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Meeting Minutes
November 1, 2001
Present
Baldwin, Bunting, Collins, Dani, Drake, Hoffman, Kelley, Severance, Slenzak, Williams (Lynn Chard, Kelly Miller – from ICLE)
Absent
The meeting was called to order at approximately 9:40am by President Dani.
1. Secretary's Report
The Secretary's report was forwarded prior to the meeting. Mr. Drake made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Mr. Williams. Motion passed. Mr. Kelley is to post the minutes on the IPLS website.
2. Treasurer's Report
IPLS expenses through September 2001 were reviewed. Approximately $63,000 was spent in 2000 on seminars, and there is an approximate $41,000 balance. Mr. Kelley is to break down the expenses for each event sponsored by the IPLS during 2001. Outstanding bills are the Grand Hotel bill of approximately $7,000, and the IPLI bill of $2,000. A discussion ensued regarding seminar costs, and a suggestion was made to sponsor a PCT filing seminar. However, it was decided to further investigate interest, and determine if budget costs permit, and it was concluded that the budget will have to be watched as the year progresses.
3. Committee Assignments
No committee assignment reports were made.
4. Spring Seminar
Discussion was held on seminar topics, and the PCT presentation was brought up again. Ms. Severance felt that Louis Maassel could do a PCT seminar in two hours at the Spring Seminar. PCT Easy software was thought to be too simple of a topic, but Ms. Slenzak suggested that it would be good to encourage the membership to become familiar with electronic filing, and Mr. Maassel could pass out the software. Mr. Dani suggested waiting until electronic filing is simplified/improved before IPLS sponsor another seminar. Ms. Slenzak will forward a survey link to Mr. Kelley for distribution to the membership to gauge interest in electronic filing seminars. Discussion turned to ICLE support for the Spring Seminar, and costs were discussed. Lynn Chard described the services that could be provided by ICLE, including printing, marketing, registration, record keeping, name tags, credit card registration, among others. She suggested that the fee to increased to $75, and noted that a typical day seminar sponsored by ICLE which includes lunch is $165. ICLE support will cost approximately $7000. Motion by Ms. Slenzak to partner with ICLE for this year's Spring Seminar, seconded by Mr. Kelley. Passed. Joel Van Winkle and Steve Hoffman to contact speakers. Discussion was held about student payment, and it was agreed that students should pay for the food portion of the seminar to encourage attendance. The date suggested was March 18th. Topics suggested were UCITA, the Madrid Protocol, Restriction practice, theft of trade secrets, licensing (hands on), including foreign and forms, patent portfolio evaluation, IP in mergers and acquisitions, and international IP (inventor laws), IP in bankruptcy, and foreign filing licenses. Mr. Kelley to check on whether papers from prior seminars are posted on the website. ICLE requested that we have topics/speaker names available the first week of December if mailings are to be sent in time.
5. Summer Workshop
Kate Spellman and Tom Irving have agreed to return. Suggestion made to ask Ron Coolley of Jenkins & Gilcrest (Chicago) to speak on IP litigation. A Federal Circuit judge was suggested as a keynote speaker, and writing directly to a judge is recommended. Mr. Godici from the Patent Office was suggested as an alternate keynote speaker. The Internet update is a well received topic and should be continued, but a speaker must be identified and contacted. IP and anti-trust, along with IP in bankruptcy were suggested as topics. Reception cost is approximately $4500 (about the same as the Grand Hotel). Mr. Williams suggested that IP law firms in the state be approached to contribute money so as to lessen the burden on everyone.
6. Annual Meeting
Discussion was held regarding combining the IPLS annual meeting with another section, and the following three sections/topics were mentioned:
Computer Law Section (UCITA)
Business Law Section (Copyright issues, software issues)
Tax Law Section (IP holding companies)
Mr. Baldwin is to contact the other sections for potential interest in a combined meeting. It was suggested that we get a local speaker(s) due to low annual meeting turnout, and to save on expenses.
7. Old Business
IPLS sponsorship of a moot court competition or moot court team was further discussed, and it was decided to table the idea. Further discussion was held with respect to electronic filing, and it was decided that a survey should be sent to the membership. Ms. Slenzak to send the survey to Mr. Kelley for distribution to the IPLS membership via listserv.
8. New Business
No new business was discussed.
Motion by Mr. Williams to adjourn, seconded by Mr. Drake. Motion passed.
Meeting adjourned at approximately 11:30am.
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