Christopher Carani is a partner at the intellectual property law firm of McAndrews, Held & Malloy, where his practice centers on protecting and enforcing design rights. Carani formerly chaired the American Bar Association’s Design Rights Committee and also the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s Committee on Industrial Designs. He received his JD from The University of Chicago and his BS in Engineering from Marquette University. He is a frequent contributor to CNN on intellectual property law issues and is often called upon to provide comment to other media outlets, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Away from the law, Carani is a studied jazz musician playing upright bass on the Chicago jazz circuit.
Session Title:
Industrial (Design) Revolution: From Spoons To Smartphones
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