Debate Prep Webinar Series

Intellectual Property in Focus: 
What is it? Who is it for?

The Topic

The national high school debate topic for the 2024-2025 school year is:

Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property (IP) rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.

High Schoolers: Join us to Prepare!

The Lemelson-MIT Program, Advancing Diversity Across Patent Teams (ADAPT), Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation (IPOEF), US Intellectual Property Alliance (USIPA), Invent Together, The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU), The Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property, LexisNexis, and others are joining forces to bring incredible resources to you by offering three free webinars that will help you prepare to argue for and against this resolution.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to hear from IP attorneys, A.I. thought leaders, and others who will share information that can be used to inform your debate arguments.

The Webinars (all online)

1. Orientation to the intellectual property system

Wednesday, September 11, 2024; 5:00PM to 6:15PM PT; 8:00PM to 9:15PM ET

Click here to view the recoding. 
Expert speakers include:
Marcia Chang

IP Attorney, IAM 300, Tradespace
Patents, trademarks, copyrights
 

Dena Ehrich

VP, Associate Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, 3M
Patents, trademarks, trade secrets, transactions, IP operations

Kannan Narayanan

Associate, Morgan Lewis
Patents, open source

 

2. Hot topics regarding U.S. IP laws & careers in IP

Thursday, October 24, 2024; 5:30PM to 7:30PM PT; 8:30PM to 10:30PM ET
Expert speakers include:
 

Jason Croft

IP Attorney, Buchalter Law Firm
Patents

Li Li

IP Attorney, Akona IP PC
Patents

Eric Lin

IP Attorney, Genetech
Patents, trademarks & copyright, trade secrets, data rights, open source

Audrey Ogurchak

IP Attorney, Lowenstien Sandler LLP
Patents

 

3. Deep dive into arguments for/against strengthening the US intellectual property protection; Includes individualized coaching and Q&A for teams who pre-register

Wednesday, November 20, 2024; 5:00PM to 6:15PM PT; 8:00PM to 9:15PM ET
Speakers coming soon!

Register for the Debate Prep Webinar Series

We look forward to seeing you and your debate team members at the webinars.

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