| 8:30 a.m. | Opening Remarks |
| | Dean W.H. (Joe) Knight, University of Washington School of Law |
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| Session 1: Patent Reform Proposals |
| 8:35 a.m. | Keynote Speech: Academic View on Patent Reforms |
| | Professor Rochelle Dreyfuss, New York University |
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| 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. |
| | 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 |
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| 10:55 a.m. | Open Discussion |
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| 11:15 a.m. | Coffee Break |
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| 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 |
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| 12:30 p.m. | Open Discussion |
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| 12:50 p.m. | Lunch Break |
| Session 2: Attorney-Client Privilege in Patent Litigation |
| 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 |
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| 3:00 p.m. | Open Discussion |
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| 3:20 p.m. | Coffee Break |
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| 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 |
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| 5:00 p.m. | Open Discussion |
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| 5:20 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
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| 5:30 p.m. | Reception (Hosted by Seed IP Law Group) |
| Session 4: Claim Construction |
| 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 |
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| 10:15 a.m. | Open Discussion |
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| 10:30 a.m. | Coffee Break |
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| 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 |
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| 11:45 a.m. | Open Discussion |
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| 12:00 noon | Lunch Break |
| Session 5: Patents and Health |
| 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 |
| | Ms. Christina Sampogna, OECD, Paris |
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| 2:30 p.m. | Open Discussion |
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| 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 |
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| 3:45 p.m. | Open Discussion |
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| 4:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
| | Professor Toshiko Takenaka, CASRIP, University of Washington |
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| 4:30 p.m. | Adjourn |