Second Annual Symposium on Hot Topics in Patent Law
On July 15, 2003, George Mason School of Law hosted its Second Annual Symposium on"Hot Topics In Patent Law," co-sponsored by the intellectual property law firm of Banner & Witcoff. The speakers at this day-long event included four federal judges, as well as James Rogan, the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Over seventy people attended from law firms and corporations across the mid-atlantic region. Below are photographs from the event, presented together with a list of speakers. For the complete Symposium Program, see Hot Topics in Patent Law 2003 (PDF).
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Pictured on the left is the Honorable Edward Damich, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Judge Damich presented an afternoon session entitled Litigating Patent Cases in the Court of Federal Claims. |
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Bradley
C. Wright (on the right) served as Symposium
Coordinator for the Second Annual Hot Topics in Patent
Law. Wright was also the day's first speaker, presenting
the Mid-Year Developments in Patent Law.
He graduated from the George Mason University School
of Law in 1994.
The
Honorable James Rogan (pictured
on the left), Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Rogan delivered the lunch address during the symposium.
Seated in the right of the photo is Wayne Paugh
(GMU Class of 2000), Rogan's Chief of Staff.
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| Honorable William C. Conner (to the left), Senior Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of New York was on the panel together with the Honorable S. Jay Plager, Senior Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law at George Mason University. | |
Following is a list of the speakers at the event:
| Hon. Pauline Newman Hon. S. Jay Plager Hon.William C. Conner Hon. Edward Damich Hon. James Rogan |
David Hricik R. Danny Huntington F. Scott Kieff Geoffrey R. Myers Bradley C.Wright |