By Sarah Fendrick --
The Department of Justice, Federal
Trade Commission, and U.S Patent and Trademark Office have announced that they will be holding a joint
public workshop on the intersection of patent policy and competition policy and
its implications for promoting innovation. The workshop will be held on May 26, 2010 and is open to the
public.
The topics to be discussed at the workshop include how challenges
posed by the patent backlog affect the competitive strategies of patent
applicants and innovators, the impact of the Supreme Court's 2006 opinion in eBay
Inc. v. MercExchange L.L.C. on permanent injunctions for patent
infringement in district courts and at the U.S. International Trade Commission
(USITC), and the role of patents in connection with industry standards and the
impact such standards have on competition.
A full schedule of the workshop can be found here, and a webcast of the workshop can be viewed here. Those interested in listening to the workshop can call 1-888-790-1808 (use the passcode 5956352).
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