Scalia Law’s Intellectual Property Center Hosts 2024 Annual Fall Conference – October 17-18, 2024

WHAT: George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School’s Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP²) is hosting its 2024 Annual Fall Conference, The Importance of Exclusive Rights, on October 17-18, 2024.

Pending Approval for Virginia CLE

WHY: C-IP²’s 2024 Annual Conference will explore the importance of exclusive rights in the patent and copyright industries, the historical basis for those rights, and what happens to innovators and creators if the rights are not protected.

We are pleased to announce that this year’s conference will feature Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Kathi Vidal as our Keynote speaker on Friday, October 18.

WHO: Join leading academics, practitioners, industry heads, and judges to work through the most important new developments in IP, tech, and the arts.

WHERE: The conference will be hosted in person only at George Mason University’s Mason Square Campus in Arlington, VA. To learn more and to register, please visit the conference website. Registration for members of the press is free.

WHEN: Thursday, October 17, 2024: 12:45 – 5:25 PM (Registration & refreshments begin at 11:45 AM.)

Friday, October 18, 2024: 9:00 AM – 4:15 PM (Breakfast and registration begin at 8:00 AM.)

Special Events on Friday, October 18:

• Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Kathi Vidal will give the Keynote Lunch Address (lunch will be held from 11:50 AM – 1:15 PM).
• There will be a co-hosted reception with the GMU Intellectual Property Law Society from 4:15 – 6:15 PM.

Register, read more about the panels and speakers, and learn about sponsorship opportunities at the conference website.

Media Contact: Mary Clare Durel, mdurel@gmu.edu