Fitch Even Partner Presents IP Protection Seminar At IPLAC

Fitch Even Completes International Research Collaboration With Max Planck Institute

Fitch Even To Moderate Panel Of Experts On Intellectual Property At The Midwest Entrepreneurs' Forum

May 24, 2005

On May 24, 2005, IPLAC presented a noon time seminar on various types of IP protection for an audience of intellectual property paralegals and agents. Partner Steve Parmelee provided an introduction to various types of intellectual property law, including patents, trade secrets, trademarks and copyrights. Mr. Parmelee introduced the topics via an entertaining story about "The Perils Of Paula" and her journey as an entrepreneur who wants to capitalize on her newly invented cookie recipe.

Basic points regarding these various intellectual property rights were brought forth as relevant to the facts of the unfolding story. For example, invention conception and reduction to practice concepts were discussed as these events occurred in the story. The tests of patentability and patent claiming also received considerable attention. Other related points, such as the so-called poor-man's patent and non-confidential disclosure forms as are used by many large companies were also discussed. In addition, this presentation noted both the potential for interaction of these rights and their potential overlapping application to more fully meet the business needs of a given client.

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February 21, 2005

Fitch Even partner, Tim Maloney, has participated for several years in a groundbreaking international comparative study of patent enforcement regimes conducted by the Max Planck Institute in Munich. A Festschrift, a German tradition that has also made its way to international academia, was published under the title "Patent Enforcement In Selected Countries" as a special issue of IIC in October 2000 (31 IIC 625-770). The success of the original Festschrift in its original English version led to its translation into several other languages and international circulation.

The Max Planck Institution recently announced the completion of the second major phase of the study and the publication of "Patent Enforcement Worldwide." This book presents an expanded analysis of substantive and procedural patent enforcement issues in fifteen countries and implications of international law on this increasingly important topic. Mr. Maloney contributed an analysis of U.S. patent enforcement issues to this international collaboration. Copies of the book are available through Hart Publishing at www.hartpub.co.uk.

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January 10, 2005

Partner Joe Nabor will moderate a panel of experts on intellectual property at the Midwest Entrepreneurs' Forum to be hosted at IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law on January 10, 2005. The presentation is sponsored by the Chicago Intellectual Property Alliance, of which Fitch Even is a founding member. The panel discussion will feature the practical aspects of Intellectual Property for companies in technology driven industries. For further information, contact either FETF or the Midwest Entrepreneurs' Forum at 8 South Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, (312) 857-0301.

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