Daily Archives: March 21, 2019

PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS ROUNDTABLE [APR. 1, 2019]

10^TH ANNUAL FLORIDA BAR IP SYMPOSIUM [APR. 11-12, 2019]

This year’s symposium contains panel discussions focusing on IP damages, recovery of attorney’s fees under the Lanham Act, understanding and opposing failure to function trademark refusals, the effect of Matal v. Tam and In Re: Brunetti on the registration of disparaging and scandalous trademarks, recovery of lost foreign profits for patent infringement and an examination of copyright protection for photographs in light of the Mitchell A. Pohl v. MH Sub I, LLC decision.

The Dinner Speaker on Thursday, April 11, 2019 is Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) Administrative Judge George C. Pologeorgis, and the Lunch Keynote Speaker on Friday April 12, 2019 is the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Commissioner for Trademarks Mary Boney Denison.

Where: Loews Portofino Bay Hotel, 5601 Universal Blvd., Orlando, FL 32819

• For reservations under their room block, please use the following link: res.windsurfercrs.com/ibe/details.aspx?propertyid=14841&nights=1&checkin=04/11/2019&group=GPPG4A1 or contact the Loews Reservation Center @ 833.243.4727. Please mention their Group: The Florida Bar and Meeting: Business Law Section-10th Annual Intellectual Property Symposium to get the group rate of $249/night.

Complete details: Available @ ipcommittee.com/register-now-for-the-10th-annual-florida-bar-ip-symposium/

• Registration: Available @ member.floridabar.org/s/lt-event?site=a0a36000003SDujAAG&id=a1R1R0000052GUFUA2

NEXT MEDIA CONFERENCE [APR. 12, 2019]

The Next Media Conference brings together creatives and futurists who are shaping the field of communication. Come and learn firsthand the ways today’s emerging technologies will affect how we communicate tomorrow. The conference has something for everyone, whether you are a designer, developer or enthusiast. Learn how AR, VR, MR, AI, biometric sensors, and spatial computing will impact us and will enter the mainstream essentially changing how we communicate, organize ourselves, and interact with the world around us.

Where: University of Miami School of Communication

Complete details: Available @ interactive.miami.edu/nextmedia2019/

• Registration (free): Available @

eventbrite.com/e/next-media-conference-miami-2019-tickets-53930293961?aff=ebdssbdestsearch