November 14, 2019, University of Houston Law Center
Held in cooperation with Patterson + Sheridan
The Intellectual Property Student Organization (IPSO) gives its members an opportunity to speak one-on-one with attorneys from local law firms and corporations. Members benefit from these short but frequent meetings by learning from the experiences the attorneys had in law school, get advice from them, and can ask questions they may have.
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION COMMITTEE
SPEAKER SERIES
MERCEDES K. MEYER
Tuesday, November 12, 2019, University of Houston Law Center
The University of Houston Law Center’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee invites speakers to the law center who present on topics ranging from the legal profession, to raising awareness, and sharing advice to the law students.
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HOUSTON LAW REVIEW
24th ANNUAL FRANKEL LECTURE
PROFESSOR ORLY LOBEL
Friday, October 25, 2019, Hotel Alessandra
The Frankel Lecture is an annual event where individuals of various law expertise are invited to give an address. Commentators in the respective area of law are also invited. Their address and comments are published in the University of Houston Law Center’s Houston Law Review in a Symposium issue.
The Frankel Lectures are supported by the Frankel Family Foundation. Both the lectures and Houston Law Review are made possible by Maurice Frankel. In memory of Mr. Frankel, the Frankel Family continue their support to the Law Center and the Houston Law Review dedicate a Symposium issue as the Frankel Lecture Series.
LICENSING EXECUTIVES SOCIETY (LES)
IP & LICENSING BASICS: A ONE DAY REVIEW
Friday, September 13, 2019, University of Houston Law Center
This one-day course provides a survey of the basics of intellectual property (IP) and licensing. It builds a practical understanding of core IP and licensing concepts from both the business and legal perspectives.
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SIMON TAM OF THE SLANTS VISITS THE LAW CENTER
Tuesday, February 19, 2019, University of Houston Law Center
Simon Tam of The Slants shares his experience of taking the band’s trademark case Matal v. Tam to the Supreme Court and emerging victoriously, in a Q&A session with Professor Michael A. Olivas.
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IPSO SPEED MENTORING
Monday, October 29, 2018, University of Houston Law Center
Held in cooperation with Baker Botts L.L.P. and Patterson + Sheridan
The Intellectual Property Student Organization (IPSO) gives its members an opportunity to speak one-on-one with attorneys from local law firms and corporations. Members benefit from these short but frequent meetings by learning from the experiences the attorneys had in law school, get advice from them, and can ask questions they may have.
LICENSING EXECUTIVES SOCIETY (LES)
IP & LICENSING BASICS: A ONE DAY REVIEW
Friday, September 7, 2018, University of Houston Law Center
This one-day course provides a survey of the basics of intellectual property (IP) and licensing. It builds a practical understanding of core IP and licensing concepts from both the business and legal perspectives.
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MACK PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTIVE (MPAC)
MUSIC SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, March 24, 2018, University of Houston Law Center
This event by MPAC in collaboration with the IPIL Institute provides a discussion of the legal and business perspectives applicable to traditional and digital entrepreneurship for the music business.
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IPSO SPEED MENTORING
Thursday, November 2, 2017, University of Houston Law Center
Held in cooperation with Baker Botts L.L.P. and Patterson + Sheridan
The Intellectual Property Student Organization (IPSO) gives its members an opportunity to speak one-on-one with attorneys from local law firms and corporations. Members benefit from these short but frequent meetings by learning from the experiences the attorneys had in law school, get advice from them, and can ask questions they may have.
LICENSING EXECUTIVES SOCIETY (LES)
IP & LICENSING BASICS: A ONE DAY REVIEW
Friday, October 13, 2017, University of Houston Law Center
This one-day course provides a survey of the basics of intellectual property (IP) and licensing. It builds a practical understanding of core IP and licensing concepts from both the business and legal perspectives.
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CUTTING EDGE COPYRIGHT ISSUES
Monday, July 17, 2017, University of Houston Law Center
Held in cooperation with the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
A no holds barred discussion on current developments in copyright law including sampling, infringement and fair use.
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WIPO WORLD IP DAY CELEBRATION
Wednesday, April 26, 2017, The University of St. Thomas
Held in cooperation with the AIPLA and the U.S. PTO
This event is the Houston celebration of World IP Day. World IP Day is an annual event sponsored by WIPO each year on April 26th. In the US, events take place during the week leading up to the 26th in various host cities around the country. These events are community based, and the planning teams for the event often include local leaders and attorneys.
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CULTURE REMIX: ILLEGAL ART, COPYRIGHT, AND THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
Monday, April 10, 2017, University of Houston Law Center
This event explored controversies related to fair use through the film Freedom of Expression: Resistance and Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property and a conversation about the experience of Houston experimental 80s band Culturcide, followed by a Q&A. Speakers included Michael A. Olivas, Justen S. Barks, and Dan Workman.
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LICENSING EXECUTIVES SOCIETY (LES)
IP LICENSE-EXTINGUISHING "FREE & CLEAR" SALES IN BANKRUPTCY
Monday, January 23, 2017, The Houston Technology Center
The sale of licensed intellectual property in a bankruptcy free and clear sale presents opportunities and risks. Free and clear bankruptcy sales have the potential to extinguish a non-bankrupt party's IP license.
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IPSO ALUMNI BANQUET
Thursday, October 20, 2016, University of Houston Law Center
The Intellectual Property Student Organization (IPSO) is dedicated to helping its members achieve their full academic potential while studying at the Law Center and promoting professional networking for students in collaboration with the Law Center's Institute for Intellectual Property and Information Law (IPIL) and the greater Houston legal community. IPSO provides mentoring to incoming Law Center students to help them leverage their strengths and avoid the common pitfalls of law school, maintains an active IPSO alumni outreach, and assists its members with their employment search.
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LICENSING EXECUTIVES SOCIETY (LES)
IP & LICENSING BASICS: A ONE DAY REVIEW
Friday, September 9, 2016, University of Houston Law Center
This one-day course provides a survey of the basics of intellectual property (IP) and licensing. It builds a practical understanding of core IP and licensing concepts from both the business and legal perspectives.
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WIPO WORLD IP DAY CELEBRATION
Friday, April 21, 2016, University of Houston Law Center
Held in cooperation with the AIPLA and the U.S. PTO
This event is the Houston celebration of World IP Day. World IP Day is an annual event sponsored by WIPO each year on April 26th. In the US, events take place during the week leading up to the 26th in various host cities around the country. These events are community based, and the planning teams for the event often include local leaders and attorneys.
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USPTO DIRECTOR MICHELLE K. LEE VISITS THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
Friday, March 11, 2016, University of Houston
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, Michelle K. Lee, visited the University of Houston to discuss several topics including the Enhanced Patent Quality Initiative and the All in STEM initiative.
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MACK PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTIVE (MPAC)
MUSIC SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, February 27, 2016, University of Houston Law Center
This event by MPAC in collaboration with the IPIL Institute provides a discussion of the legal and business perspectives applicable to traditional and digital entrepreneurship for the music business.
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IPSO ALUMNI BANQUET
Thursday, October 13, 2015, University of Houston Law Center
The Intellectual Property Student Organization (IPSO) is dedicated to helping its members achieve their full academic potential while studying at the Law Center and promoting professional networking for students in collaboration with the Law Center’s Institute for Intellectual Property and Information Law (IPIL) and the greater Houston legal community. IPSO provides mentoring to incoming Law Center students to help them leverage their strengths and avoid the common pitfalls of law school, maintains an active IPSO alumni outreach, and assists its members with their employment search.
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LICENSING EXECUTIVES SOCIETY (LES)
IP & LICENSING BASICS: A ONE DAY REVIEW
Friday, September 11, 2015, University of Houston Law Center
This one-day course provides a survey of the basics of intellectual property (IP) and licensing. It builds a practical understanding of core IP and licensing concepts from both the business and legal perspectives.
Click here for more information.
WIPO WORLD IP DAY CELEBRATION
Friday, April 24, 2015, University of Houston Law Center
Held in cooperation with the AIPLA and the U.S. PTO
This event is the Houston celebration of World IP Day. World IP Day is an annual event sponsored by WIPO each year on April 26th. In the US, events take place during the week leading up to the 26th in various host cities around the country. These events are community based, and the planning teams for the event often include local leaders and attorneys.
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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW WORKSHOP:
IP INTERSECTIONS
Saturday, April 18, 2015, University of Houston Law Center
This event gave junior scholars an opportunity to present their work to senior administrative law scholars.
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LICENSING EXECUTIVES SOCIETY (LES)
IP & LICENSING BASICS: A ONE DAY REVIEW
Friday, September 5, 2014, University of Houston Law Center
This one-day course provides a survey of the basics of intellectual property (IP) and licensing. It builds a practical understanding of core IP and licensing concepts from both the business and legal perspectives.
LICENSING EXECUTIVES SOCIETY (LES)
IP & LICENSING BASICS: A ONE DAY REVIEW
Friday, October 4, 2013, University of Houston Law Center
This one-day course provides a survey of the basics of intellectual property (IP) and licensing. It builds a practical understanding of core IP and licensing concepts from both the business and legal perspectives.
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LICENSING EXECUTIVES SOCIETY (LES)
IP & LICENSING BASICS: A ONE DAY REVIEW
Friday, September 7, 2012, University of Houston Law Center
This one-day course provides a survey of the basics of intellectual property (IP) and licensing. It builds a practical understanding of core IP and licensing concepts from both the business and legal perspectives.
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COPYRIGHT EXPERT WILLIAM PATRY VISITS THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER
Monday, March 26, 2012, University of Houston Law Center
William Patry speaks at both the Law Center's Faculty Colloquium and the IPIL Advisory Council Dinner. His topics include The Perils of Copyright in a Rapidly Changing Digital IP Landscape.
THE LAW AND BUSINESS OF ROCK AND ROLL, MICHAEL A. OLIVAS
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, The Armadillo Palace
At this event Professor Olivas, along with other music industry lawyer-experts, discussed business issues, including contract disputes; regulatory topics, including obscenity ordinances; and intellectual property concerns, including litigation over ownership of songs and judicial notice of lyrics.
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PROGRAM ON LAW AND COMPUTATION (POLAC) WORKSHOP
Friday, April 22, 2011, University of Houston Law Center
The Program on Law and Computation hosted a workshop providing opportunities to show ways in which advanced computation could aid in the understanding of law.
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THE LAW OF ROCK AND ROLL, MICHAEL A. OLIVAS
Tuesday, March 1, 2011, Hard Rock Cafe
At this event Professor Olivas, along with other music industry lawyer-experts, discussed business issues, including contract disputes; regulatory topics, including obscenity ordinances; and intellectual property concerns, including litigation over ownership of songs and judicial notice of lyrics.
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MOOT COURT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND SYMPOSIUM
Wednesday through Saturday, January 26-29, 2011, Doubletree Downtown
The Law Center's Blakely Advocacy Institute (BAI) varies the topic each year for its moot court national championship (MCNC). The January 2011 topic is based on intellectual property. The symposium is one day of the multi-day event that is the MCNC.
INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM (IVLP) VISITS THE LAW CENTER
Friday, February 5, 2010, University of Houston Law Center
Participants of the IVLP visit several U.S. communities to learn and share knowledge related to their fields. As a U.S. Department of State program, these participants visited the UH Law Center for their interests in intellectual property and to build relationships with their U.S. counterparts. IPIL professors hosted the visit.
THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT VISITS HOUSTON AND THE LAW CENTER
Tuesday and Wednesday, November 3-4, 2009, University of Houston Law Center
Working with IPIL and the Houston Intellectual Property Law Association (HIPLA), the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit visited Houston to hear cases and interact with the local IP community.
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AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION (AIPLA) SPRING MEETING
Wednesday through Friday, May 14-16, 2008, InterContinental Hotel-Houston
Every Spring, AIPLA holds a meeting in a selected US city where IP professionals meet and discuss topics related to intellectual property. This meeting features IPIL Professors Paul Janicke and Raymond Nimmer, amongst other speakers in this multi-day event.
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USPTO CHINA ROAD SHOW
Wednesday and Thursday, April 2-3, 2008, Houston Hobby Airport Marriott
This program was for any business concerned with protecting its markets from counterfeit and pirated goods from China. The USPTO China Road Shows offered presentations on protecting and enforcing patents, trade secrets, trademarks, and copyright in China as well as real-life experiences and practical tips from companies on the frontline of protecting their IP assets from theft from China.
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HOUSTON BUSINESS AND TAX LAW JOURNAL (HBTLJ) SYMPOSIUM
Tuesday, October 16, 2007, University of Houston Law Center
This symposium covered the intersection of patent eligibility and tax law. HBTLJ published this symposium in its annual student edited journal.
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Click here and here for the related Houston Business and Tax Law Journal articles.
USPTO TOWN HALL MEETING AT THE LAW CENTER
Wednesday, March 22, 2006, University of Houston Law Center
Patent attorneys, patent agents, independent inventors and members of the small business community gathered at the Law Center for a Town Hall Meeting co-sponsored by the USPTO and the UH Law Center's IPIL Institute. The meeting addressed proposed rule changes affecting claims and continuations. The USPTO also demonstrated its new Web-based Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web) prior to the Town Hall Meeting.
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STANFORD LAW SCHOOL PROFESSOR LAWRENCE LESSIG VISITS THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
Friday, February 24, 2006, University of Houston
Renowned copyright scholar, Professor Lawrence Lessig, visited the University of Houston and spoke at a campus-wide gathering about digital technologies, authorship, ownership, and the intersection of copyright law and free culture.
THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT VISITS HOUSTON AND THE LAW CENTER
Tuesday through Thursday, November 12-14, 1996, University of Houston Law Center
Working with IPIL and the Houston Intellectual Property Law Association (HIPLA), the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit visited Houston to hear cases and interact with the local IP community. Three of the visiting judges presented the IPIL Fall Lecture during the visit on the evening of Thursday, November 14, 1996.
