The three panelists will be Amy Brosius of Fish & Richardson in Boston, Pamela Chestek of Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, and Aaron Silverstein of Saunders & Silverstein, Amesbury, MA.

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

12:30 – 1:15  Registration

  1:30 – 2:10  Mark Robins on Developments in the First Circuit

  2:10 – 3:00  Acting Chief Judge Rogers on TTAB Rules and ACR

  3:00 – 3:15  Intermission

  3:15 – 4:15  TTAB Final Hearing
  4:15 – 5:00  Panel Discussion on TTAB Practice and Procedure

  5:00 – 5:30  Reception with the Judges, Panelists and Speakers

Mark D. Robins

Nixon Peabody LLP

Mark D. Robins is a partner focusing on intellectual property litigation, including trademark matters before the TTAB and the courts.  He has published extensively and spoken frequently on trademark and other intellectual property subjects and is co-chair of the BPLA Trademarks and Unfair Competition Committee.

John L. Welch
Lando & Anastasi, LLP

John L. Welch is Of Counsel to the firm, and practices intellectual property law in all its forms. A frequent author and lecturer on TTAB topics, he is the founder and publisher of The TTABlog and a contributing editor to Allen’s Trademark Digest. He is co-chair of the BPLA Trademarks and Unfair Competition Committee.