George Mason University School of Law presents the Tenth Annual Symposium on Hot Topics in Patent Law co-sponsored by Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
Located just outside of Washington, D.C., George Mason University School of Law has been ranked as one of the top law schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. It has an extensive intellectual property law program and features leading jurists on its faculty.
Date and Time
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location
George Mason University School of Law 3301 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201 (Virginia Square Metro, Orange Line)
Contact April Kemp 202-824-3272 or event@bannerwitcoff.com
AGENDA:
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Registration
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
Welcome
Dan Polsby, Dean
and Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law
9:10 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.
“Challenging Patent Validity
After Microsoft v. i4i”
Megan M. La Belle, Assistant Professor,
Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law
9:55 a.m. – 10:40
a.m.
“Functional Claiming and Functional Disclosure.”
Brian J.
Brisnehan, Attorney, Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
10:50 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. (1.0 ethics
credit)
“Therasense – Does It Make Sense? Is The Patent Law
Doctrine Of Inequitable Conduct Now Fixed?”
Charles W. Shifley, Attorney,
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. and Lisa Dolak, Syracuse University Law Professor
11:50 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch (Sponsored by Banner &
Witcoff, Ltd.)
Keynote: “Intellectual Property Policy & the Landscape
of 21st Century Growth”
Hon. David J. Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce
for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark
Office
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
“Thoughts from the Bench – Patent
Reform”
Hon. Randall R. Rader, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit
2:00 p.m. to 3:10 p.m.
“Genes and Personalized Medicine
After Myriad and Prometheus -- Caught In The Patent Eligibility
Trap”
Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff, Partner, Foley & Larder, LLP and
Jacqueline D. Wright Bonilla, Partner, Foley & Lardner, LLP
3:20 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
"Patent Law Past and
Prologue: A brief review of the last year and discussion of major patent law
isses on the horizon"
David M. Young, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
and Stephen T. Schreiner, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Reception