Update:
The recorded program from the University of Colorado Law School program is available here. Circuit Judges Lourie and Reyna were surprise participants in the program. You can watch Circuit Judge Lourie beginning at about the 23:12 minute mark of the first video segment. You can listen to Circuit Judge Reyna beginning at about the 1:21:40 mark of the first video segment.
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As part of the Federal Circuit’s visit to hear oral arguments at the University of Colorado Law School, a patent/antitrust program is being held today. You can watch a live stream of the program here: [Link].
Speakers include: John Duffy (UVA), Ray Chen (Solicitor, USPTO), (Chad Hilyard (Chief IP Counsel, RockStar Consortium), Arti Rai (Duke), Fabian Gonell (Qualcomm), as well as a host of other interesting speakers. Times listed below are Mountain time.
Welcome
1:00pm – 1:10pm
- Phil Weiser
Dean
University of Colorado Law School
Executive Director
Silicon Flatirons Center
Keynote
1:10pm – 1:25pm
- Julie Brill
Commissioner
Federal Trade Commission
Panel 1: The Institutional Roles of the PTO, the Federal Government, and the Judiciary in Shaping Patent Law
1:25pm – 2:25pm
- Philip Brimmer
U.S. District Judge
District of Colorado - William Cavanaugh
Partner
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP - Raymond Chen
Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property Law and Solicitor
United States Patent and Trademark Office - John Duffy
Armistead M. Dobie Professor of Law
University of Virginia School of Law
Moderator
- Michael L. Drapkin
Partner
Holland & Hart
Adjunct Faculty
University of Colorado
Panel 2: Scope of Patentability and Other Patent Policy Levers
2:25pm – 3:25pm
- Eugene Kim
Senior Patent Counsel
Zynga Inc. - Leslie Leinwand
Chief Scientific Officer
Biofrontiers Institute, University of Colorado - Arti Rai
Professor of Law
Duke University - Mindy Sooter
Partner
Faegre Baker Daniels
Moderator
- Harry Surden
Associate Professor of Law
University of Colorado
Break
3:25pm – 3:40pmPanel 3: Competition Policy and Patents
3:40pm – 4:40pm
- Terrell McSweeny
Senior Counsel, Antitrust Division
United States Department of Justice - Scott Partridge
Chief Deputy General Counsel
Monsanto - John Ryan
Chief Legal Officer
Level 3 Communications - Greg Sivinski
Assistant General Counsel, Antitrust Group
Microsoft
Moderator
- Phil Weiser
Dean
University of Colorado Law School
Executive Director
Silicon Flatirons Center
Panel 4: Case Study of the Changing Wireless Landscape: Patent Portfolio Development and Acquisition and Litigation
4:40pm – 5:40pm
- John L. Cooper
Partner
Farella Braun + Martel LLP - Fabian Gonell
Vice President, Legal Counsel
Qualcomm - Chad Hilyard
Chief IP Counsel
Rockstar Consortium US LP - Suzanne Michel
Senior Patent Counsel
Google - Sharis Pozen
Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Moderator
- Jonathan Sallet
Silicon Flatirons Senior Adjunct Fellow
University of Colorado
Partner
O’Melveny & Myers LLP