During the summer of 2021, the Federal Judicial Center, in conjunction with the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology and the Berkeley Judicial Institute, is presenting a series of online programs on intellectual property law designed to provide judges with a strong foundation in the principles and doctrines governing intellectual property law and practical approaches for managing intellectual property litigation.
BCLT’s and BJI’s Professor Peter Menell will lead the program and will be joined by other leading IP scholars and practitioners. Judicial faculty will include Chief Judge Leonard Stark (D. Del.) (patent case management), Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo (S.D. Cal.) (patent case management), Judge Jon O. Newman (Second Circuit) (copyright); Judge Beth Labson Freeman (N.D. Cal.) (trade secrets), and Judge Denise Cote (S.D.N.Y.) (trademark).
The sessions combine engaging tutorials with multimedia, clear outlines and checklists, panels of academic, practitioner, judicial, musical/technical experts, hands-on simulations of claim construction and preliminary injunction hearings, interactive mock trials (with polling), and ample opportunity for Q & A.
Program Schedule
June 8, 2021, 2 – 5 pm EST: Patent Basics
June 24, 2021, 2 – 5 pm EST: Patent Case Management
July 23, 2021, 1 – 4 pm EST: Copyright Basics
July 30, 2021, 1 – 4 pm EST: Copyright – Music
August 27, 2021, 1 – 4 pm EST: Trade Secrets Basics and Case Management
September 24, 2021, 1 – 4 pm EST: Trademark Basics and Case Management