2008 Materials and Biographies

   

September 9, 2008 American Academy of Arts and Sciences
8:00 a.m.	Registration and Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45 a.m.	Opening Remarks (wmv file) Elena Kagan, Dean, Harvard Law School William F. Lee, Co-Managing Partner, WilmerHale
8:45 - 9:15 a.m.	Keynote Speaker  (wmv file) Hon. Paul R. Michel, Chief Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
9:15 - 10:45 a.m.	The Supreme Court Returns to Patent Law  (wmv file)  Moderator Seth P. Waxman, Partner, WilmerHale Panel Hon. Arthur J. Gajarsa, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Mark A. Lemley, William H. Neukom Professor of Law, Stanford Law School; Of Counsel, Keker & Van Nest LLP Carter G. Phillips, Managing Partner of the Washington, DC Office, Sidley Austin LLP Materials Supreme Court Review of Federal Circuit Patent Decisions Number of Fed. Cir. Patent Cases Reviewed by S. Ct. Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc., 128 S.Ct. 2109, No. 06-937 (June 9, 2008) *273 The Festo Decision and the Return of the Supreme Court to the Bar of Patents
10:45 - 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	The Law of Obviousness after KSR: What is (or should be) Decided by Whom and When (wmv file)  Moderator: William F. Lee, Co-Managing Partner, WilmerHale  Panel Hon. Alan D. Lourie, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit John Duffy, Oswald Symister Colclough Research Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School Robert S. Frank Jr., Partner, Choate Hall and Stuart LLP Reem Jishi, Deputy Chief Patent Counsel, Wyeth Steven R. Rodgers, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Legal and Corporate Affairs Director, Litigation, Intel  Donald R. Steinberg, Partner and Chair of Intellecual Property Department, WilmerHale
12:45 - 1:45 p.m.	Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.	Patent Reform Act and Its Implications Part 1 (wmv file) Part 2 (wmv file) Moderator and PowerPoint Presentation Dana R. Colarulli, Director of Government Relations, Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) Patent Reform Act and Its Implications: Panel Overview Panel and PowerPoint Presentations Mark Chandler, Senior Vice President, Legal Services, General Counsel and Secretary, Cisco Systems, Inc. James Housel, Patent Attorney, Office of Intellectual Property Policy and Enforcement, United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent Application Process: Background to Proposed Changes Sherry Knowles, Senior Vice President, Corporate Intellectual Property, GlaxoSmithKline  Patent Reform: What Should It Look Like?
3:30 p.m.	Closing Remarks (wmv file)