Troutman Sanders will be presenting a course on Intellectual Property Basics on March 20, 2012 commencing at 1PM.

This continued legal education program will cover patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, with transaction, enforcement and litigation issues to be discussed for trademarks and copyrights.  Also discussed will be Internet IP rights (Cybersquatting and DMCA with its safe harbor provision), and settlement strategies (ADR, including negotiation, mediation, arbitration).  Ethical issues in IP will also be addressed.

Michael D. Hobbs, Jr. will be the speaker.

The AIPLA IP Practice in Latin America Committee is planning a trip to Brazil in August 2012.

A preliminary schedule from August 26, 2012 through August 31, 2012 indicates that the trip will include attending the The Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property conference (ABPI) in Sao Paulo, possible meetings with the American Chamber of Commerce in Sao Paulo, dinner with representatives of the Brazilian Industrial Property Agents Association (ABAPI) and the Sao Paulo Intellectual Property Association (ASPI), then on to Rio de Janeiro for sightseeing before meeting with the American Chamber of Commerce in Rio and representatives of the American Consulate.  Finally a visit to the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office is scheduled.

Contact James E. Larson, Esq. jlarson@desertdevco.com; (506) 2239-9850 x116 (Costa Rica)

Positions are available for directors of the Atlanta Bar Association and for directors of the Sections for 2012-2013.

Self-nomination forms have been sent out to members and the deadline for returning those to the Atlanta Bar Association is January 25, 2012.  Ballots will be mailed March 22, 2012 and must be returned by April 11, 2012.  If second ballots are needed they will be mailed by April 13, 2012 to be returned by April 23, 2012.

Contact Mariana Pannell (mpannell@atlantabar.org) or (404) 532-4930 at the Atlanta Bar Association