CAFC Judicial Conference

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will be holding a Judicial Conference entitled "The Federal Circuit: A National Court of Appeals: Approaching 30 Years" on May 20, 2010 in Washington, DC.  Topics and speakers at the conference will include:

• A Conversation about the Federal Circuit's History - Professor F. Scott Kieff, George Washington University Law School (moderator); Dr. Steven Flanders, former Circuit Executive of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and author of "A Dramatic But Measured Judicial Innovation: Establishing the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit"; and George E. Hutchinson of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP and the first clerk of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit;

• Fact-Finding and Decision-Making by Administrative Tribunals within the Federal Circuit - Michael J. Schaengold of Patton Boggs LLP (moderator); Paul Williams, Chairman of the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals; Michael R. Fleming, Chief Judge of the Board of Patent Appeals & Interferences; James P. Terry, Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals; Paul J. Luckern, Chief Administrative Law Judge for the U.S. International Trade Commission; and Deborah Miron, Chief Administrative Judge of the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board;

• State of the Court - Chief Judge Paul R. Michel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit;

• Federal Circuit Rules Update - Jan Horbaly, Circuit Executive and Clerk of Court of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit;

• En Banc Session of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit;

• Luncheon Speaker - Andy Serwer, Managing Editor of FORTUNE Magazine;

• The States of Patent and Trademark Law - David J. Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office;

• State of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences - Michael R. Fleming, Chief Judge;

• State of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board - Gerard F. Rogers, Acting Chief Judge;

• Review of Crucial Recent Supreme Court and Federal Circuit Decisions Impacting Patent and Trademark Law - William F. Lee of WilmerHale (moderator); Tina M. Chappell, Senior Litigation Counsel for Intel Corp.; Professor Lisa A. Dolak of Syracuse University College of Law; Professor John F. Duffy of the George Washington University Law School; J. Michael Jakes of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP; Carter G. Phillips of Sidley Austin LLP; James D. Smith, Associate General and Chief IP Counsel for Baxter International; and Richard Taranto of Farr & Taranto.

The program for the conference can be found here.  The registration fee ranges from $285 (for government employees) to $335 (general registration).  Those interested in registering for the conference can do so here.