Seminar Number

7172

Registration Fee:

$350
on or before Aug. 29

$405
after Aug. 29

CLEHours

12 CLE Hours
including
1 Ethics Hours,
1 Professionalism Hour, and
3 Trial Practice Hours

21st Annual
ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS LAW CONFERENCE

15th Annual
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW INSTITUTE

WEDNESDAY - SUNDAY
November 11-15, 2009

Punta Cana Paradisus Palma Real
Dominican Republic

An All Inclusive Resort

PLEASE NOTE:  You must also complete the Travel Package Registration Form to register for this conference.  Information regarding travel may be downloaded by clicking the link below.

Seminar Co-Sponsors:
Entertainment & Sports Law Section, State Bar of Georgia;
Intellectual Property Law Section, State Bar of Georgia;
Entertainment Arts & Sports Law Section, The Florida Bar;
Entertainment Arts & Sports Law Section, New York State Bar;
The Tennessee Bar Association

Special Event Sponsors:
AKERMAN SENTERFIT; BMI; Business Intellignece Associates, Inc.; CPI; Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, LLP; Duane Morris LLP; Finnegan, Henderson,  Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP; Greenberg Traurig; Kramer & Amado, P.C.; Kroll Ontrack; LexisNexis; Michelle Wolfe/Picture This; Navigant Consulting, Inc.; PatPro; Rothstein Rosefeldt Adler; Sentry Law Group

TRAVEL DAY

Presiding:
Cliffe Lane Gort, Program Chair, Attorney at Law, Atlanta

the Ethical Attorney 2009
Moderator:
Hon. Carol W. Hunstein, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia, Atlanta, GA

Panelists:
Hon. Adele L. Grubbs, Judge, Superior Court, Cobb Circuit,
Marietta, GA
Hon. J. Stephen Schuster, Judge, Superior Court, Cobb Circuit, Marietta, GA
Monica E. Ewing, Ewing Law Firm, Atlanta, GA
Irvan A. “Van” Pearlberg, First Assistant District Attorney Cobb County, Marietta, GA

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT/OTHER NEEDS AND First AMENDMENT
Moderator:
Jessica M. Pena-Sackett, Pink Visuals, LLC, Tucson, AZ

Panelists:
Alan Begner, Begner & Begner, Atlanta
Richard J. Alan Cahan, Becker & Poliakoff, Coral Gables, FL
Marc J. Randazza, Weston, Garrou, Walters & Mooney, Orlando, FL

your client is broke! so now what? ip custody disputes and other sad issues:  Bankruptcy, Foreclosure and Other IP Custody Disputes
Moderator:
Michael Olsen, Bonbrook Partners, LLC, Nashville, TN

Panelists:
Miriam L. Cohen, Loeb & Loeb, New York, NY
Kevin M. Doherty, Burr Forman, Nashville, TN
Morton H. “Tim” Fry, Of Counsel, Meier Franzino & Scher,
New York, NY
Leon S. Jones, Jones & Walden, LLC, Atlanta, GA
Daniel A. Zazove, Perkins Coie, Chicago, IL

IP DAMAGES AND REMEDIES UPDATES
Moderator:
Nagendra “Nick” Setty, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Atlanta, GA

Panelists:
J. Donald Fancher, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, LLP,
Houston, TX
Karen Vogel Weil, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP,
Los Angeles, CA

GAMBLING, gaming, SWEEPSTAKES AND lottery
Moderator:
Scott L. Keniley, Keniley Kumar, Atlanta, GA

Panelists:
Candice Kersh, Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz, New York, NY
Michael P. Ring, The Ring Firm, P.C., Atlanta, GA
Steven M. Saferin, VP & Chief Creative Officer, Scientific Games, Atlanta, GA
Lawrence G. Walters, Weston, Garrou, Walters & Mooney,
Orlando, FL

fashion meets copyright
Moderator:
Jeffrey Kravitz, Silver & Freedman, Beverly Hills, CA

Panelists:
Darryl B. Cohen, Cohen, Cooper, Estep & Allen LLC, Atlanta, GA
Lawrence Cooper, Cohen, Cooper, Estep & Allen LLC, Atlanta, GA
Louis Tertocha, GC, The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami, FL

WHERE IN THE WORLD TO SUE – CONSIDERATIONS FOR PATENTEES AND ACCUSED INFRINGERS
Moderator:
Virginia L. Carron, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Atlanta, GA

Panelists:
Thomas A. Boshinski, Assistant General Counsel, MeadWestvaco Corporation, Atlanta, GA
Roxanne E. Cenatempo, Global Chief IP Officer & Assoc. GC, Imerys Pigments, Inc., Roswell, GA

convergence of music in tv and film
Moderator:
Noni Southall, Senior Counsel, Turner Entertainment Group, Inc., Atlanta, GA

Panelists: 
Tanya Mitchell Graham, Law Offices of Tanya Mitchell Graham, P.C., Atlanta, GA
John R. Renaud, Counsel, Turner Entertainment Group, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Richard I. Siegmeister, Thirteen/WNET, New York, NY
Philip M. Walden, Jr., Counsel, Turner Entertainment Group, Inc., Atlanta, GA

CAFC VIEWS FROM THE BENCH
Moderator:
Dan R. Gresham, Thomas Kayden Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP, Atlanta, GA

Panelists:
From the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit,
Washington, DC:
Hon. Raymond C. Clevenger, III, Senior Circuit Judge
Hon. Arthur J. Gajarsa, Circuit Judge
Hon. Sharon Prost, Circuit Judge

LICENSING IN A POST-QUANTA WORLD
Speaker:
Wab Kadaba, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA

Panelists:
Holmes J. Hawkins, III, King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, GA
Michael S. Pavento, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA

BREAK/ROOM CHANGE

THE NEW A&R, indies and imprints: craft the deal
Moderator:
Allen Jacobi, Pyramid Records, Miami, FL

Panelists:
Uwanda S. Carter, Carter Law Firm, Atlanta, GA
Tiffany A. Dunn, Loeb & Loeb, Nashville, TN
Kent M. Marcus, KMM PC, Nashville, TN
Leron Rogers, Hewett & Rogers, Atlanta, GA

cbc v. mlb and the impact on other sports and fantasy games
Moderator:
Kimberly D. Kolback, Law Offices Of Kimberly D. Kolback, Miami, FL

Panelists:
Hadley Engelhard, President & CEO, Enter-Sports Management, Atlanta, GA
Donald M. Fehr, President, MLB Players Association, New York, NY
Alan K. Fertel, Pathman Lewis LLP, Miami, FL
Thomas F. Knapp, VP, Business & Legal Affairs, CBS Interactive, Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Adam J. Steinberg, Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, Fort Lauderdale, FL
R. Anthony “Tony” Young, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP, Los Angeles, CA

EXPERT ISSUES IN IP LITIGATIONS
Moderator:
Ann G. Fort, Sutherland, Atlanta, GA

Panelists:
J. Donald Fancher, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, LLP, Houston, TX
Rob Hutchins, Navigant Consulting, Inc., Atlanta, GA

THE YEAR IN COPYRIGHTS, TRADE SECRETS and PRIVACY RIGHTS
Joseph W. Staley, Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva, P.C., Atlanta, GA

international entertainment issues
Moderator:
Sara Coen, Rothstein Rosenfeldt & Adler, Miami, FL

Panelists:
Sean Lewis, Law Offices of Sean Lewis, Nashville, TN
Carl H. Linder, Rothstein Rosenfeldt & Adler, Miami, FL
Robert Polay, Polay Financial Management, Atlanta, GA
Catherine C. Sullivan, Baker Sullivan Hoover PLC, Nashville, TN

expect the unexpected—litigation first response Arbitrate : Litigate or Mediate?
Moderator:
Ivory Tertenia Brown, Ivory T. Brown, P.C., Atlanta, GA

Panelists:
John F. Bradley, John F. Bradley, PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Alan S. Clarke, Law Offices of Alan S. Clarke, Atlanta, GA
Jeffrey S. Grubman, Jeffrey Grubman, P.A., Boca Raton, FL
Randall M. Kessler, Kessler Schwarz & Solomiany, Atlanta, GA

OPINIONS OF COUNSEL POST SEAGATE
Moderator:
Bradley K. Groff, Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva, P.C., Atlanta, GA

Panelists:
Timothy R. Holbrook, Professor, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, GA
Bernard L. Zidar, Chief IP Counsel, McKesson Corporation, Alpharetta, GA

THE YEAR IN TRADEMARKS
Marguerite “Becky” Patrick, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, Atlanta, GA
Jaime Roca, JJ Roca & Associates, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana

MUSIC INDUSTRY 2009: trenching out the revenue streams
Moderator:
Henry W. Root, Law Office of Henry W. Root, Los Angeles, CA

Panelists:
Orville Almon, Zumwalt Almon & Hayes, Nashville, TN
Charlie F. Feldman, VP, Writer-Publisher Relations, BMI,
New York, NY
Carlos Linares, VP, Anti-Piracy Legal Affairs, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Washington, DC
Dennis Lord, Executive VP, SESAC, Nashville, TN
Andrew G. Tavel, Greenberg Traurig, New York, NY

PATENT PROSECUTION HOT ISSUES
Moderator:
Scott E. Brient, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA

Panelists:
Peter G. Pappas, Sutherland, Atlanta, GA
Jeffrey E. Young, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA

FRAUD ISSUES IN PROSECUTION, TTAB PROCEEDINGS and LITIGATION
Janet Moreira Gamble, Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Michael “Mike” D. Hobbs, Jr., Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, GA

THE YEAR IN PATENTS (8:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m.)
James L. Ewing, IV, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA
Douglas "Doug" D. Salyers, Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, GA
Trenton A. Ward, Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, GA

bmi 2009 state of performing rights
Charlie F. Feldman, VP, Writer-Publisher Relations, BMI,
New York, NY
Alison Smith, Sr. VP, Performing Rights, BMI, New York, NY

LITIGATION
Moderator:
Richard C. Wolfe, Rothstein Rosenfeldt & Adler,
Miami, FL

Panelists:
Karl M. Braun, Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, P.C., Nashville, TN
Brian Caplan, Caplan & Ross, LLP, New York, NY
Paul V. LiCalsi, Mitchel, Silberberg & Knupp LLP, New York, NY
Robert L. Sullivan, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Nashville, TN

FILM and money: They Need But Will They Share IT?
Moderator:
Steven. G. Weizenecker, Adorno & Yoss, LLC., Atlanta, GA

Panelists:
Marvin A. Arrington, Jr., Arrington Law Firm, Atlanta, GA
Todd P. Leavitt, Tulip Media Ltd, Los Angeles, CA
Donald P. Mandrik, Georgia Film Production Capital, Atlanta, GA
T. Noel Paynter, Georgia Film Production Capital, Atlanta, GA

ECONOMY-DRIVEN CHANGES IN LEGAL PRACTICES:
How Outside Counsel Can Better Respond to Corporate Counsel Needs
Moderator:
John W. Harbin, King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, GA

Panelists:
John A. Hudson, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP,
Atlanta, GA
Rick D. McMurtry, Assistant General Counsel, Turner
Broadcasting System, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Robin H. Sangston, Vice President of Legal Affairs, Cox Communications, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Devesh Srivastava, Ph.D., GTx, Inc., Memphis, TN

TRAVEL DAY