Debate Prep Webinar Series
Intellectual Property in Focus: What is it? Who is it for?
The Topic
The national high school debate topic for the 2024-2025 school year is:
Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property (IP) rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.
High Schoolers: Join us to Prepare!
The Lemelson-MIT Program, Advancing Diversity Across Patent Teams (ADAPT), Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation (IPOEF), US Intellectual Property Alliance (USIPA), Invent Together, The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU), The Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property, LexisNexis, and others are joining forces to bring incredible resources to you by offering three free webinars that will help you prepare to argue for and against this resolution.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to hear from IP attorneys, A.I. thought leaders, and others who will share information that can be used to inform your debate arguments.
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The Webinars (all online)
1. Orientation to the intellectual property system
Wednesday, September 11, 2024; 5:00PM to 6:15PM PT; 8:00PM to 9:15PM ET
Expert speakers include:
Justin Rerko
IP Attorney, IAM 300, Tradespace
Patents, trademarks, copyrights
Dena Ehrich
VP, Associate Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, 3M
Patents, trademarks, trade secrets, transactions, IP operations
Sumon Dasgupta
Principal, Jordan IP Law
Patents, prosecution, preparation
Kannan Narayanan
Associate, Morgan Lewis
Patents, open source
2. Hot topics regarding U.S. IP laws & careers in IP
Thursday, October 24, 2024; 5:30PM to 7:30PM PT; 8:30PM to 10:30PM ET
Speakers coming soon!
3. Deep dive into arguments for/against strengthening the US intellectual property protection; Includes individualized coaching and Q&A for teams who pre-register
Wednesday, November 20, 2024; 5:00PM to 6:15PM PT; 8:00PM to 9:15PM ET
Speakers coming soon!
