This year’s Annual District CLE looks promising. It will include a report from Western District federal judges on the state of the court in the Western District as well as an update about the Ninth Circuit from the newest member of that bench, Circuit Judge N. Randy Smith.
The CLE has three components: “The Financial Crisis,” “A Shrinking World,” and “Changing Privacy.” The second component sounds particularly interesting to trademark practitioners. It’s a panel session that will focus on cultural differences affecting civil litigation, criminal extradition from overseas jurisdictions, and effects of the global economic recession. Counterfeiting and enforcing trademark rights abroad would certainly fit under this umbrella. The panel will be moderated by Prof. Helen Stacy, Senior Fellow at the Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
The program is scheduled for 12:45 to 5 p.m. on May 1. It will be held at the U.S. Courthouse in Seattle. Cost is $100.