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<font size ="3">Thursday, October 23, 2003</font>
8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Jerome Gilson, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
9:05 Internet I: Defining Boundaries in the New Frontier
MODERATOR: Joshua Metzger, Overture Services, Inc.
David Kelly, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett& Dunner
Neil Smith, Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin
10:00 Internet II - Expanding New Frontiers
David Fleming, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
10:45 Morning Break
11:00 The Madrid Protocol: Dawn of a New Era
Hon. Anne Chasser, Commissioner for Trademarks, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Kathryn Barrett Park, President, International Trademark Association and Trademark Counsel, General Electric Corporation
12:15 Luncheon & Keynote Address
The Economics of Trademark Law
Hon. Richard Posner, Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
2:00 Expert Witnesses in Trademark Litigation: When, How, Why?
John Gabrielides, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
George Mantis, President, The Mantis Group, Inc.
3:00 Afternoon Break
3:15 Dilution Law Revealed: Six Months After Victoria's Secret
MODERATOR: Anne Gilson LaLonde, Co-Author, Trademark Protection and Practice
Guy Blynn, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Marie Driscoll, Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
4:15 Corporate Trademark Tactics: Getting Real in a New Economy
John Bergin, Chief Trademark Counsel, Avon Products, Inc.
Arch Ahern, Senior Counsel, Trademarks & Marketing, Motorola, Inc.
5:15 Networking Reception
<font size = "3">Friday, October 24, 2003</font>
7:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30 Oral Argument Before Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
Case, counsel & judges to be announced
9:30 The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Today and Tomorrow
Hon. David Sams, Chief Administrative Judge, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
10:00 Morning Break
10:15 TTAB Current Practice Developments
Jeff Handelman, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Mack Webner, Sughrue Mion
11:00 Federal Court Round-up - Federal Procedural Litigation Issues
MODERATOR: Jerome Gilson, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Dale Cendali, O'Melveny & Myers
Anthony Fletcher, Fish & Richardson
Albert Robin, Robin Blecker & Daley
12:25 Closing Remarks
Jerome Gilson, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
12:30 Adjourn
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