The University of
Kansas School of Law, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, University of San Diego
School of Law, and Boston College Law School will be holding the third annual
Patent Conference — PatCon 3 — on April 12-13, 2013 at IIT Chicago-Kent
College of Law in Chicago, IL.  The
conference will consist of the following sessions:

• The Changing
Landscape of Patent Law: At the USPTO, the Supreme Court and the Federal
Circuit? — to be presented by The
Honorable Judge Richard Linn, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit

• A Conversation with Industry — panel
including corporate counsel from BP America, AbbVie, Bridgestone
Americas and RR Donnelley

• Plenary Session — to be presented by Prof.
Mark Lemley of Stanford Law School; Alan Marco, Acting Chief Economist at the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; and Prof. David Abrams of the University of
Pennsylvania Law School

• Debate About the Patent System — panel including The Honorable Judge
Richard Posner, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; and Prof.
Richard Epstein of the New York University School of Law and University of
Chicago Law School

A complete agenda for the PatCon 3 conference, including an agenda, list
of speakers, and list of topics to be covered can be found here (Friday, April
12)
and here (Saturday, April 13).

Additional
information about the conference can be found here.  While Friday's sessions are open to anyone,
Saturday's sessions are limited to academics. 
Those interested in attending Friday's sessions can do so here.  The registration fee is $99 (practitioners
and other members of the public) or free (full-time faculty and students).