On September 26, Chicago-Kent is hosting its fourth annual U.S. Supreme Court Intellectual Property Review.  Seventh Circuit Judge Diane P. Wood will deliver the keynote address, titled “Is It Time to Abolish the Federal Circuit’s Exclusive Jurisdiction in Patent Cases?”  It promises to be a very interesting discussion.

The one-day conference will be held at

With a hat tip to the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin’s coverage of the 7th Circuit Judicial Conference, Northern District Judges Durkin, St. Eve, and Tharp offered several valuable practice tips for litigating before federal courts, that apply as well for IP litigators as for any litigator.

Judge Durkin:

  • Reduce litigation costs.  For example, there

At the end of this week, I will be heading to the Colorado Rockies at for the Annual Rocky Mountain IP & Technology Institute where I will be moderating a panel called “Damages Models: What Are We Seeing After the Federal Circuit’s Changes.”   William Sloan Coats, with Greenberg Traurig and Matthew Sarboraria, with Oracle Corp.,

On Thursday, April 11 at Loyola University Law School, the Loyola University Chicago Law Journal is putting on a program called:  Patents, Innovation & Freedom to Use Ideas.  Click here for the program brochure.  The program has an interesting mix of theoretical and practical discussions.  Among the more interesting topics are:

  • Chief Judge Holderman discussing

The Seventh Circuit Electronic Discovery Pilot Project and Seyfarth Shaw LLP are offering a free webinar (register here) on the discovery of social media April 5 from 12:00 – 1:15 central.  The program will focus on the particular issues with discovery of social media including:
  • The discoverability of social media
  • The preservation