Cutting Edge Trends in Patents and Licensing

Thursday April 12, 2007 in the Rich Room 

12:00-1:30 Lunch, Invitation Only, Room 101 Sponsored by THE LICENSING EXECUTIVE SOCIETY

1:45-2:00 Welcome remarks by Dean John D. Hutson

2:00-2:45 Mr. John Whealan - Solicitor General, United States Patent and Trademark Office – “Patent Quality and Re-examinations”

2:50-3:10 Mr. Mark Chadurjian - Group Counsel, IP Law, IBM Software Group – “New Models for Leveraging IP as Strategic Assets for Business Growth”

3:10-3:30 Coffee Break, Sponsored by THE STUDENT BAR ASSOCIATION

3:30-3:50 Mr. Christopher Centurelli - Partner, K&L Gates – “Injunctions in light of e-Bay”

3:55-4:15 Mr. Kevin Perkins - Senior Intellectual Property Council, EMC Corporation – “Open Source Software and Patents”

4:15-5:00 Panel Discussion, Professor Kevin Carroll - Panel Moderator

5:00-6:00 Wine and Cheese Reception, sponsored by LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ AND MENTLIK LLP

Intellectual Property in the Public Interest

Friday April 13, 2007 in the Rich Room

12:00-1:00 Lunch, Invitation Only, Room 101, Sponsored by MICROMASH BAR REVIEW

1:00-1:15 Welcome remarks by Dean John D. Hutson

1:15-1:40 Dr. Steve Price - Executive Director, Public Interest IP Advisors (PIIPA) – “International Non Profit Organization Makes Intellectual Property Counsel Available for Developing Countries”

1:45-2:15 Dr. Stanley Kowalski – “The Golden Rice Case - A Case Study in Intellectual Property Management and International Capacity Building (PIIPA)”

2:20-3:00 Dr. Anatole F. Krattiger - Public Resource Intellectual Property for Agriculture (PIPRA) –“Initiative By Universities, Foundations and Non-Profit Research Institutions to Make Agricultural Technologies More Easily Available for Development and Distribution of Subsistence Crops for Humanitarian Purposes in the Developing World and Specialty Crops in the Developed World”

3:00-3:15 Coffee Break, Sponsored by THE SOCIAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE

3:15-3:45 Mr. Leonard P. Hirsch - Smithsonian Institution – “Constructive Ambiguity Might Work in Diplomacy, But it is Hell for Intellectual Property Law: The Convention on Biological Diversity, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge”

3:50-4:30 Mr. Ron Layton – Founder, Light Years IP vision – “Engaging IP Business Techniques to Alleviate Poverty”

4:40-5:10 Panel Discussion, Professor Bill Hennessey - Panel Moderator

5:10-6:00 Wine and Cheese Reception, Sponsored by THE NEW HAMPSHIRE BAR IP SECTION