2006 High Technology Protection Summit

Welcome
Professor Toshiko Takenaka, CASRIP, University of Washington School of Law, Seattle

Keynote Speech:  Extraterritorial Aspect of US Patents
Honorable Randall R. Rader, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, DC

Panel Discussion 1: Blackberry, Eolas and Beyond + View from Outside the US

Moderator
Professor Martin Adelman, George Washington University School of Law, Washington, DC

Panelists
Mr. Barry Bretschneider, Morrison & Foerster, Washington, DC
Mr. Erik R. Puknys, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Palo Alto
Dr. Jochen Pagenberg, Bardehle, Pagenberg, Dost, et al., Munich

Panel Discussion 2: Fighting Against Patent Trolls: Limitations on Injunction and Damages

Moderator
Mr. Ramsey Al-Salam, Perkins Coie, LLP, Seattle

Panelists
Mr. David Carlson, Seed IP Law Group, Seattle
Mr. John Weresh, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond
Mr. Richard Ogawa, Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, Palo Alto
Mr. Tom Borecki, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Deerfield

Patent Enforcement Mechanisms in China and India and USPTO and Japan Patent Office’s Diplomatic Efforts

Moderator and Commentator
Professor Paul Chang Bin Liu, IIP, National Chenghi University, Taipei

Speakers
Ms. Mingyuan Chen, State Intellectual Property Office, Beijing
Mr. V. Lakshmi Kumaran, Lakshim Kumaran & Sridharan, New Delhi
Mr. Nobuyuki Tanaka, Director, Regional Policy Office, Japan Patent Office, Tokyo
Mr. Stephen Kunin, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C., Alexandria

Panel Discussion: Industry Experiences and Strategies

Moderator
Mr. Bruce O’Connor, Attorney at Law, Seattle

Panelists
Mr. Stephen Kunin, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C., Alexandria
Mr. Shinjiro Ono, Yuasa & Hara, Tokyo
Mr. William “Skip” Fisher, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Seattle
Mr. Aditya Krishnan, Fujitsu American, Inc., Sunnyvale
Mr. Larry Bassuk, Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas

Panel Discussion 1: Enforcement of Foreign Patents in US Courts

Moderator
Mr. Paul Meiklejohn, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Seattle

Speakers
Honorable James L. Robart, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, Seattle
Professor Rochelle Dreyfuss, New York University, New York
Mr. Herb Schwartz, Ropes & Gray, New York
Mr. Tom Borecki, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Deerfield

Panel Discussion 2: Enforcement of Foreign Patents in European and Japanese Courts

Moderator
Professor Mario Franzosi, University of Verona, Verona

Panelists
Professor Annette Kur, Max Planck Institute, Munich
Honorable Maki Yamada, Tokyo District Court, Tokyo

Commercial Law Issues

Moderator
Professor Robert Gomulkiewicz, University of Washington School of Law, Seattle

Panelists
Professor Dan Laster, University of Washington, Seattle
Professor Xuan-Thao Nguyen, Southern Methodist University, Dallas
Professor Sean O’Connor, CASRIP, University of Washington, Seattle

Panel Discussion 2: Stretching Extent of Patent Rights and Antitrust Concerns: Trade Dress Protection and Limiting the Application of Exhaustion Doctrine

Moderator
Professor Toshiko Takenaka, CASRIP, University of Washington, Seattle

Panelists
Ms. Signe Brunstad, CASRIP, University of Washington School of Law, Seattle
Professor Horst-Peter Goetting, University of Dresden, Dresden
Mr. Hugh F. Bangasser, Preston Gates and Ellis LLP, Seattle
Professor Tetsuya Obuchi, Professor of Law, University of Tokyo