The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) Biotech Committee and the John Marshall Law School Center for Intellectual Property Law will offer a panel discussion entitled: "Gene Patents . . . Statutory Subject Matter?" on April 28, 2011 from 1:00 to 2:30 PM (CDT) at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, IL. The panel discussion will focus on the Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office case, which was argued before the Federal Circuit on April 4, 2011. Panelists will include Dr. Hans Sauer, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property for the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center; Joshua D. Sarnoff, Associate Professor of Law at the DePaul University College of Law; Patent Docs author Dr. Kevin E. Noonan, Partner with McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP and Adjunct Professor at the DePaul University College of Law and The John Marshall Law School; and Kevin Collins, Professor of Law at the Washington University School of Law.
Patent Docs readers may recall that Dr. Sauer and Prof. Sarnoff participated in a public radio discussion of the AMP v. USPTO case back in June 2009 (see "Gene Patenting Debate Continues"). Dr. Sauer was also of counsel on BIO's amicus brief in support of reversal (see "BIO and AUTM File Joint Amicus Brief in AMP v. USPTO"). Prof. Sarnoff, meanwhile, authored an amicus brief on behalf of the American Medical Association et al. in support of plaintiffs-appellees and affirmance. Dr. Noonan co-authored an amicus brief for the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) (see "IPO Files Amicus Brief in AMP v. USPTO"), appeared on "60 Minutes" in April 2010 to discuss the AMP v. USPTO case (see "'60 Minutes' and 'Newshour' Take Different Approaches to Covering Gene Patenting Story"), and has written extensively on gene patenting and the AMP v. USPTO case in this space. Prof. Collins has written and presented on diagnostic method claims (see "Patenting Information").
The registration fee for the panel discussion is $10 (students), $20 (IPLAC members), or $30 (non-IPLAC members). IPLAC is an Accredited CLE Provider, and it is anticipated that the program will be eligible for 1.5 hours of CLE credit. In addition, Patent Docs will be providing lunch for attendees. Those interested in registering for the panel discussion should contact Paul Reinfelds at [email protected] or Donald Zuhn at [email protected] to reserve a spot.
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