Programs

A Look Back on the 2023 Actors/Writers Strikes (April 3, 2024)

CIPLIT presented an hour-long, lunchtime talk by Jay L. Cooper, founder of Greenberg Traurig, LLP's West Coast Entertainment Practice and DePaul Law alum, and Ann Brigid Clark of Greenberg Traurig, LLP's, Los Angeles Office on the causes and impact of 2023's Actors and Writers Strikes.

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2024 Jaharis Symposium: "Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Existential Challenges for Law & Ethics" (March 14, 2024)

Each year, the Mary and Michael Jaharis Health Law Institute, in collaboration with the College of Law's Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology, explores a critical legal issue at the intersection of health law, intellectual property law, and information technology.  

This year’s program was no exception as we dove deeper into the role and impact of large language model artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and the radical changes they are making to medical innovation and practices. This topic lends itself to the interdisciplinary nature of the Jaharis Symposium, as we gather a wide range of academics, legal practitioners, and health care professionals to discuss the challenges and opportunities introduced by developments in AI. 

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CIPLIT Faculty Lecture: LKQ Corp. v General Motors (March 12, 2023)

CIPLIT and the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) co-hosted a discussion on LKQ Corp. v General Motors with speakers Joshua Sarnoff (DePaul Law) and Christopher Carani (McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.). In LKQ Corp. v. General Motors, the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will decide the proper standard of “obviousness” for design patents. LKQ challenged the requirements established in earlier Federal Circuit precedents for a “primary reference” that is “basically the same” as the claimed design, and for any prior art used to modify that primary reference to be “so related” that it would suggest substitution of its features with those of the primary reference. Our speakers were two authors of amicus briefs in the case who attended the oral argument, Christopher V. Carani, Shareholder at McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., and Professor Joshua D. Sarnoff, DePaul University College of Law. They discussed the importance of the case, the arguments presented, and their predictions about what rule for design obviousness the court may establish going forward.

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Tech Law Boot Camp 2023: Session 3 - "Why Is Ransomware Still A Thing?" (November 16, 2023)

Part of the Technology & Data Protection Initiative, CIPLIT’s Tech Law Boot Camp series features lectures by professors, practicing attorneys and other tech specialists on relevant substantive technology topics, including certifications, technology management principles, data privacy, cybersecurity, networking concepts and Internet law. These lectures are open to DePaul law students, alumni and the Chicago legal community.

2024's third session - “Why is Ransomware Still A Thing?” - was hosted by Karen Heart of DePaul CDM.

Video available here. 

Tech Law Boot Camp 2023: Session 2 - "Artificial Intelligence 101: Functional Knowledge for Lawyers" (November 9, 2023)

Part of the Technology & Data Protection Initiative, CIPLIT’s Tech Law Boot Camp series features lectures by professors, practicing attorneys and other tech specialists on relevant substantive technology topics, including certifications, technology management principles, data privacy, cybersecurity, networking concepts and Internet law. These lectures are open to DePaul law students, alumni and the Chicago legal community.

2024's second session - “Artificial Intelligence 101: Functional Knowledge for Lawyers” - was hosted by Colin Black of Polsinelli.

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Arts Law Colloquium with Dr. Emiline Smith (November 6, 2023)

Cohosted by the Center for Arts Museum & Cultural Heritage Law (CAMCHL)

This lecture will explore how Nepal's cultural heritage has been exploited for generations, and what the consequences of this are for communities that have long been the victims of epistemic, social, environmental, and other injustices. It will also discuss recent examples of repatriation of Nepali cultural objects by American museums to compare past wrongdoing with current practice.

Tech Law Boot Camp 2023: Session 1 - “The Right to Data Privacy” (November 2, 2023)

Part of the Technology & Data Protection Initiative, CIPLIT’s Tech Law Boot Camp series features lectures by professors, practicing attorneys and other tech specialists on relevant substantive technology topics, including certifications, technology management principles, data privacy, cybersecurity, networking concepts and Internet law. These lectures are open to DePaul law students, alumni and the Chicago legal community.

2024's first session - "The Right to Data Privacy" - was hosted by Anthony Volini of DePaul Law.

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Arts Law Colloquium: Beatriz Brown (September 18, 2023)

Cohosted by the Center for Arts Museum & Cultural Heritage Law (CAMCHL)

Arts Law Colloquium: "Legislating against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) - the UK perspective" with Beatriz Brown of the UK Government's policy team on Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation

Description: SLAPPs use litigation and threats to shut down free speech, using financial and psychological means to obstruct investigations in the public interest. The UK has recently become the first country in the world to introduce legislation to curb the use of SLAPPs in domestic courts in response to concerns about national security and the growth of 'lawfare' that challenges a free press and public accountability.

This informal session will introduce how SLAPPs operate in the UK and the policy and legislative response that followed in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It will outline the policy context and public consultation that informed the Government's efforts to reform procedural law concerning SLAPPs in England and Wales, plus parliamentary procedure to enact change. It will consider how international diplomacy and stakeholder engagement proved essential on the path to introducing a new law that will bring down the use of SLAPPs concerned with economic crime.

CIPLIT Faculty Lecture: "Jack Daniel's v. VIP" with Michael Grynberg (April 25, 2023)

Professor Michael Grynberg (DePaul University College of Law) looked at Jack Daniel's v. VIP, a SCOTUS trademark infringement case that asked whether a humorous use of another’s trademark is subject to likelihood-of-confusion analysis. Professor Grynberg recently wrote an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune about the subject.

BOOK TALK: "Creators Take Control" with Ed Lee (April 19, 2023)

Professor Ed Lee (Chicago-Kent College of Law) discussed his new book "Creators Take Control," which looks at NFTs as a form of decentralized IP.

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32nd Annual DePaul Law Review Symposium: "Cyber-Regulation and the Legal Environment of the Internet Age" (April 14, 2023)

CIPLIT co-sponsored the 32nd Annual DePaul Law Review Symposium, "Cyber-Regulation and the Legal Environment of the Internet Age," which looked at critical issues surrounding internet regulation, data privacy, and cybersecurity. Speakers included scholars, industries leaders, and counsels for major conglomerates.

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CIPLIT Faculty Lecture: "Intro to Digital Forensics" with Anthony Volini (April 4, 2023)

Professor Anthony Volini (DePaul University College of Law) offered an introductory look at digital forensics and the combination of forensic science, law enforcement, and cybersecurity.

CIPLIT Faculty Lecture: "Amgen v. Sanofi" with Joshua Sarnoff (March 30, 2023)

Co-sponsored by the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC)

Professor Joshua Sarnoff (DePaul University College of Law) provided a look at Amgen v. Sanofi, a case that recently made it to SCOTUS that deals with patent applications and enablement. Professor Sarnoff recently wrote an amicus brief in support of respondents.

"Sovereignty, Cyberspace and International Law – What are the Rules?: Russian, Chinese, European, and US Perspectives" with Pål Wrange (March 28, 2023)

Co-sponsored by Alberto Coll's International Law course and the International Law Society

Professor Pål Wrange (Stockholm University) discussed “Sovereignty, Cyberspace and International Law – What are the Rules?: Russian, Chinese, European, and US Perspectives.” Prof. Wrange is Professor of Law and Director of the Swedish Center for International Law and Justice at Stockholm University. He is also a Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, and served as Principal Legal Advisor to the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he worked on issues related to international law and cyberspace. He is a widely published author and scholar, and serves on the Board of the European Society of International Law.

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"The Temporal Dimension of Surveillance" with Michael Birnhack (March 2, 2023)

Professor Michael Birnhack (Tel Aviv University) discussed “The Temporal Dimension of Surveillance” (based on a forthcoming paper in Surveillance and Society). He brought the temporal dimension to the conversation about surveillance, and illustrates with legal discussions of contact tracing during COVID.

2023 Jaharis Symposium on Health Law and Intellectual Property: Unplanned Obsolescence: Reproductive Health Care Technology’s Response to a Changing Legal Landscape (March 1, 2023)

Co-sponsored by the Mary and Michael Jaharis Health Law Institute

Each year, the Mary and Michael Jaharis Health Law Institute, in collaboration with the College of Law's Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology (CIPLIT®), explores a critical legal issue at the intersection of health law, intellectual property law, and information technology. This year’s program is no exception as we dove deeper into the role and impact of technology on the radical changes to reproductive healthcare law after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Supreme Court decision. This topic lends itself to the interdisciplinary nature of our symposium, as we gathered a wide range of academics, legal practitioners, and healthcare professionals to discuss the challenges and opportunities involved with this significant issue.

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2022 State Level IP Prosecutor Training: Discussions, Insights, and Best Practices (December 7-8, 2022)

Co-sponsored by Michigan State University's Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection (A-CAPP)

This all-day symposium brought in attorneys from around the country to discuss various issues in the realm of State IP Prosecutor Practice. Topics included: working with brand owners and private investigators, counterfeiting, overlapping federal and civil statutes, state laws, and IP prosecution strategies.

DePaul University's 9th Annual Cyber Risk Conference – “Weathering The Storm of Disruption” (November 29, 2022)

Co-sponsored by DePaul's The Arditti Center for Risk Management in the Driehaus College of Business' Department of Finance and DePaul's Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media

For nearly a decade, DePaul has been proud to offer a yearly exploration of the frontiers in cyber security with the annual Cyber Risk Conference. This year explored the continuing evolution of cyber risk and security with looks at topics such as new regulations, cyber insurance, the ethics of monitoring a remote workforce, and the use of personal devices vs. required company computers.

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Tech Law Boot Camp 2022: Session 3 - “Data Breaches: Risk Mitigation and Incident Responses” with Colin Black (November 10, 2022)

Part of the Technology & Data Protection Initiative, CIPLIT’s Tech Law Boot Camp series features lectures by professors, practicing attorneys and other tech specialists on relevant substantive technology topics, including certifications, technology management principles, data privacy, cybersecurity, networking concepts and Internet law. These lectures are open to DePaul law students, alumni and the Chicago legal community.

Colin Black (Polsinelli) hosted 2022's third and final session - Data Breaches: Risk Mitigation and Incident Responses.

”The Consumer Right to Repair, and Design Patents” with Joshua Sarnoff (November 8, 2022)

Professor Joshua Sarnoff (DePaul University College of Law) talked about The Consumer Right to Repair, and Design Patents

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Tech Law Boot Camp 2022: Session 2 - “The Six Central Flaws of Computing” with Karen Heart (November 2, 2022)

Part of the Technology & Data Protection Initiative, CIPLIT’s Tech Law Boot Camp series features lectures by professors, practicing attorneys and other tech specialists on relevant substantive technology topics, including certifications, technology management principles, data privacy, cybersecurity, networking concepts and Internet law. These lectures are open to DePaul law students, alumni and the Chicago legal community.

Professor Karen Heart (DePaul College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM)) hosted 2022's second session - The Six Central Flaws of Computing.

Tech Law Boot Camp 2022: Session 1 - “Encryption and the Law” with Anthony Volini (October 27, 2022)

Part of the Technology & Data Protection Initiative, CIPLIT’s Tech Law Boot Camp series features lectures by professors, practicing attorneys and other tech specialists on relevant substantive technology topics, including certifications, technology management principles, data privacy, cybersecurity, networking concepts and Internet law. These lectures are open to DePaul law students, alumni and the Chicago legal community.

Professor Anthony Volini (DePaul University College of Law) hosted 2022's first session - Encryption and the Law.

Arts Law Colloquium: “New and Old Challenges: European Approaches to the Recovery of Stolen Art” with Alicja Jagielska-Burduk (September 14, 2022)

Co-sponsored by DePaul Law's Center for Art, Museum, and Cultural Heritage Law (CAMCHL)

Professor Alicja Jagielska-Burduk (Professor and UNESCO Chair on Cultural Property Law of the University of Opole (Poland)). She is editor-in-chief of the Santander Art and Culture Law Review and co-chairs The International Art Market Studies Association. She was selected as an arbitrator for the Arbitrator Pool of the Court of Arbitration for Art in The Hague. Her book, Cultural Heritage as a Legal Hybrid: Between Public and Private Law, was published by Springer in 2022.

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31st Annual DePaul Law Review Symposium: Content Moderation, Platform Liability, and the Future of Internet Speech Regulation (April 23, 2022)

CIPLIT is honored to sponsor the 31st Annual DePaul Law Review Symposium. The 31st Annual DePaul Law Review Symposium will focus on the current legal landscape of online speech regulation and explore what the future may look like in terms of internet speech and liability law in the United States. The Symposium will feature prominent attorneys, professors and policy experts discussing topics such as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the European approach to internet speech and platform liability, algorithmic censorship as a content moderation strategy, and potential First Amendment issues concerning social media censorship. This event will also contain a panel discussion offering various perspectives on the potential scope of internet and social media speech regulations in the United States.

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2022 Antitrust and Access to Care: Lessons from Market Consolidation and a Public Health Crisis (March 10, 2022)

Co-sponsored by DePaul Law's Mary and Michael Jaharis Health Law Institute

Access issues in health care are beginning to reach crisis point. Over the past decade, corporate interests have dictated structural changes in health care markets and consumers now face more barriers than ever when it comes to obtaining affordable, quality care. In response, the Biden Administration and the newly formed White House Competition Counsel are promoting more vigorous antitrust enforcement—scrutinizing actions taken by hospitals and drug companies in particular. This year’s symposium will explore how consolidation across health care markets has impacted access to care. Prominent legal scholars, antitrust enforcers, and expert practitioners will address a range of questions such as: How has hospital consolidation affected access to care in rural communities?; Will COVID-19 drive further consolidation among insurers, providers, or pharmaceutical companies?; Can retrospective review of previously consummated hospital mergers restore competitiveness in hospital markets?; What impact will the entry of massive non-health care entities, such as Amazon and Google, have on the digital health services market?; Is the race to consolidate between insurers and providers an inevitable consequence of the American approach to health care financing?

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2022 Gerald D. Hosier Scholars in Intellectual Property Law Distinguished IP Lecture: Elizabeth Townsend Gard (March 2, 2022)

Elizabeth Townsend Gard presented Creativity in the Shadow of New Copyright (Small) Claims Board (CASE Act)

In December 2020, the CASE Act was passed which created for the first time a small claims court for copyright cases. The Copyright Claims Board (CCB) should be up and running in mid-2022, but it has a particularly prickly issue that respondents can opt-out. The 2022 Gerald D. Hosier IP Scholar Elizabeth Townsend Gard - professor of law at Tulane University Law School, director of the Tulane Center for IP, Media & Culture, and co-inventor and director of the Durationator® - will provide an overview and look at what kinds of questions/issues might arise.

Speaker
Elizabeth Townsend Gard, professor of law at Tulane University Law School, director of the Tulane Center for IP, Media & Culture, and co-inventor and director of the Durationator®

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The Jaharis Symposium on Health Law and Intellectual Property: Addressing Health Disparities: Is Technology the Answer? (April 29, 2021)

Co-sponsored by DePaul Law's Mary and Michael Jaharis Health Law Institute

COVID-19 has laid bare the structural barriers at the root of health disparities in the U.S. Meanwhile, we are experiencing how rapid changes in technology can profoundly impact the role that health care plays in our lives. This year’s Jaharis Symposium centers on the premise that while technological advances have the potential to revolutionize the delivery of health care, they also raise significant questions about who has access to these innovations and whether they are advancing the interests of the populations with the greatest needs.

This interdisciplinary symposium will address issues of legal regulation, including intellectual property implications, and racial and health justice.

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The Jaharis Symposium on Health Law and Intellectual Property: Genetic Justice: Data, Privacy, and Crime (March 12, 2020)

Co-sponsored by DePaul Law's Mary and Michael Jaharis Health Law Institute

Recent discoveries in the field of genetics herald immense innovation for medicine and science. But they also raise significant questions related to individual privacy, societal uses of the information, and applications in the criminal justice system. For example, how should genetic information be controlled to ensure individual privacy and informed consent for all? What are the individual and societal implications of forensic uses of genetic record matching? How else should genetic information be used within the criminal justice system? Can genomic research ever be truly inclusive and representative of the diversity of our population? This interdisciplinary symposium will address issues of distributive and procedural justice in genetics and genomics, as they relate to scientific innovation, intellectual property, human subjects research, and the criminal justice system.

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Pharma Patents and Happiness (February 20, 2020)

Co-sponsored by DePaul Law's Mary and Michael Jaharis Health Law Institute

Professor Christopher Buccafusco discussed how patent law, particularly with regards to the pharmaceutical market, could and should be used to enhance people’s welfare. He advocated changes to the patent eligibility and length for pharmaceuticals.

Speaker
Christopher Buccafusco, Professor of Law and Director of Intellectual Property & Information Law Program, Cardozo School of Law

6th Annual Cyber Risk Conference – “The Crown Jewels: Protecting What’s Important” (December 3, 2019)

Co-sponsored by DePaul's The Arditti Center for Risk Management in the Driehaus College of Business' Department of Finance and DePaul's College of Computing and Digital Media

The assets of an organization are exposed to loss from cyber-related perils in many ways: directly, such as through unauthorized access, ransomware, or spyware; and indirectly, such as through infrastructure sabotage or failure. Implementing defenses against all of these perils takes time, money, and other resources. How should an organization set priorities to protect the most important assets from the most salient perils? In this conference we explore the process of protecting the "Crown Jewel" assets from the full spectrum of cyber-related perils.

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Tech-Law Boot Camp III: Introduction to Privacy and Cybersecurity Law (November 20, 2019)

This discussion looked at recent court decisions from the cybersecurity front lines.

Speaker
Karen Heart, DePaul's Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media

Tech-Law Boot Camp II: Introduction to Internet and Cybersecurity Controls (November 13, 2019)

This discussion introduced technology concepts relevant to the law, such as the OSI model, client-server model, cookies, firewalls, digital forensics, etc. It included a general discussion of how the internet works as context for understanding technology concepts that are relevant to lawyers managing data breaches and cybersecurity compliance.

Speaker
Anthony Volini, DePaul University College of Law

Arts Law Colloquium: “Prosecuting Museum Thefts in Federal Court: The Ups, Downs, and Possibilities” (November 11, 2019)

Co-sponsored by DePaul Law's Center for Art, Museum, and Cultural Heritage Law (CAMCHL)

Assistant U.S. Attorney K.T. Newton has handled several cultural property-related cases including the prosecution under the Theft of Major Artwork statute of a museum visitor who broke the thumb from one of the Chinese terra cotta warrior figures that was on loan to a Philadelphia museum. This lecture provided a behind-the-scenes look at the process of search and prosecution of museum theft.

Speaker
K.T. Newton, Assistant U.S. Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)

Tech-Law Boot Camp I: Introduction to Internet Law (November 6, 2019)

Part of the new Technology and Data Protection initiative, CIPLIT®’s Tech-Law Boot Camp series features lectures by professors, practicing attorneys, and other tech specialists on relevant substantive tech topics, including tech certifications, technology management principles, data privacy, cybersecurity, networking concepts, and Internet law. These lectures are open to DePaul Law students, alumni and the entire Chicago legal community.

Speaker
Mike Grynberg, DePaul University College of Law

Using IP and Technology to Ensure Access to Justice (October 21, 2019)

Co-sponsored by DePaul Law's Center for Public Interest Law's Pro Bono & Community Service Initiative

In honor of National Pro Bono Week, this panel discussion looked at how IP and technology could be used to promote access to justice.

Moderator
Anthony Volini, DePaul University College of Law