The Penn Intellectual Property Group (PIPG), established during the fall of 2001, focuses on enhancing intellectual property interest and activities within Penn Law, Penn, and the Philadelphia community. Among its activities, PIPG hosted nationally prominent lawyers, business people, and professors in panels which include IP Careers, Biotechnology, and Arts and Entertainment panels.

The Penn Intellectual Property Group also maintains the PIPG Blog, where PIPG events at Penn are announced and current issues in intellectual property law are discussed.

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The Penn Intellectual Property Group and the Penn Law Bioethics Society will be co-sponsoring a CLE presentation entitled "Who Owns Life? Intellectual Property and Patent Issues on the Cutting Edge of Technology." The program will cover recent ethical and legal developments in the field of biotechnology patents. It is being co-sponsored by Hadassah, with support from the US Department of Energy.

SPEAKER: Amy Schofield, Kirkland & Ellis, San Francisco
WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 15 from 6:30 - 8:30 PM
WHERE: Gittis 214

Reception will take place with free food!

Penn Intellectual Property Group's second annual symposium, to be held on Wednesday, April 1st, is titled "Trademark Law in a Global Economy." We are interested in exploring modern issues in trademark law that have arisen as a result of the globalization of businesses and the rise of the Internet. Specific panel topics are (1) trademark use in virtual environments, and (2) trademark protection in a globalized world (discussing the trademark problems businesses face as they attempt to expand globally, as well as the increasing importance of the Internet for global IP law).

On March 19, 2008, the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s Penn Intellectual Property Group will host its first annual symposium. The symposium, titled “Copyright & the Internet: Solutions for a Digital World,” will explore the problems that the rise of the Internet has created for copyright law. Panelists will include partners, law professors, members of lobbying groups, and in-house counsel for media companies.