1:30 pm - 5:15 pm | Union League Club of Chicago - 65 West Jackson Boulevard - Chicago
2025 Annual IP Symposium
Welcome
IPLAC and Symposium Committee Leader Michelle Kouba of Michael Best invite you to a series of panel discussions where you will hear directly from thought leaders about current intellectual property topics and trends.
3.0 IL CLE Credit Hours Pending
Registration is now closed.
We'll see you on November 5!
Program
Check-In and Welcome
1:30pm - 1:40pm
Matthew Kelly
IPLAC President
Chief IP Counsel, LLC
Michelle Kouba
Partner
Michael Best
& Friedrich LLP
Trade Secret Protection & Remedies Under the Defend Trade Secrets Act
1:40pm - 2:40pm
R. Mark Halligan
Partner
FisherBroyles, LLP
(Chair, Trade Secrets Practice Group)
Scott McBride
Shareholder
McAndrews, Held
& Malloy, Ltd.
Philip Petti
Chief IP Counsel
USG Corporation
Douglas Duff
Senior IP Attorney
ABB
Tron Fu
Member
Dickinson Wright
PLLC
MODERATOR
AI & Ethics:
Navigating Legal and Moral Frontiers
2:45pm - 3:45pm
Mary Carragher
VP & Chief Counsel
Global Marketing, Media
& Enterprise AI
Mondelēz
International
Mary Fetsco
Partner
Fitch, Even, Tabin &
Flannery LLP
Deborah Laughton
Shareholder
McAndrews, Held
& Malloy, Ltd.
Kenneth Suh
Member
McDonald
Hopkins LLC
Adjunct Prof., AI
Univ. of Ill.
Law School
MODERATOR
COFFEE BREAK
3:45pm - 4:00pm
Judges Panel
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Hon. Virginia M. Kendall
Chief Judge
Northern District
of Illinois
Hon. Rebecca R. Pallmeyer
Judge
Northern District
of Illinois
Hon. John F. Kness
Judge
Northern District
of Illinois
Matthew Kelly
IPLAC President
Chief IP Counsel, LLC
MODERATOR
Closing Remarks
5:00pm - 5:15pm
Matthew Kelly
IPLAC President
Chief IP Counsel, LLC