Duquesne University School of Law — The Three Rivers Tech and IP Colloquium, co-hosted by Duquesne University School of Law and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, took place on Friday, January 25, 2019 at Duquesne Law. This year the topic of technology was included, broadening participation and paper topics for presenters. The goal remained the same: to allow IP (and now law & tech) researchers and teachers with connections to the region to gather, share their work, critique and improve it, and build a fellowship of similarly-situated colleagues. The format enabled the sharing of works in progress with the opportunity for extended conversations about individual papers.
For IP, the subject matter domain included: patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, design rights, rights of publicity, broadcast rights, chip designs, vessel hulls, and related issues. Also welcomed were law and tech subject matter, which includes: privacy law, technology ethics, regulation, fintech, cybersecurity, AI, blockchain, and robots. Interdisciplinary applications were welcome (law and economics, STS, cultural theory, etc.; and/or other legal disciplines, such as corporate law, commercial law, employment law, and antitrust law).
Participation was open to full-time faculty teachers and researchers in IP and tech at the region’s law schools. The event was coordinated by Associate Professor of Law Agnieszka McPeak.
