A special Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory conference on "Genes & Diagnostics: A Myriad of Issues in Biotech IP" will be held on March 10-13, 2013. The conference will offer the following sessions:
• Keynote address
-- "Reexamining the promise and perils of personalized medicine: Patents
and beyond" -- to be presented by Timothy Caulfield, Faculty of Law,
University of Alberta
• Patenting Genes
& Diagnostics: The Judiciary's View
• A Global
Perspective on Patentable Subject Matter, Patentability, Validity, and
Enforceability
• Patenting &
Biotechnology at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• Are Gene &
Diagnostic Patents a Help or Hindrance to Industry?
• The Impact of
Prometheus on Personalized Medicine
• Patenting Genes
& Diagnostics: Policy and Ethics
Optional pre-conference workshops on "IP 101" and "Biotechnology 101" will be offered on March 10.
The registration fee for the conference is $1,250 (no housing package) or $1,300 (no housing and one workshop). Those interested in registering for the conference can do so here.
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