Monday, Sept. 20, 2010 9:30am – 12:45pm.
Patentable Subject Matter: 35 USC § 101
9:30am Keynote Address: The Honorable Paul R. Michel, former chief judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
10am-11:15am First Panel: Bilski’s Aftermath: Software, Business Methods and Abstract Ideas
- Robert W. Bahr, senior patent attorney, Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, USPTO (invited)
- Professor John Duffy, George Washington University Law School
- Assistant Professor David Olson, Boston College Law School
- Associate General Counsel Richard Wilder, Microsoft
11:30am – 12:45pm Second Panel: Natural Laws and Phenomena in the Life Sciences: Prometheus & Myriad
- Professor F. Scott Kieff, George Washington University Law School
- Lecturer of Law Dan Ravicher, Cardozo School of Law; executive director, Public Patent Foundation
- Associate General Counsel Hans Sauer, Biotechnology Industry Organization
- Associate Dean of IP John M. Whealan, George Washington University Law School
The George Washington University Law School
Jacob Burns Moot Courtroom*
Burns Hall 1st Floor
716 20th Street NW
*Overflow Room: LL 101
This event is free and open to the public. A casual lunch will follow. Please RSVP by Sept.15 to iplaw@law.gwu.edu.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Sidney Katz IP Law Speaker Lecture: The Rule of Uncertainty--Judicial Levers and Patent Policy
The Sidney Katz lecture, held twice a year, is generously endowed by Sidney Katz, (J.D. ’66). The Honorable S. Jay Plager of the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit is scheduled to give this year’s Fall Katz Lecture. The event will take place on Wednesday evening, Oct 20, 2010, the night before the start of the AIPLA Annual Meeting here in Washington, DC.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
“The Uneasy Case for Copyright”: A 40th Anniversary Commemoration
In 1970, Stephen G. Breyer, now an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States, published the pioneering article “The Uneasy Case for Copyright.” The article both articulated a theoretical framework for assessing copyright law, and conducted a study of the publishing industry to provide empirical grounds for such an assessment. Forty years later, debate over the goals and efficacy of copyright and of other forms of intellectual property has only increased, and Justice Breyer’s article continues to occupy a prominent place in that debate.
To commemorate the fortieth anniversary of “The Uneasy Case for Copyright,” the George Washington Law Review and the Intellectual Property Law Program of the George Washington University Law School will hold a symposium on Thursday, November 4th, 2010. Justice Breyer himself will give the keynote address, and distinguished legal academics and economists from the United States and abroad will consider the legacy of the article and the current state of inquiry into the proper place of copyright and intellectual property law. Participants include Michael Abramowicz, Oren Bracha, Robert Brauneis, Josef Drexl, John Duffy, Niva Elkin-Koren, Seth Ericsson, Wendy Gordon, F. Scott Kieff, B. Zorina Khan, Martin Kretschmer, Stan Liebowitz, Pam Samuelson, and Talha Syed. Symposium papers will be published in an issue of the George Washington Law Review.
All academics are invited to attend the symposium, including an associated breakfast and lunch; please RSVP to Prof. Robert Brauneis, rbraun@law.gwu.edu