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 IP Business Congress 2009 is in Chicago through this afternoon.  Unfortunately, client commitments have kept me from attending as much of the event as I would have liked, but you can see from the following Twitter live microblogs of the event that it was an excellent program:  @DuncanBucknell; @AwakenIP; @IPBC2009; @JackDTodd; and @thinkfireip.  Or check out a search for microblog posts about the event here.  And watch for a few interviews from the event on the Blog over the next few weeks.

And before you leave the IPBC, stop by Meet the Bloggers VI at the world famous Billy Goat Tavern.  The Billy Goat is just down and below the street from the Four Seasons at 430 N. Michigan Avenue.  Go to the Tribune Tower on Michigan Avenue and take the stairs below the sidewalk to find the Billy Goat.  Thanks again to Meet the Blogger creator and Meet the Blogger III host John Welch of the TTABlog for allowing me to use the Meet the Blogger name.

Posted under AwakenIP, Billy Goat Tavern, Duncan Bucknell, IPBC 2009, Jack Todd, John Welch, Legal News, Meet the Bloggers, TTABlog, Thinkfireip

Blawg Review #217 is up at Securing Innovation, brought to you by the IP.com team -- click here to read it.  This Review's theme is Father's Day, and it is very well done.  In addition to the heavy IP focus, we learn that although it should be written as plural possessive, Fathers' Day, historically it has been known by the singular possessive, Father's Day.  And it has pictures of many legal blogging fathers and their children, including a shot of me with my father and my son enjoying a Chicago Blackhawks game late this season.  The Review also reminds people to join me at  Meet the Bloggers at the Billy Goat Tavern tomorrow, Tuesday, night after IPBC 2009.

Posted under Billy Goat Tavern, Blawg Review, Chicago Blackhawks, Father's Day, IP.com, IPBC 2009, Legal News, Meet the Bloggers

Next week, June 21-23, Chicago plays host to IAM's IP Business Congress 2009.  IAM promises that attendees will include "Chief IP Officers from Fortune 500 companies, heads of IP at other major companies, global IP thought leaders and senior policy makers."  And the conference also will include an impressive list of bloggers, including Peter Zura, the anonymous editor of Blawg Review and me, using a generously offered press pass.  The faculty for the event is very impressive, including the following confirmed speakers:

• Marshall Phelps, Corporate VP for IP Policy and Strategy, Microsoft
• Ruud Peters, CEO, Philips IP & Standards
• Carl Horton, Chief IP Counsel, GE
• Scott Frank, President and CEO, AT&T Intellectual Property
• Todd Dickinson, Executive Director, AIPLA
• Ciarán McGinley, Head of the Controlling Office, European Patent Office
• Beatrix de Russé, Executive VP of IP and Licensing, Thomson
• Keith Bergelt, CEO, Open Invention Network
• Sherry Knowles, Senior VP and Chief IP Counsel, GlaxoSmithKline
• Marcella Watkins, Managing Counsel, IP, Shell Oil Company
• Don Merino, General Manager Acquisitions, Intellectual Ventures
• Damon Matteo, Chief IP Officer and VP IP, Palo Alto Research Center

For more information on the event and to register, click here.  You can still register and if you register online using the code WC10, you will get a reduced rate of $1,350, 10% off of the full $1,500 rate.

Finally, whether or not you can make it to the conference, if you are in Chicago Tuesday night, June 23, come to Meet the Bloggers VI at the world famous Billy Goat Tavern.  It will be a great chance to meet law bloggers from Chicago and around the world, and to discuss insights gained at the conference.  I hope to see you at both the conference and the Billy Goat.

Posted under Billy Goat Tavern, Blawg Review, IAM Magazine, IP Business Congress, Legal Seminars, Peter Zura