DePaul unites brightest in field at 11th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference

On August 11 and 12, DePaul’s Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology (CIPLIT^®) hosted the 11th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference (IPSC), uniting the brightest minds in intellectual property under the rapidly expanding virtual umbrella of copyright and shared information laws. 

IPSC, the vision of CIPLIT founding director Professor Roberta R. Kwall, began in 2001 with an initial gathering of professors at the DePaul College of Law campus. Reflecting the field of IP’s dramatic growth over the last decade, this year’s conference hosted a robust count of 135 scholars, who presented their works in progress and touched on topics ranging from redefining virtual property rights to cloud computing, open access of scholarly information and crowdsourcing.

Fittingly, the 2011 IPSC was a collaborative, intercollegiate effort alongside the Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology, the Cardozo School of Law and the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. Over the course of two days and eight breakout sessions, conference attendees enjoyed spirited discussions on the development of intellectual property laws. DePaul law student Daniel Rogna captures some session highlights from the conference over at his blog, Ebookisms.com.