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The Intellectual Property Section was organized in September 2000 in order to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information among Mississippi lawyers engaged in the practice of intellectual property law. Members' interests include copyright, patent, and trademark law, as well as the less traditional areas of internet law, computer related issues, and information technology law in general. The section has conducted and will continue to conduct CLE seminars to assist its members in their understanding of these areas of practice. Intellectual Property Section Newsletters: January 2012 September 2011Legal Clinic - October 22, 2011
In conjunction with the Mississippi International Film Festival, the IP Section held an IP legal clinic on Saturday, October 22. Jason Bush, an attorney at Baker, Donelson and Bearman; Ryanne Duffy Saucier, Deputy Executive Director of Mississippi Public Broadcasting; and Anita Modak-Truran, an attorney at Butler Snow, staffed the clinic and provided IP pointers to filmmakers and musicians in attendance at the event. 
Privacy, Publicity and Intellectual Property Issues Underlying The Help Controversy
The Mississippi Bar Intellectual Property Section presented on Thursday, September 29, 2011, a one-hour CLE seminar, entitled "Privacy, Publicity and Intellectual Property Issues Underlying The Help Controversy." The seminar featured a thought-provoking panel discussion on complex issues concerning literary works in general, and the manifestation of those issues in The Help specifically. The panel was comprised of those who are intimately familiar with high profile litigation on literary issues, including Edward Sanders, Fred Banks, Jr., Luther Munford and Robert Gregg Mayer. The following are pictures from the event.  
To download a copy of a summary chart with a general description of the different IP rights, click here. Helpful Section Interest Links:
The United States Patent and Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/ United States Copyright Office
http://www.copyright.gov/ Intellectual Property Section 2011-2012 Officers Chair
Anita K Modak-Truran
Butler Snow
P O Box 6010
Ridgeland, MS 39157-6010
Phone: (601) 985-4567
Fax: (601) 985-4500
Email: anita.modak-truran@butlersnow.com Vice Chair
Meaghin Burke
University of Mississippi
P O Box 1848
University, MS 38677-1848
Phone: (662) 915-7775
Fax: (662) 915-5267
Email: amburke@olemiss.edu Secretary/Treasurer
Molly E Fergusson
Attorney at Law
228 Sivley St
Oxford, MS 38655-3124
Phone: (662) 915-6888
Fax: (662) 510-0880
Email: mefergu1@olemiss.edu Past Chair
Marcial D Forester Jr
Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes
P O Drawer 119
Jackson, MS 39205-0119
Phone: (601) 973-8795
Fax: (601) 960-6902
Email: mforester@brunini.com Executive Committee (8/2010-7/2012)
Jason R Bush
Baker Donelson
P O Box 14167
Jackson, MS 39236-4167
Phone: (601) 351-8915
Fax: (601) 351-2424
Email: jbush@bakerdonelson.com Executive Committee (8/2011-7/2013)
Mark T Camarigg
Attorney at Law
211 Glenn Cove
Oxford, MS 38655-9105
Phone: (662) 915-5129
Fax: (662) 915-5814
Email: mcamarigg@yahoo.com Executive Committee (8/2011-7/2014)
Joshua H Jeanson
MSU Ofc of Technology Comm
307 Carver Dr Apt 1
Starkville, MS 39759-2584
Phone: (662) 325-0668
Fax: (662) 325-0667
Email: jjeanson@otc.msstate.edu |
