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
2022-2023 Executive Committee
Chair
Benjamin Mitchell, Ridgeland
Butler Snow
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(601) 948-5711
Vice Chair
Karen Howell, Jackson
Brunini Grantham Grower & Hewes
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(601) 973-8750
Secretary
Jeremy Clay, Starkville
Mississippi State University
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(662) 325-8222
Past Chair
Michael Williams, Jackson
Bradley
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(601) 592-9981
Member at Large (8/2020-7/2023)
Andrew Harris, Jackson
Jones Walker, LLP
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(601) 949-4816
Member at Large (8/2021-7/2024)
Andrew W. Coffman, Tupelo
Phelps Dunbar
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(662) 690-8122
Member at Large (8/2022-7/2025)
Jason E. Fortenberry, Jackson
Bradley
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(601) 592-9972