IACC

2008 IACC Fall Conference Agenda

(Subject to change)

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

12 pm - 6 pm
Registration

2 pm - 3:30 pm
Internet Committee (IACC Members Only)
The IACC Internet Committee Meeting is one of the most successful groups addressing the concerns of the IP Community in the on-line environment. Open to IACC Members only.

3:30 pm - 5 pm
Internet Workshop (IACC Members Only)

5 pm - 5:30 pm
New Member Briefing
IACC President Bob Barchiesi

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Reception
Banyan Tree Courtyard @ The Fairmont Miramar Hotel
Sponsored by MarkMonitor, Inc.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

7:30 am - 6 pm
Registration

7:30 am - 9 am
Continental Breakfast and Exhibitors Viewing
Sponsored by Gibney, Anthony, & Flaherty

9 am - 9:30 am
Opening Remarks
Sheriff Lee Baca from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, IACC President Bob Barchiesi, and IACC Chairman of the Board Dave Simpson

9:30 am - 10 am
Keynote Address
Wendy Greuel, President Pro Tempore of the Los Angeles City Council

10 am - 11 am
Entertainment and Gaming Piracy—A Brave New World
Moderator Tony Keats (Keats McFarland & Wilson LLP, Partner), Ric Hirsch (Entertainment Software Association, S.V.P., Intellectual Property Enforcement), Brad Buckles (Recording Industry Association of America, Executive V.P.), and Mary Fossier (Walt Disney Studios, V.P., Counsel)

Representatives of three important California industries, film, music, and gaming, will discuss the challenges posed by piracy and counterfeiting. The panel will highlight industry action as it relates to the impact of the internet and innovative efforts to protect their important creative efforts - from extraordinary post-production controls to monitoring and enforcement.

11 am - 11:30 am
Networking Café & Exhibitors Viewing

11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Session A: Developments in On-Line Investigations
Moderator Craig Winter (Deputy Director Internet Enforcement Operations Motion PictureAsociation), Andrew Horton (MarkMonitor, Inc., Director of Product Management), Leland Woo (Bay TSB, Vice President of Business Development), and Jonathan Lee (Media Defender, Inc, Executive Vice President of Business Development)

This presentation describes how the latest technology is used by companies to guard against online counterfeits, including solutions for internet piracy prevention as well as solutions that enable companies to solutions that enable companies to detect, investigate, and respond to online abuse on Peer-to-Peer networks, websites, and online auctions.

Session B: Anti-Counterfeiting Programs 101—Developing an Anti-counterfeiting Program
Moderator Margie Milam (MarkMonitor, General Counsel), Brett Millar (Cisco) and Dennis Wilson (Keats, McFarland & Wilson, Partner).

This presentation is designed for professionals new to the anti-counterfeit area and will provide an overview of the law, practices, and simple techniques used to fight the sale of illegal counterfeits, including best practices for developing an anti-counterfeiting program, registering your trademarks with U.S. Customs, and responding to counterfeit listings on auction sites.

12:30 pm - 2 pm
Lunch and Keynote Address
California Assemblyman Paul Krekorian
Sponsored by Ed Hardy, Oakley, and True Religion Brand Jeans

2 pm - 2:30 pm
Exhibitors Viewing

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Session A: Apparel and Luxury Goods—Tiffany vs. eBay
Moderator Brian Brokate (Gibney, Anthony, & Flaherty, Partner), and Theda Koenig-Horowicz (Gros & Waltenspuhl)

Legal experts will analyze the recent U.S, French and German court rulings regarding eBay.

Session B: The Gaming Industry—Innovations and Hot Topics
Moderator Phil Terzian (Activision Blizzard, Senior Director, Government Affairs), Fritz Kryman (Activision Blizzard, Director, Anti-Piracy and Government Affairs), and Kerry Hopkins (Electronic Arts, Director, IP Enforcement)

This panel will discuss the latest trends, innovations, topics and anti-counterfeiting strategies pertaining to the Videogame Industry, one of our fastest growing industries. Topics will include online piracy, hard goods piracy and counterfeit merchandise, among others.

3:30 pm - 5 pm
Session A: The Investigative Game—Best Practices
Moderator Fred Fellman (MarkMonitor Inc, Chief Marketing Officer), Stephen Rucker (Kroll Associates, Inc, Executive Vice President,) Rob Holmes (IPCybercrime.com LLC, Founder and CEO), Kenneth Kurtz (The Steele Organization Chairman and CEO), Kris Buckner, (Investigative Consultants, CEO)

This presentation will review best practices for utilizing investigators in implementing an overall brand protection strategy, covering the role of the investigator in working with a company's brand protection team in knowledge gathering, assessing threats, prioritizing targets, gathering evidence, and taking action to stop counterfeits.

5 pm - 6:30 pm
Board of Directors Meeting

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Reception
California Cheese and Wine @ The Fairmont Miramar Hotel
Sponsored by Kroll, Inc.

Friday, October 24, 2008

7 am - 8:45 am
Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by NanoGuardian

7:30 am - 12 pm
Port of Los Angeles Customs Facility Tour
(Open to the first 30 Registrants—Buses leave from Fairmont to Long Beach and Return)

8:45 am - 9 am
Second day remarks by Meeting Co-Chairs

9 am - 9:30 am
Keynote Address
To be announced

9:30 am - 10:30 am
Law Enforcement Practices Around the U.S.
Moderator Travis Johnson (IACC Vice President), Shari Hyman (Deputy Criminal Justice Coordinator, NYC Mayor’s Office) , Kevin Kozak (Special Agent, Immigration Customs Enforcement Agency), Sergeant Janice Munson (L.A. County Sheriff’s Department), and Dusan Pavlovic (Office of the County Counsel, L.A.); Brian O'Neil (Inspector, Organized Crime Investigative Division, NYPD - Invited)

Law enforcement practitioners will share best practices regarding criminal and civil enforcement, nuisance abatement and landlord liability.

10:30 am - 11 am
Networking Café and Exhibition Viewing

11 am - 12 pm
Morning Roundtables

Automotive Enforcement (Cliff Cohen)
Personal Products and Pharmaceuticals (Bruce Longbottom)
Apparel and Luxury Goods (Deborah Greaves)
Software and Technology (Bonnie McNaughton)
Enforcement in China (He Jing)
Enforcement in Mexico (Roberto Arochi)
Enforcement in Latin America (Mario Loaiza)

12 pm - 12:30 pm
Reports of the Roundtable Discussion Leaders

12:30 pm
Closing Remarks
IACC Chairman of the Board Dave Simpson

Meeting adjourns