Eleventh Annual Seattle Conference on
COMPUTER LAW

Conference in Detail
Thursday, December 7, 2000 (Day 1)
(For Day 2, click here)

8:30 Introduction and Overview of Day One
Henry B. Gutman, Esq.
Program Co-Chair
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
New York, NY

Warren J. Rheaume, Esq.
Program Co-Chair
Foster Pepper & Shefelman, PLLC
Seattle, WA
8:45 Keynote Address
The Hon. Thomas B. Leary Commissioner
Federal Trade Commission
Washington, DC
9:15 Copyright Update
Current developments in copyright on the cusp of convergence: Recent cases in "Cyberia" — Napster, DVD, ICANN, RIAA, AHRA, RIO; Non-net copyright current developments: Copyrightability issues in pictorial, sculpture, and graphic works; work made for hire

(Break)

Attorney fees; damages; registration and formality issues; software piracy
Henry B. Gutman, Esq.
Program Co-Chair

Nancy Anderson, Esq.
Microsoft Corporation
Redmond, WA

Karl J. Quackenbush, Esq.
Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP
Seattle, WA

Katherine C. Spelman, Esq.
Steinhart & Falconer, LLP
San Francisco, CA
11:30 Privacy
Internet privacy for distribution, for content; cookies; value of data collection, regulatory developments; EU privacy issues; Digital Rights Management Act
Ira Rubinstein, Esq.
Microsoft Corporation
Redmond, WA
12:15 Lunch (on your own)
1:15 The New Law of Trademarks
Warren J. Rheaume, Esq.
Program Co-Chair
2:00 Patent Update
William O. Ferron, Jr., Esq.
Seed Intellectual Property
Law Group, PLLC
Seattle, WA
2:45 Break
3:00 Special Address:
"A View from the Bench"
The Hon. Thomas S. Zilly, Esq.
United States District Judge
Western District of Washington
3:30 What’s Hot in Intellectual Property Litigation
Fair use; experts post Danbert Sumoto; trade dress online; right of publicity; cybersquatting; computer trespass
• Plaintiff’s point of view
Kirk A. Dublin, Esq.
Stephen Mutkoski, Esq.
Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP
Seattle, WA
• Defense point of view
Claude M. Stern, Esq.
Fenwick & West
Palo Alto, CA
• Patent litigation
Jerry A. Riedinger, Esq.
Perkins Coie, LLP
Seattle, WA
5:30 Northwest Microbrew and
Wine Reception
for Faculty and Attendees
Sponsored by:
Foster Pepper & Shefelman, PLLC
and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett


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