2008 Conference Materials

Agenda
Presentations

Agenda
8:30 a.m.	Registration and Breakfast
9:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m.	Opening Remarks T. Alexander Aleinikoff—Executive Vice President, Law Center Affairs; Dean of Georgetown University Law Center William F. Lee—Co-Managing Partner, WilmerHale
9:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m.	USPTO Reforms  Hon. Michael R. Fleming—Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Chief Administrative Patent Judge, United States Patent and Trademark Office John J. Love—Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, United States Patent and Trademark Office Suzanne T. Michel—Deputy Assistant Director for Policy and Coordination, Federal Trade Commission Grant K. Rowan—Partner, WilmerHale Herbert C. Wamsley—Executive Director, Intellectual Property Owners Association
10:45 a.m.-11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.	The Supreme Court Returns to the Patent Law  Hon. Kimberly Moore—Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Carter G. Phillips—Managing Partner of the Washington, DC Office, Sidley Austin LLP Richard G. Taranto—Partner, Farr & Taranto Seth P. Waxman—Partner, WilmerHale
12:45 p.m.-1:45 p.m.	Lunch Hon. Arthur J. Gajarsa—Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.	Legislative Reform Panel Vincent E. Garlock—Deputy Executive Director, American Intellectual Property Law Association Emery Simon—Counselor, Business Software Alliance John R. Thomas—Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center James Toupin—General Counsel, United States Patent and Trademark Office Henry N. Wixon—Partner, WilmerHale
3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.	Break
3:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m.	The Big Vision—What will the Patent System Look Like in Ten Years with all These Movements Afoot?  Robert A. Armitage—Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Eli Lilly and Company Donald R. Dunner—Partner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP Charles Eloshway—Patent Attorney, Office of Intellectual Property Policy and Enforcement, United States Patent and Trademark Office Victoria A. Espinel—Visiting Assistant Professor, George Mason University School of Law Allon Stabinsky—Senior Litigation Attorney, Intel Corporation
5:15 p.m.-6:30 p.m	Cocktail Reception
Presentations	PowerPoint: The Georgetown University Law Center Conference on the Changing Patent Landscape
Related Articles	Panel 1: Federal Trade Commission Comments on Patent and Trademark Office Docket Number 2-5-P-066 Panel 2: The Supreme Court Returns to the Patent Law: Panel Handouts Panel 3: A Retrospective of the Federal Circuit’s First 25 Years By Donald R. Dunner
Audio Files	Opening Remarks T. Alexander Aleinikoff—Executive Vice President, Law Center Affairs; Dean of Georgetown University Law Center William F. Lee—Co-Managing Partner, WilmerHale  Panel 1, Part 1: USPTO Reforms Panel 1, Part 2: USPTO Reforms  Hon. Michael R. Fleming—Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Chief Administrative Patent Judge, United States Patent and Trademark Office John J. Love—Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, United States Patent and Trademark Office Suzanne T. Michel—Deputy Assistant Director for Policy and Coordination, Federal Trade Commission Grant K. Rowan—Partner, WilmerHale Herbert C. Wamsley—Executive Director, Intellectual Property Owners Association  Panel 2, Part 1: The Supreme Court Returns to the Patent Law  Panel 2, Part 2: The Supreme Court Returns to the Patent Law Hon. Kimberly Moore—Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Carter G. Phillips—Managing Partner of the Washington, DC Office, Sidley Austin LLP Richard G. Taranto—Partner, Farr & Taranto Seth P. Waxman—Partner, WilmerHale  Lunch Keynote Hon. Arthur J. Gajarsa—Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Panel 3, Part 1: Legislative Reform Panel  Panel 3, Part 2: Legislative Reform Panel  Vincent E. Garlock—Deputy Executive Director, American Intellectual Property Law Association Emery Simon—Counselor, Business Software Alliance John R. Thomas—Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center James Toupin—General Counsel, United States Patent and Trademark Office Henry N. Wixon—Partner, WilmerHale Panel 4, Part 1: The Big Vision—What will the Patent System Look Like in Ten Years with all These Movements Afoot?  Panel 4, Part 2: The Big Vision—What will the Patent System Look Like in Ten Years with all These Movements Afoot?  Robert A. Armitage—Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Eli Lilly and Company Donald R. Dunner—Partner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP Charles Eloshway—Patent Attorney, Office of Intellectual Property Policy and Enforcement, United States Patent and Trademark Office Victoria A. Espinel—Visiting Assistant Professor, George Mason University School of Law Allon Stabinsky—Senior Litigation Attorney, Intel Corporation