10 IPIL/HOUSTON celebrates Tenth Anniversary National Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico “The Old Cuba Road” “Cabezon Puerco Valley” All images circa 1937 by William Penhallow Henderson, Santa Fe Federal Courthouse Mural Collection, reprinted from A More Abundant Life, courtesy of Sunstone Press, Santa Fe, NM 20th Anniversary “Old Santa Fe Trail” A History 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 E-COMMERCE AND PRIVACY Presenters: Anita A. Allen, Trotter Hardy, Walter M. Miller, Maureen A. O’Rourke, Chris Reed, Joel R. Reidenberg, Holly K. Towle 2 0 0 3 THE FUTURE OF PATENT LAW Presenters: Mark D. Janis, Jay P. Kesan, Craig Allen Nard, Toshiko Takenaka, John R. Thomas Each year, the University of Houston Law Center’s Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law (IPIL) brings together, for the IPIL/Houston National Conference, internationally recognized scholars to explore themes in the past, present, and future of intellectual property and information law. CONSIDERING COPYRIGHT Presenters: Laura N. Gasaway, Hon. Jon O. Newman, William Patry, Hon. Richard A. Posner, Alan Story, Eugene Volokh, Alfred C. Yen 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 5 TRADEMARK IN TRANSITION Presenters: Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Stacy L. Dogan, A. Michael Froomkin, William M. Landes, Mark A. Lemley, J. Thomas McCarthy TRANSACTIONS, INFORMATION, AND EMERGING LAW Presenters: Hon. Frank H. Easterbrook, Clayton P. Gillette, Robert W. Gomulkiewicz, Robert Oakley, Peter P. Swire, R. Polk Wagner in Photos 2 0 0 7 2 0 0 8 PATENT LAW IN PERSPECTIVE Presenters: Donald S. Chisum, Rebecca Eisenberg, Paul J. Heald, Michael Meurer, Janice M. Mueller, Arti K. Rai Fellows: John M. Golden, Joseph Scott Miller, Elizabeth I. Winston COPYRIGHT IN CONTEXT Presenters: Keith Aoki, Thomas F. Cotter, Roberta Rosenthal Kwall, Peter S. Menell, Neil Netanel Fellows: Michael W. Carroll, Christine Haight Farley, Michael J. Madison 2 0 0 9 The conference centers on small-group, seminar-style discussions of paper drafts by distinguished scholars in a setting that is both inspirational and enjoyable. The participants’ in-depth conversation regarding the scholarship under consideration has proven over the years to be uniquely intimate and productive. The fruits of each conference are published in a special Symposium issue of Houston Law Review. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE Presenters: Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Rochelle Dreyfuss, Cynthia Ho, Charles R. McManis, Jerome H. Reichman, Peter K. Yu Fellows: Edward Lee, Jacqueline D. Lipton, Mary W.S. Wong 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 CELEBRATING COPYRIGHT’S TRI-CENTENNIAL Presenters: Oren Bracha, Ronan Deazley, Hon. Pierre N. Leval, David Nimmer, Catherine Seville, Diane Zimmerman Fellows: Shyamkrishna Balganesh, David Fagundes, Peter Jaszi, Marshall Leaffer, Tyler Ochoa, Sara Stadler Trademark: Today and Tomorrow Presenters: Ann Bartow, Barton Beebe, Greg Lastowka, Mark McKenna, Rebecca Tushnet Fellows: Deborah Gerhardt, Michael Grynberg, Laura Heymann 0073040148 University of Houston Law Center Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law 100 Law Center Houston, Texas 77204-6060 www.law.uh.edu/ipil Sponsors/Supporters THE INSTITUTE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & INFORMATION LAW at the University of Houston Law Center acknowledges the generosity of the following sponsors and supporters: Air Liquide USA LLC Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Andrews Kurth LLP Arnold & Knobloch, L.L.P. Baker Botts L.L.P. Baker Hughes Incorporated Bracewell & Giuliani LLP Conley Rose, P.C. Data Foundry Colocation Exxon Mobil Corporation Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Giganews Usenet Global Unisource (USA), Inc. Golden Frog Greenberg Traurig, LLP Heim, Payne & Chorush, L.L.P. Jackson Walker L.L.P. The Ronald A. Katz Foundation Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Mayer Brown LLP Microsoft Corp. Motion Picture Association of America Nielsen IP Law LLC Osha • Liang Shell Oil Company Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Susman Godfrey LLP Total Petrochemicals USA, Inc. Univation Technologies Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P. Meg Boulware • Ed Fein • Sarah Harris • Ronald and Madelyn Katz Paul Krieger • Raul Montes • Bill Slusser Peter Strand • Bill Walker