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Intellectual Property, Private Law, and the Supreme Court Agenda

Agenda

8:30 am: Breakfast & Registration

9 am: Opening Remarks

  • Hon. F. Scott Kieff, U.S. International Trade Commission

9:15 am: The Nature of IP

Moderator

  • Prof. Ruth Okediji, University of Minnesota Law School

Panelists

  • Aaron Cooper, Business Software Alliance, former Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee
  • Prof. Robert P. Merges, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
  • Prof. Henry E. Smith, Harvard Law School
  • Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Munger Tolles & Olsen LLP, former Solicitor General of the United States

10:30 am: Break

10:45 am: Infringement And Defenses

Moderator

  • Prof. Michael B. Abramowicz, The George Washington University Law School

Panelists

  • Prof. Dmitry Karshtedt, The George Washington University Law School
  • William F. Lee, WilmerHale LLP
  • Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General of the United States
  • Prof. Rebecca Tushnet, Georgetown University Law Center

Noon: Lunch

1 pm: Post-Lunch Remarks

  • Q. Todd Dickinson, Polsinelli, former Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

1:30 pm: Licensing And Exhaustion

Moderator

  • Prof. Robert Brauneis, The George Washington University Law School

Panelists

  • Sarang V. Damle, U.S. Copyright Office
  • Prof. John F. Duffy, University of Virginia School of Law
  • Aaron M. Panner, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC
  • Eric Reifschneider, The Marconi Group

2:45 pm: Break

3 pm: Equity And Remedies

Moderator

  • Prof. John M. Golden, University of Texas School of Law

Panelists

  • Hon. Susan G. Braden, U.S. Court of Federal Claims
  • Prof. Douglas Laycock, University of Virginia School of Law
  • Prof. A. Douglas Melamed, Stanford Law School
  • Carter G. Phillips, Sidley Austin LLP

4:30 pm: Closing Remarks

  • Hon. Kimberly A. Moore, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

5 pm: Reception

This conference is co-organized by the Project on the Foundations of Private Law at Harvard Law School and the Intellectual Property Law Program at the George Washington University Law School, sponsored by Qualcomm Inc. and Intel Corp.