2004 High Technology Protection Summit
Friday and Saturday, July 16 and 17, 2004
July 16, Morning
| 8:30 a.m. | Opening Remarks | |
| Dean W.H. (Joe) Knight, University of Washington School of Law | ||
Session 1: Prosecution Strategies |
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| 8:35 a.m. | Keynote Speech: Deconstructing claim construction | |
| The Honorable Randall Rader, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | ||
| 9:15 a.m. | Panel Discussion: FESTO Implications in Different Technology Fields and International Prosecution Strategies | |
| Moderator | ||
| Prof. Martin Adelman, George Washington Univ. Law School | ||
| Panelists | ||
| Mr. Larry Bassuk, Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas | ||
| Dr. Heinz Goddar, Boehmert & Boehmert | ||
| Dr. Gladys Monroy, Morrison & Foerster, Palo Alto | ||
| 10:15 a.m. | Open Discussion | |
| 10:30 a.m. | Coffee Break | |
| 10:45 a.m. | USPTO/EPO/JPO Prosecution Updates | |
| Speakers | ||
| Mr. Stephen Kunin, USPTO | ||
| JPO Speaker | ||
| EPO Speaker | ||
| 12:20 a.m. | Open Discussion | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch Break | |
July 16, Afternoon
Session 2: Patent Infringement and Trial Courts |
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| 1:00 p.m. | Panel Discussion 1: What is Special About Patent Litigation? | |
| Moderator | ||
| Paul Meikeljohn, Dorsey & Whitney | ||
| Panelists | ||
| The Honorable Avern Cohn, U.S. District Court for Eastern District Court of Michigan | ||
| The Honorable John T. Ward, U.S. District Court | ||
| Speaker from U.S. District Court for Western Washington | ||
| 2:15p.m. | Open Discussion | |
| 2:30p.m. | Panel Discussion 2: Patent Courts in Europe and Asia | |
| Moderator | ||
| Prof. Mario Fransozi, University of Verona | ||
| Panelists | ||
| Judge from Italy | ||
| Judge from Japan | ||
| Judge from Germany | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Open Discussion | |
| 3:45 p.m. | Coffee Break | |
| 4:00 p.m. | Panel Discussion 3: Case Study on International Patent Litigation | |
| Moderator | ||
| Mr. Jay Johnson, Texas Instruments, Inc. | ||
| Panelists | ||
| Dr. Jochen Pagenberg, Bardehle, Pagenberg, Dost, etc. | ||
| Mr. Eiji Katayama, Abe, Ikubo & Katayama | ||
| Speaker from U.S. | ||
| 5:15 p.m. | Open Discussion | |
| 5: 30 p.m. | Closing Remarks | |
| Reception (Hosted by Seed IP Law Group) | ||
July 17 Morning
Session 3: Attorney-Client Privilege in Patent Litigation |
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| 9:00 a.m. | Keynote Speech: Attorney-Client Privilege in Patent Litigation after Knorr-Bremse System v. Dana, Corp. | |
| The Honorable Paul Michel, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | ||
| 9:40 a.m. | Panel Discussion 1 | |
| Moderator | ||
| Mr. Ramsey Al-Salem, Perkins Coei | ||
| Panelists | ||
| Mr. Edward Reines, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. | ||
| Prof. Mark Lemley, Univ. of California, Berkeley, School of Law | ||
| Ms. Morag Macdonad, Esq, Bird & Bird | ||
| 10:50 a.m. | Open Discussion | |
| 10:50 a.m. | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Panel Discussion 2: Preservation of Privilege: What patent prosecutor and in-house counsel should know? | |
| Moderator | ||
| Prof. Jay Kesan, University of Illinois Champagne Law School | ||
| Panelists | ||
| Mr. Yoichiro Yamaguchi, Rader, Fishman, Grauer | ||
| Mr. Tomas Borecki, Baxter Healthcare Corporation | ||
| Ms. Susan Spaeth, Townsend and Townsend | ||
| 12:00 noon | Open Discussion | |
| 12:15 a.m. | Lunch | |
July 17, Afternoon
Session 4: Preserving Access to Works and Technologies in Public Domain |
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| 1:15 p.m. | Panel Discussion 1: Biotechnology | |
| Moderator | ||
| Professor Sean O'Conner, University of Washington School of Law | ||
| Panelists | ||
| Mr. Vernon Winters, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP | ||
| Speaker | ||
| Speaker | ||
| 2:15 p.m. | Open Discussion | |
| 2:30 p.m | Panel Discussion 2: Open Source Software | |
| Moderator | ||
| Professor Robert Gomulukiewicz, University of Washington School of Law | ||
| Panelists | ||
| Speaker 1 | ||
| Speaker 2 | ||
| Speaker 3 | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Open Discussion | |
| 3:45 p.m. | Closing Remarks | |
| Professor Toshiko Takenaka, CASRIP, University of Washington | ||
