Federal Judiciary

Door County, Wisconsin Intellectual Property Academy

By Michael Smith

I am fortunate, fortunate, fortunate, to have been invited to speak at some places outside of Texas this summer, including at the Third Annual Door County (Wisconsin) Intellectual Property Academy on July 24-25 at Stone Harbor Resort in Sturgeon Bay, just up the road from Green Bay.  I am especially excited because my wife and I spent several days last month a little further northeast at Mackinac Island, MI where we had an actual freezing night over Memorial Day weekend.  You have to know Texas summers to understand how thrilled we were at that.
The event is sponsored by the State Bar of Wisconsin Intellectual Property Section, and the brochure

Download ip_academy_brochure.pdf

includes a session on What Judges Want You To Know About IP Cases with Judges Crabb and Griesbach of the Eastern District if Wisconsin, a  district experienced in patent litigation.  My topic will be Patent Litigation - A Practitioner's Perspective.  I'm the last speaker Friday, and I'm not sure if that is good or bad.  I just know it won't be hot.
I've been talking with some practitioners about the patent docket in Wisconsin, but would be interested to hear any readers' comments about how it is going, or things they think I should cover in my talk.  My paper isn't written yet, so I'm not yet sure exactly what I'll be saying.

Full post as published by Eastern District of Texas Federal Court Practice on June 17, 2008 (boomark / email).