The Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, along with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Kuhnen & Wacker, will be holding a virtual seminar on "International IP Practice" from 7:15 am to 3:15 pm (CDT) on October 8, 2021.  The program will bring together speakers to provide instruction on the issues of contemporary significance covering patents, trademarks, and design rights, and will provide sessions on:

• Key Developments in International Trademark & Design Law
• Key Developments in International Patent & Trade Secret Law and Policy
• Strategies for Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Filings
• Featured Presentation: Patents and Technology: Perspective, Truth, and Change — Lisa Jorgenson, Deputy Director-General, Patents & Technology, WIPO
• Intersections in International IP Law, Policy, and Practice

Additional information about the program, including an agenda and list of speakers, can be found here.  Those interested in registering for the conference online can do so here.  The registration fee is $125 (there is no registration fee for UIC students, faculty, adjunct professors, staff, IP Center advisory board members, and government attendees).  Patent Docs readers who register for the program will be entitled to a 20% discount off of the registration fee using the discount code patentdocs2021.

Patent Docs is an Institutional Partner of the UIC School of Law IP Center.