During lunch on both days of the conference, we'll have table discussions where you can get together and discuss various relevant topics. To ensure you have a spot to discuss your desired topic, please choose up to one table discussion per day and sign up.
Available Tables
Monday (Mar 23rd 2020)
Good as "Sell" - Why Forging Connections with and Between Clients Beats Upselling
12PM - 12:50PM"Would you like fries with that? Perhaps you need a GDPR Data Protection addendum for your Privacy Policy?" Upselling can do more harm than... see more
Suzann Moskowitz
Founder of The Moskowitz Firm, LLC
Using Design Patents to Augment a Brand-protection Strategy: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly.
12PM - 12:50PMIn this table talk, we will discuss taking advantage of the differences between US design patents and US trademarks/trade dress to enhance a... see more
Mark Koffsky
Founder of Koffsky Schwabb, LLC
Revisiting Genericness
12PM - 12:50PMU.S. Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B.V. marks the first time since its 1985 decision in Park N’ Fly, Inc. that the U.S. Supreme... see more
Joel MacMull
Partner at Mandelbaum Salsburg P.C.
Stand out from the Crowd: Helping Clients Select and Enforce Strong Brands in 2020 & Beyond
12PM - 12:50PMHow do you help your client select a strong and protectable brand in today’s consumer marketplace? Whether it’s health and beauty, technolog... see more
Jeannette Carmadella
Partner at Lutzker & Lutzker, LLP
Serving as Outside General Counsel
12PM - 12:50PMBusinesses increasingly rely on outside counsel to fill traditional in-house roles, resulting in the beneficial development of the “outside... see more
Michael Patrick
Partner at Barton, LLP
Drafting effective “Cease and Desist” letters
12PM - 12:50PMAnyone who files lots of trademark application is likely to encounter sending and receiving cease and desist letters. This discussion will f... see more
Erik Pelton
Founder of Erik M. Pelton & Associates, PLLC
Tuesday (Mar 24th 2020)
The Importance of Trademark Searching
12PM - 12:50PMBefore any business adopts a trademark, the first step in the trademark process is trademark searching and clearance. Business owners and in... see more
Stacey Kalamaras
Founder of Kalamaras Law Office, LLC
Non-Traditional Networking
12PM - 12:50PMWe all know networking is important to business, but how do you really stand out from everyone else? How do you attract your ideal clientele... see more
Shivani Honwad
Founder of The Law Firm of Shivani Honwad. LLC
Hashtags and Trademarks
12PM - 12:50PMThe discussion will cover the considerations for using trademarks as hashtags—and hashtags as trademarks. We’ll discuss issues surrounding t... see more
Bill Samuels
Partner at Scarinci Hollenbeck
How to Drive Efficiency & Accelerate growth with Affordable Business Technologies
12PM - 12:50PMIn this table discussion, you’ll learn from Maddy Martin and your peers around the table about the technologies that deliver the biggest ban... see more
Maddy Martin
Head of Growth & Education at Smith.ai
Office Actions with a Former Trademark Examiner: A Discussion on Handling Office Actions for Happy Clients
12PM - 12:50PMFormer USPTO trademark examiner Scott Sisun will lead a discussion about how to report office actions in a client-friendly manner, from good... see more
Scott Sisun
Founder of Sisun Law
Business Development Best Practices – What’s working for small IP firms like yours?
12PM - 12:50PMThis table discussion aims to uncover the best ways for you to increase revenues, both in the short and long term, through moderator led pra... see more
Phil Cox
Business Development Coach at DarbyCox
Interested in scheduling your own topic table? Email us at connect@altlegal.com
