Jul 16, 2008 - "Special Focus on TTAB vs. Federal Court: Learn Winning Strategies for Your Strongest Case." Practicing Law Institute's Advanced Seminar on Trademark Law 2008, New York, NY. Speaker: Joseph N. Welch II. For details, please contact Joe at 312-554-7966 or jwelch@pattishall.com.

Jun 25, 2008 - "The Plagiarism, Copyright and Fair Use Battle: HR's Role In Guiding Employees to Avoid Infringement." Society for Human Resource Management Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. Speaker: Mark V. B. Partridge. For details, please contact Mark at 312-554-7922 or mpartridge@pattishall.com.

May 12, 2008 - "ADR for IP Disputes." Illinois State Bar Association CLE Program, Collinsville, IL. Speaker: Mark V. B. Partridge. For details, please contact Mark at 312-554-7922 or mpartridge@pattishall.com.

May 05, 2008 - "ADR for IP Disputes." Illinois State Bar Association CLE Program, Chicago, IL. Speaker: Mark V. B. Partridge. For details, please contact Mark at 312-554-7922 or mpartridge@pattishall.com.

Apr 18, 2008 - "Famous for Fifteen Minutes: IP and Internet Social Networking." Northwestern Journal of Technology & Intellectual Property's 3rd Annual Symposium, Chicago, IL. Panelist: J. Michael Monahan. For details, please contact Mike at 312-554-7932 or mmonahan@pattishall.com.

Apr 17, 2008 - "Aspects of U.S. Practice likely to affect European Trademark Strategies." Ninth International Trademark Conference, Alicante, Spain. Speaker: Uli Widmaier. For details, please contact Uli at 312-554-7923 or uwidmaier@pattishall.com.

Apr 16, 2008 - "Introduction to U.S. Trademark Law." Pre-conference seminar, Ninth International Trademark Conference, Alicante, Spain. Speaker: Uli Widmaier. For details, please contact Uli at 312-554-7923 or uwidmaier@pattishall.com.

Apr 06, 2008 -  "Trademark Cases in the International Trade Commission." AIPPI/ASIPI Meeting, Mexico City, Mexico. Speaker: Robert W. Sacoff. For details, please contact Bob at 312-554-7934 or rsacoff@pattishall.com.

Apr 02, 2008 - "Trademark Dilution Surveys." Chicago Bar Association YLS IP Committee Monthly meeting, Chicago, IL. Speaker: Phillip Barengolts. For details, please contact Phil at 312-554-7936 or pbarengolts@pattishall.com.

Feb 29, 2008 - "Trademark Licensing and Defective Products - Walking the Line Between Licensing Control and Product Liability." 52nd Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law, The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL. Speaker: Thad Chaloemtiarana. For details, please contact Thad at 312-554-7973 or tc@pattishall.com.

Feb 21, 2008 - "Navigating Trademark Practice Before the PTO 2008: From Filing Through the TTAB Hearing." Practicing Law Institute, New York, NY. Panelist: Bradley L. Cohn. For details, please contact Brad at 312-554-7953 or bcohn@pattishall.com.

Feb 21, 2008 - "Protecting Your Brand Online." Chicago Bar Association Finance Committee Meeting, Chicago, IL. Speaker: Mark V. B. Partridge. For details, please contact Mark at 312-554-7922 or mpartridge@pattishall.com.

Feb 19, 2008 - "Licensing IP Assets." Law Bulletin Corporate IP Seminar, Chicago, IL. Panelist: Thad Chaloemtiarana. For details, please contact Thad at 312-554-7973 or tc@pattishall.com.

Feb 05, 2008 - "Intellectual Property Law: Judges Panel." Chicago Bar Association, YLS IP Committee, Chicago, IL. Moderators: Kristen S. Knecht and Ashly A. Iacullo. For details, please contact Kristen at 312-554-7943 or knecht@pattishall.com or Ashly at 312-554-7987 or aiacullo@pattishall.com.

Jan 16, 2008 - "Copyright Law and Media Distribution over the Internet", Northwestern University Law School, Chicago, IL. Panelist: Phillip Barengolts. For details, please contact Phil at 312-554-7936 or pbarengolts@pattishall.com.

Dec 18, 2007 - "The Law Meets Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs)". Cyberlaw & Data Privacy and Intellectual Property Law Committee Meeting, Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, IL. Speaker: J. Michael Monahan. For details, please contact Mike at 312-554-7932 or mmonahan@pattishall.com.

Nov 27, 2007 - "New TTAB Rules of Practice: greater efficiency or greater burden?" Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, IL. Speaker: Jonathan S. Jennings. For details, please contact Jonathan at 312-554-7937 or jsj@pattishall.com.

Nov 15, 2007 - "Introduction to Trademark Law." FORUM Institute for Management, Frankfurt, Germany. Speakers: Uli Widmaier and Gerhard Bauer, Chief Trademark Counsel of DaimlerChrysler AG. For details, please contact Uli at 312-554-7923 or uwidmaier@pattishall.com.

Nov 08, 2007 - "Hey, That's My Trademark Dot Com: Strategies for Protecting and Managing Trademarks on the Internet." Illinois Paralegal Conference, Chicago, IL. Speaker: Ashly A. Iacullo. For details, please contact Ashly at 312-554-7987 or aiacullo@pattishall.com.

Oct 24, 2007 - "U.S. Trademark Law." University of Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia. Speaker: Bradley L. Cohn. For details, please contact Bradley at 312-554-7953 or bcohn@pattishall.com.

Oct 23, 2007 - "Keywords and Trademark Use". Panel Discussion at Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL. Panelists: Uli Widmaier, Professor Graeme Dinwoodie (Chicago-Kent College of Law) and Chad Doellinger (Eimer Stahl). For details, please contact Uli at 312-554-7923 or uwidmaier@pattishall.com.

Oct 19, 2007 - "Searching for the Key to Key Words: What is Fair? What is Use? What is Fair Use?" AIPLA Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. Speaker: Joseph N. Welch II. For details, please contact Joe at 312-554-7966 or jwelch@pattishall.com.

Oct 04, 2007 - "Trademark Law." Instituto Dannemann Siemsen, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Speaker: Mark V. B. Partridge. For details, please contact Mark at 312-554-7922 or mpartridge@pattishall.com.

Oct 02, 2007 - "Intellectual Property Law for non-IP Attorneys." Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, IL. Speaker: Jonathan S. Jennings. For details, please contact Jonathan at 312-554-7937 or jjennings@pattishall.com.

Sep 28, 2007 - "Practical Tips on Intellectual Property Law: Intellectual Property Transactions and Management". The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL (sponsored by the ABA-Section of Intellectual Property Law). Speaker: Matthew A. Griffin. For details, please contact Matt at 312-554-7974 or mgriffin@pattishall.com.

Sep 27, 2007 - "Intellectual Property Update: Resolving Disputes with Cybersquatters." Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education's "Hot Topics in Business Law" program, Chicago, IL. Speaker: Mark V. B. Partridge. For details, please contact Mark at 312-554-7922 or mpartridge@pattishall.com.

Sep 25, 2007 - "Legal Top Ten: What You Need to Know to Avoid Promotion Disasters". The Motivation Show, Chicago, IL. Speaker: Alexis E. Payne. For details, please contact Lexy at 312-554-7931 or apayne@pattishall.com.

Sep 20, 2007 - "Intellectual Property Update: Resolving Disputes with Cybersquatters." Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education's "Hot Topics in Business Law" program, Springfield, IL. Speaker: Mark V. B. Partridge. For details, please contact Mark at 312-554-7922 or mpartridge@pattishall.com

Sep 17, 2007 - "The Foundation of International Enforcement Against Counterfeiting - International Trademark Registration and Border Control Registration Protections." IQPC Legal IQ 2d Annual Anti-Counterfeiting and Brand Protection Conference, New York, New York. Speaker: Belinda J. Scrimenti. For details, please contact Belinda at 312-554-7935 or bscrimenti@pattishall.com.

Aug 14, 2007 - "Taking and Defending Effective Depositions in Illinois" also "Witness Preparation and Deposition Defense". Lorman Education Services, Naperville, IL. Moderator and Speaker, respectively: Mark V. B. Partridge. For details, please contact Mark at 312-554-7922 or mpartridge@pattishall.com.

Aug 11, 2007 - "Arbitration and Mediation of Intellectual Property Disputes Today". American Bar Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Panelist: Mark V. B. Partridge. For details, please contact Mark at 312-554-7922 or mpartridge@pattishall.com.