The Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports Law Section educates and informs members of developments in a variety of intellectual property areas, including trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, patents, service marks, computer law, and other related issues. The Section is committed to keeping its members fully informed of the latest developments in this ever-expanding field and to provide opportunities to exchange ideas, approaches and experiences relating to intellectual property law. The Intellectual Property Section aids its members in keeping pace with the accelerating developments in the many fields closely associated with patents, trademarks and copyrights and provides a forum for the discussion of questions of vital interest to all lawyers concerned with intellectual property rights.
Articles from the Summer 2012 issue of The Mississippi Lawyer Magazine
Intellectual Property Section Newsletters:
July 2014
October 2013
January 2012
September 2011
Helpful Section Interest Links:
The United States Patent and Trademark Office
United States Copyright Office
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Sports Law Section
2024-2025 Executive Committee
Chair
Jeremy Clay, Starkville
Mississippi State University
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(662) 325-8222
Vice Chair
Andrew W. Coffman, Tupelo
Phelps Dunbar
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(662) 690-8122
Secretary
Jason E. Fortenberry, Jackson
Bradley
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(601) 592-9972
Past Chair
Karen Howell, Jackson
Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes
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(601) 973-8750
Member at Large (8/2023-7/2025)
Kris Powell, Hattiesburg
University of Southern Mississippi
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(601) 266-4466
Member at Large (8/2024-7/2026)
Michele Biegel, Jackson
Law Office of Michele D. Biegel, PLLC
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(601) 592-9972
Member at Large (8/2024-7/2027)
Margaret Duff West, Jackson
Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes
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(601) 960-6861