The Global Center for Business & Development at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law will host a conference on Patent and Trademark Law Developments on Friday, April 4. The conference will bring together legal scholars and educators to explore recent patent and trademark law developments, including comparative and international issues.

This year’s conference, entitled “Patent and Trademark Law Developments,” is from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in Classroom A. The event will feature over 20 speakers from the European Union, India, the United States, China, and South Korea, representing universities such as the University of Salzburg Law School, Indian Institute of Management – Calcutta, Copenhagen Business School, Central European University, Georgetown University Law Center, Wake Forest University School of Law, and DePaul University College of Law.

The symposium will examine changes in technology, trade, and its impact on the practice of patent and trademark law. Key topics include the role of artificial intelligence, global changes in practice, such as the influence of the World Health Organization and specialty courts, and regional patent and trademark practices.

"The conference explores critical modifications in patent and trademark law influenced by changes in technology, trade, and global ordering among others," said Professor Mike Mireles.

The conference was co-organized by the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law’s Global Center for Business and Development in Sacramento, California; VIT University Law School in Chennai, India; University of Salzburg Law School in Salzburg, Austria; Texas A&M University Law School in Fort Worth, Texas; and DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, Illinois. Sponsors of the conference include Wake Forest University School of Law, Ian Rambarran of Klinedinst Law Firm, the Wright Law Firm, and Schinders Law Firm in Guangzhou, China.

This year’s lineup of speakers comes from around the globe:

• Kashish Anija, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C.; Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Christine Coughlin, Wake Forest University School of Law in Greensboro, North Carolina
• Gladys Daniel, Daniel and Gladys Law Firm in Chennai, India
• Chen Gu, Former Counsel, Tencent and Western Digital in Silicon Valley, California
• Chaho Jung, Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea
• Amir Kallas, University of California, Davis in Davis, California
• Jessica Kiser, Gonzaga University School of Law in Spokane, Washington
• Vishv Priya Kohli, Copenhagen Business School in Copenhagen, Denmark
• Jeffrey A. Lefsin, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco in San Francisco, California
• Esther Lim, Finnegan Henderson Law Firm in Washington, D.C.
• Mike Mireles, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California
• Emily Michiko Morris, University of Akron School of Law in Akron, Ohio
• E. Prema, VIT University Law School in Chennai, India
• PRL Rajavenkatesan, VIT University Law School in Chennai, India
• Srividhya Ragavan, Texas A&M University School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas
• Joshua Sarnoff, DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, Illinois
• Maria Schmidt-Kessen, Central European University in Vienna, Austria
• Toshiko Taneka, University of Washington School of Law in Seattle, Washington
• John R. Thomas, Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C.
• V.K. Unni, Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta, India
• V.C. Vivekanandan, Hidayatullah National Law University in New Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
• Tiffany Wan, Counsel at Samsara in San Francisco, California
• Peter K. Yu, Texas A&M University School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas
• Gudrun Zagel, University of Salzburg Law School in Salzburg, Austria
• Wanqing Zhao, Zhejiang Gongshang University Law School in Hangzhou, China

Register for the event.