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Conference - The Changing Patent Landscape ruler
For Immediate Release
March 25, 2008

Media Contact:
Kara Tershel, (202) 662-9500

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHAT:

Conference - "The Changing Patent Landscape"

WHEN:

Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 9:00 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.

WHERE:

Georgetown University Law Center
McDonough Hall - Hart Auditorium

600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001

SCHEDULE:

9:00 - 9:15 a.m.

Opening Remarks

T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center

William F. Lee, Co-Managing Partner, WilmerHale

9:15 - 10:45 a.m.

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Reforms

Michael R. Fleming, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Chief Administrative Patent Judge, USPTO

Suzanne T. Michel, Deputy Assistant Director for Policy and Coordination, Federal Trade Commission

Grant K. Rowan, Partner, WilmerHale

Herbert C. Wamsley, Executive Director, Intellectual Property Owners Association

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

The Supreme Court Returns to the Patent Law

Kimberly Moore, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Carter G. Phillips, Managing Partner, Washington, D.C. Office, Sidley Austin LLP

Richard G. Taranto, Partner, Farr & Taranto

Seth P. Waxman, Partner, WilmerHale

12:45 - 1:45 p.m.

Luncheon Address

Arthur J. Gajarsa, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Legislative Reform Panel

Vincent E. Garlock, Deputy Executive Director, American Intellectual Property Law Association

Emery Simon, Counselor, Business Software Alliance

John R. Thomas, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

James Toupin, General Counsel, USPTO

Henry N. Wixon, Partner, WilmerHale

3:45 - 5:15 p.m.

The Big Vision - What Will the Patent System Look Like in Ten Years With All These Movements Afoot?

Robert A. Armitage, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Eli Lilly and Company

Donald R. Dunner, Partner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

Charles Eloshway, Patent Attorney, Office of Intellectual Property Policy and Enforcement, USPTO

Victoria A. Espinel, Visiting Assistant Professor, George Mason University School of Law

Allon Stabinsky, Senior Litigation Attorney, Intel Corporation

NOTE:

The participants will examine the key legal and policy issues relating to USPTO and legislative reform, the Supreme Court's impact on patent law and the future of the U.S. patent system.


Media interested in attending should e-mail mediarelations@law.georgetown.edu.