Patent
Resources Group (PRG) will be offering a one-day conference on "The Future
of U.S. Patent Law: An In-Depth
Discussion on the Congress, the Courts, and the USPTO" on June 11, 2010
from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM at Buchanan Ingersoll and Rooney PC in Alexandria,
VA. According to the PRG website,
the in-depth panel discussion will bring together some of the best minds in
patent law to inform, discuss, and debate the future of U.S. patent law, with
the event comprising brief lectures, lively panel discussions, and audience
participation. Among the topics to
be discussed are U.S. patent reform, ideas and approaches to improve pendency
and efficiency at the USPTO, and the latest developments in, and tensions
between, the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit.
The
discussion will be moderated by Professor Michael Meurer of Boston University
and co-author of "Patent Failure:
How Judges, Bureaucrats, and Lawyers Put Innovators at Risk," and
include the following panelists:
Professor Michele Boldrin of the Department of Economics at Washington
University in St. Louis, and co-author of "Against Intellectual Monopoly";
Tom Irving of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP; Patrick C.
Keane of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC; and Samuel C. Miller, III of
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC.
The
registration fee for the event is $395.
Those interested in registering for the event, can do so here.
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