Please see attached Technical Comments and Analysis of these two pending pieces of legislation prepared by Bob Kain.
Please provide any feedback directly to Bob at [email protected] as soon as you can, both bills are moving quickly.
Technical Comments HB 1523 asnd SB 1378
Thanks
Jim Matulis
Matulis IP Law & Mediation
Hi all
Thursday’s IP Committee Meeting will include a presentation by the Copyright Office’s Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Public Information and Education, Catherine “Catie” Zaller Rowland, bringing you up to speed on the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019 (CASE Act of 2019)
Don’t forget to register in advance – here is the registration link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsdOitrj8pHdTjpMeoc2cbKh4wZAHm8e0q
Also, the IP Committee is looking for volunteers to serve as Committee liaisons to other BLS committee, including the Pro Bono Committee, the Communications Committee, the CLE Committee, and the Membership Committee. If interested, please email me offline at [email protected]
Jim
Matulis IP Law
The IP Committee will meet on Saturday, August 31st from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at the Business Law Section Retreat in Naples. The Labor Day Retreat Agenda 2019 and minutes from the last meeting may be downloaded here (the attachment to the minutes may be downloaded separately here).
A conference line has been arranged for those members who wish to participate in the meeting, but who are unable to make it to Naples (the conference bridge information may be found in the agenda). Please e-mail Jacqueline Tadros if you plan to attend the meeting by telephone.
We look forward to seeing everyone at the meeting.
The IP Committee will meet on June 27th at 9am in Boca Raton as part of The Florida Bar’s 2019 Annual Meeting.
The agenda for the meeting may be accessed here: 2019-Florida-Bar-Annual-Meeting-IP-Committee-Agenda.docx
The minutes from the last minute may be accessed here: 2019-04-11-Minutes-IP-Committee-Meeting.docx (the related attachment may be found here: 2019-04-11-IP-Committee-sign-in-sheet.pdf).
We look forward to seeing everyone at the meeting.
The IP Committee will meet tomorrow, April 11th, as part of the 10th Annual IP Symposium.
The agenda for tomorrow’s meeting may be accessed here: 2019 BLS Winter Meeting – IP Committee Agenda
The minutes from the last minute may be accessed here: IP Committee Meeting Minutes 01-17-19
We look forward to seeing everyone at the IP Symposium.
Thanks to the efforts of Dineen Wasylik, progress has been made on the revisions to the Florida trademark statute. Copies of the draft bill, the white paper, and the comparison of the draft to the statute, may be downloaded here.
This will be discussed at Saturday’s Committee meeting.
Draft bill:
https://www.ipcommittee.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Trademark-Draft-Bill-v2.docx
White paper:
https://www.ipcommittee.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Trademark-Draft-Bill-White-Paper.docx
Bill comparison:
https://www.ipcommittee.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Comparison-of-State-Statute-to-CFR-2017.doc
