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09/11/2024

Delighted to join Judge Randall R. Rader Mark Cohen, Hui Shen and Albert Wai-Kit Chan for an insightful conversation about IP developments in China in Practising Law Institute (PLI)'s New York studio.

Grateful to Kenneth Min and his team for their hard work behind the scenes.

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02/16/2023

Pleased to sit down with Bruce Berman to distill the essence of communicating well.

Bruce is the CEO of Brody Berman Associates, a management consulting and strategic communications firm he founded in 1988. Brody Berman is best known for helping clients increase profit, enhance value, and manage risk. The firm draws upon an extensive network of business and media contacts in the U.S. and Europe. His clients include public and private companies, service providers, private investment funds, and law firms.

Topics we covered during this Penn State Dickinson Law' Profiles in Leadership' series include:

9:05:– The Art of Consulting

11:28:– Leveraging on the Media

17:15:– Signaling Success

19:01:– Recruiting and Retaining Clients

21:43:– Writing a Classic

26:05:– Strategic Communications

28:23:– On Versatility

32:13:– Building an Institutional Reputation

38:00:– How to Out-Fundraise Your Competition

41:41:– Using Podcasts Strategically

45:29:– Mentors and Mentees

https://youtu.be/035MaelX3r4

02/10/2023

Thank you, Sarah Davidson, Justine McCarthy Potter, Breanna Qin, and Sophia Wallach at the Berkeley Technology Law Journal, for your meticulous and helpful editorial assistance with my article, "Trademark Confusion Simplified: A New Framework for Multifactor Tests." Professors Jon Lee, Joshua Sarnoff, and Peter Yu provided valuable suggestions, which I was happy to take on board.

I also appreciate participants at the following events that provided helpful feedback: The Emily C. and John E. Hansen IP Institute at Fordham Law School Conference, Giles S. Rich Inn IP American Inn of Court and Pauline Newman IP American Inn of Court Seminar, World IP Forum (WIPF), Indiana University Maurer School of Law (Bloomington) IP Colloquium, George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Emerging Technology Committee and Electronic and Computer Law Committee Roadshow.

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01/26/2023

After a long career in the private sector, Lisa Jorgenson took up leadership of World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO's and Technology Sector in 2020, overseeing an area that includes the administration of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) - the International Patent System. Her appointment as the first female Deputy Director General of the Patents and Technology Sector has sent a powerful message about WIPO's focus on . She has been a passionate advocate for women and for closing the gender gap in IP and technology for over 30 years. As a leader, Deputy Director General Jorgenson is deeply committed to advancing in innovative and creative sectors. Working towards a more balanced and IP landscape has been one of her top priorities. She joined me for a wide-ranging fireside to share her professional journey and lessons on leadership.

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After a long career in the private sector, Lisa Jorgenson took up leadership of WIPO's Patents and Technology Sector in 2020, overseeing an area that include...

01/21/2023

Law schools in Pennsylvania and its neighbors are natural partners underpinned by our deep historical and people-to-people ties. The Three Rivers Intellectual Property and Technology Law Colloquium exemplifies this close and collegial partnership. Named after the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers that meet to form the Ohio River in Pittsburg, scholars meet to share papers and projects at a working papers colloquium. Looking forward to reconnecting with my colleagues, learning about their latest work, and exploring new ways to collaborate.



https://michaelmadison.net/2023-three-rivers-intellectual-property-colloquium/

Mark Bartholomew, University at Buffalo School of Law Daniel Brean Philips Aman Gebru University of Houston Law Center Camilla Hrdy University of Akron School of Law Christa Laser Cleveland State University College of Law Penn State Dickinson Law Jacqui Lipton University of Pittsburgh School of Law Michael Madison Michael Mattioli Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Emily Michiko Morris University of Akron School of Law Aaron Perzanowski University of Michigan Law School Amelia Smith Rinehart West Virginia University College of Law Guy Rub The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Amy Semet University at Buffalo School of Law Martin Skladany Christian Sundquist Sean Tu

01/13/2023

FMC Corporation is a global company dedicated to helping growers produce , , and for an expanding world population while adapting to a changing environment. FMC’s innovative crop protection solutions – including , , and agriculture – enable growers, crop advisers and turf and pest management professionals to address their toughest challenges economically without compromising safety or the environment.

FMC Chief Counsel Roberte Makowski joined me for a wide-ranging fireside chat on her professional journey and lessons on . Topics include:
- Diversity as sustainability
- Immigrating to the US
- The professor becomes a law student
- From revenue generator to cost center
- Do golf courses still help lawyers generate business?
- Competition and innovation here and abroad
- Managing: teams, the C-suite, and budgets
- Deciding on outside counsel: Costs and beyond
- How responsive do inhouse counsel really expect outside counsel to be?
- Industry reactions to patent developments
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