Thursday October 20, 2005

8:30 a.m. Introduction and Welcome

Professor Spencer H. Boyer
Howard University School of Law

Esther H. Lim, Co-Chair of the IIPSJ Conference Program
Partner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

8:45 - 9:30 a.m. Update on Patents: Recent Cases and Developments

Thomas L. Irving
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

9:30 - 9:45 a.m.  Break

9:45 - 11:15 a.m. Post-Partum of Phillips v. AWH Corp.:
Perspectives from the Court, the Government, and the Bar

Honorable Liam O’Grady
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
John Whealan, Deputy General Counsel for
Intellectual Property Law and Solicitor
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Victoria E. Brieant
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Morning Keynote
The Hatch-Waxman Act: Litigation as a Public Policy Tool

Honorable Randall R. Rader
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Northwest Mutual Roundtable Luncheon Presentations

12:30 - 12:55 p.m. Aiding the Sick: Compulsory Pharmaceutical Licensing

Simone Rose, Professor of Law
Wake Forest School of Law

12:55 - 1:25 p.m. Latest Tax Issues in IP Development and Technology Transfers

Jeffrey A. Maine, Associate Dean and Professor of Law
University of Maine School of Law

1:30 - 2:10 p.m. Quenching the Fires of Genius

Jon Wood, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel
Bridgestone Americas

2:10 - 2:50 p.m. The Battle of the Standard on Enablement: Enabling Disclosure v. Anticipation

Jennifer M. Hayes
Sughrue Mion PLLC

3:00 - 3:45 p.m. The Supreme Pronouncement on Pharmaceuticals and Patents: The Aftermath of Merck v. Integra

Dr. Raymond S. Parker III
Sanofi-Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

4:00 - 5:00 p.m. The Ethics of Patenting Stem Cell Research Results: “Patenting the Sun” or “Promoting….the Useful Arts” (1 Hour Ethics Credit)

Sean O'Connor
University of Washington School of Law

Friday, October 21, 2005 (Day 2): Copyrights and Trademarks

8:30 - 8:55 a.m. Registration and Welcome

Lateef Mtima, Co-Chair of the IIPSJ Conference Professor of Law, Director IIPSJ
Howard University School of Law

Esther H. Lim, Co-Chair of the IIPSJ Conference
Partner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

8:55 - 10:25 a.m. Introductions to Trademark and Copyright

Introduction to Trademark Law/Domain Name Issues

Philip G. Hampton, II
Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP

Introduction to Copyright Law/Internet Concerns

Steven Jamar, Professor of Law/Assoc. Director IIPSJ
Howard University School of Law

10:30 - 11:15 a.m. Recent Trademark Cases and Developments: The Year in Review

W. Mack Webner
Sughrue Mion PLLC

11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Tax Issues in IP Holding Company Licenses and Litigations

Xuan Thao Nguyen, Professor of Law
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law

Noon to 1:40 pm Keynote Luncheon

How to Interpret Federal Circuit Opinions on Claim Construction and Obviousness

Honorable Paul R. Michel, Chief Judge
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Hosted by Sughrue Mion PLLC

1:40 - 2:25 p.m. Recent Copyright Cases and Developments: The Year in Review

Katherine C. Spelman
Cobalt LLP

2:25 - 3:25 p.m. Trademark Litigation and the Internet

Daniel C. Glazer
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Tsan Abramson
Cobalt LLP

3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Peer to Peer and Internet File Sharing Post- Grokster

Sherrese Smith
The Washington Post

George M. Borkowski
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

Richard E. Peirce
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

Jeremy Williams
Warner Bros.

4:30 - 5:30 p.m. IP Practice in a Digital Society (1 Hour Ethics Credit)

Edward D. Grieff
Venable LLP

Nicole Harris Johnson
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

Last update: August 25, 2005