7th Annual PIPG Symposium
Patent Law: The New, the Disruptive, & the Debate
Welcome
PIPG and the Center for Technology, Innovation, and Competition (CTIC) are pleased to present the 2014 PIPGSymposium beginning at 12:30 pm on Thursday, March 20, 2014. This year’s symposium is Patent Law: the New, the Disruptive, & the Debate, featuring Judge Alan D. Lourie from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit as the keynote speaker. The panels will include leading practitioners, academics, and jurists in the field of patent law. We will discuss issues from recent landmark cases, new and pending legislation, as well as novel challenges posed by alternate business models and disruptive technology. The Symposium will culminate in a lively Oxford-style debate over the Innovation Act of 2013 moderated by Judge Kent A. Jordan of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Please join us at University of Pennsylvania Law School on Thursday, March 20, 2014 for this exciting event.
This program has been approved for 4.0 hours of substantive law credits for Pennsylvania lawyers. CLE credit may be available in other jurisdictions as well. Attendees seeking CLE credits should bring payment of $40 cash or check payable to “The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.”
Event Schedule
Thursday March 20, 2014
12:30-12:45 Registration
12:45-1:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
1:00-1:30 Keynote Address: Judge Lourie of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
1:30-1:45 Break
1:45-2:30 Panel 1: New and Emerging Issues in Patent Law
Joseph Drayton (Moderator), Partner, Cooley LLP, and Chair of the Intellectual Property Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Litigation Matthew Pearson, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP R. Polk Wagner, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School Struan F.A. Grant, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
2:30-2:45 Q&A for Panel 1
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-3:45 Panel 2: Disruptive Forces in American Patent Practice
Patrick Coyne (Moderator), Partner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, and President, Federal Circuit Bar Association Jacques DeLisle, Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law & Professor of Political Science and Director, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania Jannie Lau, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, InterDigital, Inc. Robert Katz, Attorney, Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
3:45-4:00 Q&A for Panel 2
4:00-4:15 Break
4:15-5:00 Oxford Debate: Pro / Con of the Innovation Act
Moderator: Judge Kent A. Jordan, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Pro: Matthew Pearson, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP Pro: Ognian Shentov, Partner, Jones Day, and Vice Chair, U.S. Patent Law Committee of the Intellectual Property Owners Con: Sarah Kao-Yen Tsou, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP Con: Patrick Coyne, Partner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, and President, Federal Circuit Bar Association
5:00-5:15 Q&A for Oxford Debate
5:30-6:30 Catered Reception, The Great Hall