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Annual intellectual property law review banquet speech: three cases: a practitioner's life in copyright.
When Professor Murray called and asked me to speak to this illustrious group, she mentioned that you might like to hear my observations about how IP law has evolved over the course of my career and a little bit about my career itself. It is always nice when someone hands you the speaking topic, so I quickly agreed. Then I realized that I have been a lawyer since the early '80s--longer than some of you have been alive. That is a lot of law to cover. I have also had a pretty unusual career, first as a trade association lawyer, then in private practice, and now as general counsel for an advertising fund serving a huge quick-service restaurant chain. The issues I have had to deal with have been both cutting edge and incredibly mundane. Most of what I know about IP law, I learned on the job. I did not know how to distill it all down for you. Suddenly, I was depressed.
Nevertheless, life is tough and sometimes you get a big dose of bad stuff to deal with. I mean, Marquette's basketball team did not advance to the Swee...See the full content of this document
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