2005 High Technology Protection Summit
Friday and Saturday, July 22 and 23, 2005
This conference covers advanced issues of legal protection of technology presented by speakers from patent offices, and industry and inventors.
Select presentations and papers are available below in MS Powerpoint and PDF formats. Download Adobe Reader.
July 22, Morning
| 8:30 a.m. | Opening Remarks |
| Dean W.H. (Joe) Knight, University of Washington School of Law | |
| Session 1: Patent Reform Proposals | |
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| 8:35 a.m. | Keynote Speech: Academic View on Patent Reforms |
| Professor Rochelle Dreyfuss, New York University | |
| 9:15 a.m. | Panel Discussion 1: Examination of US Patent Reforms |
| Moderator - | |
| Mr. Stephen Kunin, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier and Neustadt, Washington, D.C. |
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| Speakers - | |
| Mr. Ray Chen, USPTO, Washington, DC | |
| Mr. Robert Blackburn, IP Strategy Consultant, Emeryville | |
| Ms. Susan DeSanti, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC | |
| Mr. Bart Eppenauer, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond | |
| Professor Janice Mueller, University of Pittsburgh | |
| 10:55 a.m. | Open Discussion |
| 11:15 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 a.m. | Panel Discussion 2: Patent Reforms in Japan and Europe |
| Moderator - | |
| Mr. Michael Meller, Anderson Kill & Olick PC, New York | |
| Panelists - | |
| Mr. Shinjiro Ono, Japan Patent Office | |
| Dr. Rainer Moufang, European Patent Office | |
| Dr. Heinz Goddar, Boehmert & Boehmert, Munich | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Open Discussion |
| 12:50 p.m. | Lunch Break |
July 22, Afternoon
| Session 2: Attorney-Client Privilege in Patent Litigation | |
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| 2:00 p.m. | Panel Discussion: Impact on Opinion Writing and Document Retention Strategy |
| Moderator - | |
| Professor Dan Laster, University of Washington | |
| Panelists - | |
| Mr. Tom Borecki, Baxter Healthcare Corp., Deerfield | |
| Dr. Jochen Pagenberg, Bardehle, Pagenberg, Dost, et al., Munich | |
| 3:00 p.m. | Open Discussion |
| 3:20 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| Session 3: Patenting the Industry Standard | |
| 3:40 p.m. | Panel Discussion: Intellectual Property Issues in Industry Standards |
| Moderator - | |
| Professor Robert Gomulkiewicz, University of Washington School of Law | |
| Panelists - | |
| Mr. Larry Bassuk, Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas | |
| Dr. Jorge A. Goldstein, Sterne Kessler Goldstein Fox, Washington, DC | |
| Professor Yukio Hiramatsu, Osaka Institute of Technology | |
| 5:00 p.m. | Open Discussion |
| 5:20 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
| 5:30 p.m. | Reception (Hosted by Seed IP Law Group) |
July 23, Morning
| Session 4: Claim Construction | |
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| 8:30 a.m. | Panel Discussion: Examination of Phillips Questions from the Comparative Law Perspective |
| Moderator - | |
| Professor Martin Adelman, George Washington University School of Law | |
| Panelists - | |
| The Honorable Dr. Peter Meier-Beck, German Federal Court of Justice, Karlsruhe | |
| The Honorable Takuya Ueda, Intellectual Property High Court of Japan, Tokyo | |
| Professor Mario Franzosi, University of Verona | |
| The Honorable Kent A. Jordan, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware | |
| 10:15 a.m. | Open Discussion |
| 10:30 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 a.m | Panel Discussion: Strategies of Claim and Specification Drafting for Avoiding Narrow Construction |
| Moderator - | |
| Mr. Paul T. Meiklejohn, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Seattle | |
| Panelists - | |
| Dr. Gladys Monroy, Morrison & Foerster, Palo Alto | |
| Dr. Lauren L. Stevens, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, Palo Alto | |
| Mr. Ramsey Al-Salam, Perkins Coie, LLP, Seattle | |
| 11:45 a.m. | Open Discussion |
| 12:00 noon | Lunch Break |
July 23, Afternoon
| Session 5: Patents and Health | |
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| 1:15 p.m. | Panel Discussion 1: Preserving Access to Medical Methods |
| Moderator - | |
| Professor Sean O’Connor, University of Washington School of Law, Seattle | |
| Panelists - | |
| Dr. Rainer Moufang, European Patent Office | |
| Professor Cynthia Ho, Loyola University School of Law, Chicago | |
| Professor Toshiko Takenaka, CASRIP, University of Washington Mr. Shinjiro Ono, Japan Patent Office, Tokyo |
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| Ms. Christina Sampogna, OECD, Paris | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Open Discussion |
| 2:45 p.m. | Panel Discussion 2: Ethical Issues for Patent Owner in Conducting Clinical Trial: New EU Directive on Clinical Trial |
| Moderator - | |
| Professor Beth Rivin, University of Washington School of Law | |
| Panelists - | |
| Professor Patricia Kuszler, University of Washington School of Law | |
| Professor Yasushi Kodama, University of Tokyo School of Medicine | |
| Dr. Mike Adcock, Sheffield Institute for Biotechnological, Law & Ethics, Department of Law, University of Sheffield | |
| 3:45 p.m. | Open Discussion |
| 4:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
| Professor Toshiko Takenaka, CASRIP, University of Washington | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Adjourn |
