Type of Event:

New Economy New Rules Series  

 Event Duration:

Friday, March 5, 2010 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. 
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 Location of Event:

Barnes & Thornburg LLP 
5th Flr Auditorium, 11 S Meridian, Indianapolis

 Address of Event:

Other Barnes & Thornburg LLP offices in Elkhart, Fort Wayne and South Bend; and sometimes available in Barnes & Thornburg LLP offices in Chicago, Grand Rapids and Washington DC.  

Also in cooperating facilities in Anderson, Evansville, Hammond, Kokomo, Merrillville, Muncie, New Albany, Switz City/Greene County, Terre Haute, Vincennes, and West Lafayette.  

 Registration:

There is no charge to attend, but please register for this event!


REGISTER FOR THE MAR. 5 EVENT

If you register and become unable to attend, please email jodie.daugherty@btlaw.com  

Topic: 

Marketing oneself can be a difficult task alone when utilizing traditional options, but how does this change when marketing within today’s competitive digital world? In our third session of this series, we look at the many issues that surround online marketing. We’ll cover essential information on online marketing legalities with members from the Federal Trade Commission and Antitrust experts.

Speakers:

David Wong
Attorney
Barnes & Thornburg 
 
David A. W. Wong is an attorney with Barnes & Thornburg LLP . Mr. Wong’s practice focuses on Internet law, technology, media, intellectual property counseling, risk management, prosecution, policing, and enforcement. He regularly advises clients on commercial and intellectual property matters, such as trademark, copyright, defamation, trade dress, advertising, right of publicity, trade secret, and unfair competition issues.

Mr. Wong advises a range of clients from start-ups to multinational corporations, including Internet businesses and online service providers, software developers, computer hardware and device manufacturers, toy manufacturers, media and publishing companies, automotive companies, clothing retailers, and financial institutions.

Mr. Wong represents clients such as Automattic, Inc. (WordPress); Bitly, Inc.; Digg, Inc.; Etsy, Inc.; Flock, Inc.; OpenTable, Inc.; Revision3 Corporation; TokBox, Inc.; Tumblr, Inc., and Tweetdeck, Inc in Internet-related matters. He has expertise in matters relating to international Internet brand protection and licensing; UDRP, ACPA, and foreign domain name proceedings; domain name acquisition and protection; DMCA and copyright enforcement; online service agreements and terms of service; online privacy, security, defamation, technology and content licensing matters; online marketing and advertising issues; and addressing Internet fraud, diversion, phishing, hacking, and online theft.

His practice includes prosecution of trademark registrations and enforcement of trademark rights in the U.S. and in foreign jurisdictions, drafting and negotiating of intellectual property-related licenses and other contracts. Mr. Wong also has significant experience handling litigious matters involving trademark infringement, copyright infringement, fraud, right of publicity, privacy and defamation issues, trade secrets, domain names, and other Internet-related disputes.

Mr. Wong's practice also includes virtually all aspects of copyright law, including copyright eligibility, registration, ownership issues, licensing, and addressing copyright infringement. Prior to joining Barnes & Thornburg, Mr. Wong served as the Senior Copyright Analyst at the Copyright Management Center. His duties included providing guidance with respect to the relationship between copyright law and the research, teaching, and overall mission of the University community through workshops, seminars, and writings.

Mr. Wong graduated cum laude from Indiana University School of Law–Indianapolis. He was the recipient of the Phi Alpha Delta Hamill Award. Mr. Wong graduated cum laude from Indiana State University with a B.A. in music. He was the recipient of the Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society Award.

Mr. Wong is admitted to practice in the state of Indiana and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana.

Mary Innis
Partner
Barnes & Thornburg

Mary E. Innis is a partner in the Chicago office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP, where she is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Department and chair of the firm's Advertising & Marketing Practices Group. Prior to joining Barnes & Thornburg, Ms. Innis practiced with Loeb & Loeb LLP in Chicago.

Ms. Innis focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation involving trademark, copyright, unfair competition, advertising and promotions and rights of publicity and privacy law. She has litigated complex disputes throughout the country and is a member of numerous federal district and appeals courts.

Ms. Innis also has significant experience in counseling clients and negotiating and drafting trademark and copyright licenses and related agreements, releases, Internet linking agreements, co-branding agreements, strategic marketing alliances and transactions for high-profile clients. She has substantial experience in virtually all aspects of the production and execution of advertising agreements, marketing contracts and promotion, including sweepstakes review, sponsorship agreements, talent agreements, music licenses, promotion fulfillment and creative service agency agreements.

Ms. Innis received her B.A. cum laude from Augustana College in 1984. She earned her J.D. in 1987 from Boston University School of Law.

Ms. Innis is a member of a number of professional organizations, including the American Bar Association; Chicago Bar Association; Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago; International Trademark Association; Promotional Marketing Association; Chicago Advertising Federation; and Lawyers for the Creative Arts.

She is admitted to practice in the state of Illinois and before the U.S. District Courts for the Central and Northern Districts of Illinois and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.

Additional Information: 

8:00 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast (EST)
8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Presentation - Adjournment will be on time

You may contact Jodie Daugherty at 317-261-7922 with any questions. 

TechPoint holds the New Economy New Rules briefings, presented by Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Indianapolis, the first Friday of every month. This breakfast series is open to the public and is broadcast via a live, interactive video feed to many locations throughout Indiana.

April 2, 2010:  

TBA

 

Location(s):

Ball State University
Innovation Connector
1208 W. White River Blvd.
Muncie, IN 47305

Barnes & Thornburg LLP - Chicago
One North Wacker Dr,
Suite 4400
Chicago, IL 60606
Central Standard Timing 

Barnes & Thornburg LLP - Elkhart
121 W. Franklin Street, Suite 200
Elkhart, IN 46516

Barnes & Thornburg LLP -
Ft. Wayne
600 One Summit Square
Ft Wayne, IN 46802

Barnes & Thornburg LLP -
Grand Rapids
171 Monroe Avenue, NW,
Suite 1000
Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2694

Barnes & Thornburg LLP - Indianapolis
11 S. Meridian Street, 5th Floor Conference Center
Indianapolis, IN 46204

Barnes & Thornburg LLP -
South Bend
100 North Michigan Street
600 1st Source Bank Center
South Bend, IN 46601 

Barnes & Thornburg LLP - Washington, DC
750 17th Street N.W., Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006

The Chamber of Commerce of Southwest Indiana/SBDC
318 Main Street, Suite 401
Evansville, IN  47708
Central Standard Timing 

Greene County Community Learning Center
White River Valley High School, HWY 54, PO Box 1470
Switz City, IN 47465

Inventrek Technology Park
700 E. Firmin Street
Conf Rm A
Kokomo, IN 46902

Hammond INnovation Center
(Purdue University Calumet)
5209 Hohman Ave.
Hammond, IN 46320

Purdue Research Park
Purdue Technology Center
3000 Kent Ave., Rm C1-400
West Lafayette, IN 47906

Purdue Technology Center of Northwest Indiana
9800 Connecticut Drive
Merrillville, IN 46310 

 

Rose-Hulman Ventures
100 S. Campus Drive
Terre Haute, IN 47803 

Flagship Enterprise Center
2701 Enterprise Drive
Anderson, IN 46013

Barnes & Thornburg LLP -
Atlanta Financial Center
3343 Peachtree Road N.E.,
Suite 1150
Atlanta GA 30326-1428

Major Hospital
Benesse/Medical Office Building Conference Room
2451 Intelliplex Dr
Shelbyville, IN 46176

Indiana University
School of Informatics & Computing
Informatics East
919 East 10th Street
Room 130
Bloomington, IN 47408