IIT Chicago-Kent
College of Law will be holding the Supreme Court IP Review (SCIPR) conference on
September 26, 2013 at the IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law in Chicago, IL. The conference will provide intellectual
property practitioners, jurists, legal academics, and law students with a
review of IP cases from the U.S. Supreme Court's 2012 Term, a preview of cases
on the docket for the 2013 Term, and a discussion of cert. petitions to watch.
The conference will cover the six IP cases decided during the 2012 Term:
• Association for Molecular Pathology v.
Myriad Genetics, Inc. (patentability of human DNA sequences) -- panel
including Patent Docs author Dr.
Kevin Noonan
• Bowman v. Monsanto Company (patent
exhaustion in second generation of genetically modified seeds)
• Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
(international copyright exhaustion)
• Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc. (impact of
covenant-not-to-sue on declaratory judgment jurisdiction in trademark cases)
• Gunn v. Minton (Federal Circuit
jurisdiction over patent malpractice claims)
• FTC v. Actavis, Inc. (antitrust and
reverse payments to settle patent litigation)
The Honorable Diane Wood, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit will deliver the keynote address.
A complete agenda for the conference, including a list of speakers, can be found here. Additional information about the conference can be found here. Those interested in attending Friday's sessions can do so here. The registration fee is $35 (general public), $15 (outside academics and students), or free (Chicago-Kent faculty and students).
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