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3 PTC Newsl. 1 (1983-1984)

handle is hein.journals/iprolane3 and id is 1 raw text is: Ne8wSLeTT8eR Published by the Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law of the American Bar Association Volume 3, Number 1, Fall 1983 cHaiRman81's LeTTeR Our Annual Meeting in Atlanta this August was marked by warm hospitality, cooler than ex- pected weather and develop- ments that will affect the Ameni can Bar Association and all of its members for years to come. 7 The Model Code of Profes- sional Conduct, for example, A took the next step along the road to adoption and implementation as the explanatory language of the Code provisions were considered, revised in some cases, and adopted (see articles by our Section Delegate Bill Schuyler and Jerry Voight, Chairman of Committee 502, in the Spring 1983 Newsletter). There was considerable excitement about the prospect of a contest in the General Assembly and the House of Delegates over the so-called Beckham Amendment to the ABA Consititution whereby each of the Sections would be given a representative member on the ABA Nominating Committee (see the box insert on page 3 of the Summer 1983 Newsletter). This potentially explosive situation. was defused by ABA President Morris Harrell who proposed a compromise at a meeting of Section Of- ficers: appointment of a Special Commission on Associa- tion Governance to study the entire process of nomina- tion and election of officers and members of the Board of Governors as well as the long-range governance process. By voting to adopt the compromise, the Section Officers avoided the confrontation at the Monday, August 1, meeting of the Assembly. President Harrell, with the con- currence of President-Elect Wallace D. Riley, appointed the following members to the Commission which will file its report no later than the 1984 Midyear Meeting: Justin A. Stanley, Chairman, Philip S. Anderson, Walter Beck- ham, George Bushnell, Jr., Talbot D'Alemberte, James R. Greenfield, Joan M. Hall, Marion Edwyn Harrison, Frank A. Kaufman, Robert D. Raven, Antonin Scalia, Joseph E. Stopher, W. David Watkins, Edward B. Winn, and Henry Wheeler. We had an excellent business meeting and an excellent program. Our social program was among the most delightful we've enjoyed. At our annual dinner dance, retiring Chairman Tom Hofstetter who received his early training in Nashville, brought tears to the eyes of many as he dedicated to our past Chairmen his rendition of a song entitled Oh Lord, It's Hard to Be Humble. Who said we've given up entertainment! The new Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has been in existence for a year, as of October 1, 1983. Formation of this court caused considerable divi- sion in the bar, but once enabling legislation was passed and the court came into existence, most of us who had had reservations closed ranks and warmly supported the new court. In a fine article in our last Newsletter Judge (Continued on page 9) Copyright ¢V 1983 American Bar Association Produced by the ABA Press

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