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The Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law’s Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference, which covers developments in patent and antitrust; trademarks, copyrights, music, and entertainment; IP management and in-house counsel practice; and information technology and privacy law, has always been a way for the practicing bar, students, and academics to discuss and stay on top of this ever-changing arena of law.

A mainstay in IP CLE programming for more than 60 years, we’re proud to provide a forum for presenters and attendees alike to share their insights into the most important IP developments and their future impact.

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Registration & Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – Welcome & Don Dunner Leadership Award | Nicky Boothe, Dean and Professor of Law, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law

Yolanda M. King, Director, Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law, and Associate Professor of Law, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law

8:45 – 10:00 a.m. | Plenary Session 1
IP & Ethics Intersection – Title pending
Moderator: Detlef von Ahsen, Partner, Kuhnen & Wacker, Germany
Panelists: Pending

10:15 – 11:30 a.m. | Plenary Session 2

IP & Ethics Intersection – Title pending
Moderator: Pending
Panelists: Pending

11:30 – 12:15 p.m. | Featured Speaker

IP & Ethics Intersection

1:30 – 2:30 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions
1A – Cyber Security and Privacy Trends for 2025 into 2026 – AI/Privacy Considerations, Data Authentication Mandates, & Continuing State Privacy Developments

Moderator: Kenneth K. Dort, Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, USA
Panelists: Pending

2A – AI Revolution in Patent Practice: From Drafting Tools to Inventorship Dilemmas

Moderator: Isaac Pflaum
Director of Complex Software Litigation, Quandary Peak Research

Panelists:
Daniel S. Block, Director at Sterne Kessler Goldstein Fox
Jonathan Stroud, General Counsel, Unified Patents
Aseet Patel, Founder CEO, PatentOAResponse.com
Lissi Mojica, Head of IP Strategy. Garden Intelligence
R. Evan Glass, Senior Counsel, Foley and Lardner

2:45 – 3:45 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions

1B – Recent Developments in Trade Secrets and Noncompetes

Moderator: Matthew F. Prewitt, Partner, ArentFox Schiff LLP, USA
Panelists:
Jason M. Bradford, Partner, Jenner & Block LLP, USA
Maria A. Maras, Associate Director, Accenture, USA

2B – Copyright Chaos: The Litigation Labyrinth of AI Training

Moderator: Dr. Iman Sadeghi, Consultant, Quandary Peak Research, USA
Panelists: Pending

4:00 – 5:00 p.m. | Concurrent Sessions

1C – Emerging Surveillance Technologies and their Regulation under Existing Data Privacy Law

Moderator: Isaac Pflaum
Director of Complex Software Litigation, Quandary Peak Research
Panelists:
Will Bracker, Partner, Bracker & Holder LLC, USA
Jason Frankovitz, Quandary Peak Research
Daniel A. Cotter, Member, Aronberg Goldgehn

2C – AI Regulation and Intellectual Property Strategy in the Creative Industries

Moderator: Jelena Vujicic, Legal Advisor to Government of Serbia on Artificial Intelligence Law and Policy, Serbia
Panelists:
Ken Suh, Partner, McDonald Hopkins LLC, USA
Jerry Glover, Retired Partner, Leavens, Strand & Glover LLC, USA