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Berytech hosts conference on Intellectual Property |
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 On Wednesday October 9, 2008, Berytech hosted a conference by US attorney Dr. Mark Abumeri on Intellectual Property which gathered an audience of lawyers, entrepreneurs and university lecturers.
Conference contents were based on the state of IP practice in Lebanon and the nature of inquiries received from Lebanese inventors. It covered two main topics: recent developments in the U.S. patent system and practice where there has been significant legislations proposed.
Participants were highly interested in the contents of the conference and even urged Dr. Abumeri to consider practicing formally in Lebanon. Different questions on cautionary measures while patenting, the relevance of patenting in certain cases or changes in the invention while patenting were all addressed.
Dr. Abumeri had previously lectured on this topic in Berytech in 2004. Following this present visit to Lebanon, he is heading to present in Singapore to governmental, institutional, and legal audiences and in Sydney to in-house/corporate counsel on the topic of IP litigation management and procedures in the U.S.
Mark M. Abumeri is a partner at Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP in the US. He is involved in the practice of all aspects of intellectual property (IP) law. He is also an adjunct professor of law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, and serves as a Judge pro tem in the Superior Court. Mr. Abumeri obtained a B.S. in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 1988, M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1992, and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the University of Cincinnati, College of Law in 1996.
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