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Use and abuse of intellectual property rights over the Internet will be the focus of the 15th annual Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and the Corporate Client, which will take place Oct. 3, 2002, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Northwestern University School of Law, 357 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago.

Titled "E-Business: New Strategies for Corporate Counsel," the symposium brings together leading authorities in a rapidly changing field to discuss global issues, including trademark use and protection in Europe. Alexander V. Muhlendahl, vice president of the European Union's Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market in Alicante, Spain, will present the Baby Dry case and other developments.

In-house counsels at top U.S. corporations will also present practical solutions to managing intellectual property in-house and controlling spiraling litigation costs. Donald B. Aiken, chief trademark counsel for Ford Motor Company, will discus ways to create a virtual corporate trademark office, while Robert R. Delaney, senior attorney for Walgreen Company will take part in a panel about intellectual property litigation strategies and alternatives.

"Corporate legal departments face the challenge of protecting their rights while at the same time seeking ways for their companies to expand business over the Internet," said R.A. Pete Wentz, associate dean for executive and professional education and communications. "This symposium takes a practical approach to many of these issues and brings together a stellar faculty of leading authorities in this growing field."

As a program sponsored by the Northwestern Law, the Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and the Corporate Client is recognized for mandatory continuing legal education credit in New York, California, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin and other states. Tuition is $200.

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