Summary Schedule

The WIPIP conference hotel is the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Houston. All events for WIPIP will take place nearby, on the University of Houston Law Center campus, unless otherwise noted below. Transportation between the Four Seasons and the Law Center will be provided free of charge.

The continental breakfasts and both lunches will be hosted in the Frankel and Hendricks Heritage rooms on campus. As we near the time of the event, additional rooms will be designated as Break Rooms. A map of the Law Center is provided here.

The shuttle bus schedule is provided here.

More detailed information on individual sessions is coming soon.

The summary schedule is immediately below. The detailed schedule is below that, further down this page, here.

Thursday

There is a welcome reception dinner consisting of heavy hors d'oeuvres at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Houston at 7:00 p.m.

Friday

Breakfast & Welcome 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m. to noon	Concurrent Sessions (20 minute presentation slots) (one 20 minute break)
Lunch noon to 1:20 p.m.
1:20 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions (20 minute presentation slots) (two 20 minute breaks)
Reception* 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Dinner & Trivia Night* 7:30 p.m. to 9:20 p.m.

* The reception and dinner are at the Downtown Aquarium restaurant in Houston.

Saturday

Breakfast 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m. to 11:40 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions (20 minute presentation slots) (one 20 minute break)
Lunch noon to 1:20 p.m.
1:20 p.m. to 2:35 p.m.	Plenary Session (25 minute presentation slots)
Dinner* 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

* The Saturday evening dinner is at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Houston.

Detailed Schedule

Thursday
Welcome Dinner Reception: 7:00 p.m. at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Houston
Friday
Breakfast & Welcome: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.–10:20 a.m. (20 minute presentation slots, inclusive of Q&A time)	F1.A	Rm.144		F1.B	Rm.109			F1.C	Rm. 209
	China's FinTech Disruption: Intellectual Property's Role in the Revolution Alexandra George [abstract]			Reformulating the Idea/Expression Dichotomy for the Better Encouragement of Creativity: A Comparative Review of the Law in the United States of America, the United Kingdom and Kenya Paul Kimani [abstract] [full draft]				The Eco‐Patent Commons: A Post Mortem Assessment Jorge Contreras [abstract] [full draft]
	Artificial Stupidity Clark Asay [abstract]			Tam and the Constitutionality of Copyright's Preferences Alfred Yen [abstract]				The Next Frontier in the Patent Wars? Megan LaBelle [abstract]
	AI and the Death of Trademark Michael Grynberg [abstract]			Regulation of Copyright Markets Across Mediums Nicole Pottinger [abstract]				The Value of "Worthless" Patents Jonas Anderson [abstract]
				Reconceptualizing Compulsory Copyright Licensing Jacob Victor [abstract]				Lost Profits Damages for Multicomponent Products: Clarifying the Debate Jason Reinecke [abstract] [full draft]
Break 10:20 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.
10:40 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (20 minute presentation slots, inclusive of Q&A time)	F2.A		Rm.144	F2.B		Rm.109		F2.C		Rm. 209
	Virtual Influencers Victoria Schwartz [abstract]			The Race and Gender of School Branding: What Can Be Done About High School, College and University Mascots That Are Almost Always Male and Sometimes Racialized?" Ann Bartow [abstract]				Due Process, Impartiality, and Agency Oversight of Administrative Adjudication John Golden [abstract]
	The Legal Landscape for Text Mining and Machine Learning, Fair Use and Beyond Matthew Sag [abstract]			The Slippery Road From Tarnishment To Protected Commercial Speech: Unconstitutional Trademark Dilution In The Light Of Tam Llew Gibbons [abstract]				Toward a Theory of Inventorship in Patent Law Michael Burstein [abstract]
	Legacy Stewards Andrew Gilden [abstract]			Trademarks, Captive Speakers, and the First Amendment Jasmine Abdel-khalik [abstract]				Attacking Innovation Jeffrey Maine [abstract]
	Does Female Political Leadership Enhance Innovation in U.S. Cities? Neel Sukhatme [abstract]			(Re)Verbing Intellectual Property Betsy Rosenblatt [abstract]
Lunch: 12:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.
1:20 p.m.–2:20 p.m. (20 minute presentation slots, inclusive of Q&A time)	F3.A		Rm.144	F3.B		Rm.109		F3.C		Rm. 209
	Minds, Machines, and the Law: The Case of Volition Jeanne Fromer & Mala Chatterjee [abstract]			A Potential Silver Lining for Canadian Users' Rights in the Cloudy Intellectual Property Provisions in the USMCA Lisa Macklem [abstract]				Certiorari in Patent Cases at the Supreme Court Christa Laser [abstract]
	Impoverished IP Stephanie Bair [abstract]			Copyright's L Curve Problem Glynn Lunney [abstract]				Without Preamble Mark Lemley [abstract]
	Mind the Gap: Can We Reverse the Decline in Technology Diffusion? Michael Meurer [abstract]							Expanding the Patent Office's Regulatory Footprint: A Proposal for Reimbursing Invalidity Challenges Jeremy Bock [abstract]
Break 2:20 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
2:40 p.m.–3:40 p.m. (20 minute presentation slots, inclusive of Q&A time)	F4.A		Rm.144	F4.B		Rm.109		F4.C		Rm. 209
	Intellectual Property Law and the Right to Repair Leah Grinvald & Ofer Tur-Sinai [abstract] [full draft]			The Stolen Poem of Saint Moling: Authorship & Literary Ownership in Medieval Ireland Brian Frye [abstract]				Patents for the People Alex Foulkes & Christi Guerrini [abstract]
	Information Law and Governance David Levine [abstract] [full draft]			Edicts of Government: Copyright in State Legal Materials D.R. Jones [abstract]				Patent Law's Latent Schism Matthew Sipe [abstract] [full draft]
	Inconsistent Intellectual Property Judgments Saurabh Vishnubhakat [abstract]							Selecting Innovators: Patents or VCs as Signals Xuan-Thao Nguyen & Erik Hille [abstract]
Break 3:40 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. (20 minute presentation slots, inclusive of Q&A time)	F5.A		Rm.144	F5.B		Rm.109		F5.C		Rm. 209
	Fake News as an IP Problem Arpan Banerjee & Dana Beldiman [abstract]			Drawing Trump Naked: Curbing the Right of Publicity to Protect Portrayals of Real People Thomas Kadri [abstract] [full draft]				There's No Place Like Home (To File Your Patent Lawsuit) Shawn Miller [abstract]
	Regulating Intermediate Technologies Rachel Sachs [abstract]			Trade Secrecy Injunctions and eBay's Influence Deepa Varadarajan [abstract]				Used Inventions Keith Robinson [abstract]
	Content Moderation Remedies Eric Goldman [abstract]			Permissive Certificates: Collectors of Art as Collectors of Permissions Peter Karol [abstract] [full draft]
Reception & Dinner (Trivia Night): 7:00 p.m.– 9:20 p.m.
Saturday
Breakfast: 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.–10:20 a.m. (20 minute presentation slots, inclusive of Q&A time)	S1.A		Rm.144	S1.B		Rm.109		S1.C		Rm. 209
	Improvising Intellectual Property in Sàigòn David Bergan [abstract]			Abandoning Copyrights Aaron Perzanowski & Dave Fagundes [abstract]				Domestic Innovation of Clean Technologies by Developing Countries Joy Xiang [abstract]
	Is There "Patent" in Sharia?: Implications for Innovation in the Muslim World Tabrez Ebrahim [abstract]			Uniform Jury Instructions in Copyright Law Zahr Said [abstract]				Rules of Thumb for the Use of Patent Citation Data David Abrams [abstract]
				Copyright's Arc Martin Skladany [abstract]				The U.S.-China TRIPS Dispute: Episode II Peter Yu [abstract]
				Tear Down the Stairway? Copyright Injunctions and the Public Interest Tim McFarlin [abstract]				Patents, Disclosure of Information, & Biopiracy Aman Gebru [abstract] [full draft]
Break 10:20 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.
10:40 a.m.–11:40 a.m. (20 minute presentation slots, inclusive of Q&A time)	S2.A		Rm.144	S2.B		Rm.109		S2.C		Rm. 209
	Privateers in Cyberspace Thomas Folsom [abstract]			On Gripe Sites and Trademark Rights: Taking Stock of Cooperstock Carys Craig [abstract]				Multidistrict Litigation and Intellectual Property Jennifer Sturiale [abstract]
	Preemption by Exhaustion Guy Rub [abstract]			Protectable Trademark Subject Matter in Common Law Countries and the Problem with Flexibility Lisa Ramsey [abstract]				Implicit Overruling and WesternGeco Andrew Michaels [abstract]
	Intellectual Property, Independent Creation, and the Lockean Commons Mala Chatterjee [abstract]							Errors in Measuring Patent Damages using Choice Modeling Suneal Bedi [abstract]
Lunch: 12:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.
1:20 p.m. – 2:35 p.m. (25 minute presentation slots, inclusive of Q&A time)	S3. PLENARY						Rm.144
	Whole Designs Sarah Burstein [abstract]
	The Laws of Design Christopher Buccafusco [abstract]
	Privacy When Form Doesn't Follow Function Roger Ford [abstract]
Dinner: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.