Patent Challenges for Standard-Setting in the Global Economy: Lessons from Information and Communications Technology (2013)
Chapter: Appendix B: Symposium Agenda
Symposium on Management of Intellectual Property in Standard-Setting Processes
October 3-4, 2012
NAS Building, Lecture Room
2101 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC
Wednesday, October 3
Part One: Institutional and National Diversity
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8:30 |
Welcome and Introduction: Keith Maskus, University of Colorado |
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8:45 |
Keynote: Stuart Graham, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office |
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9:15 |
Session 1: Policies, Practices, and Experience of Leading Standards Organizations |
| Chair: Tim Simcoe, Boston University | |
| Presentation: Rudi Bekkers, Eindhoven University of Technology, | |
| Netherlands and Andy Updegrove, Gesmer Updegrove, LLP | |
| Discussants: | |
| Fiona Scott-Morton, U.S. Department of Justice | |
| Dirk Weiler, European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) | |
| John Kelly, JEDEC Solid State Technology Association | |
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10:45 |
Break |
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11:00 |
Session 2: Standards Processes and IP Treatment in Emerging Economies |
| Chair: Richard Suttmeier, University of Oregon, ret. |
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| China – Danny Breznitz, Georgia Institute of Technology | |
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India – Thammaiah Ramakrishna, National Law University, Bangalore, India |
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| Brazil – Denis Barbosa, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| Discussants: | |
| Julia Doherty, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative | |
| Mark Cohen, Fordham University Law School | |
| Kent Baker, Consultant | |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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1:30 |
Session 3: E-government Procurement Policies in the US, EU, and Japan |
| Chair: Amy Marasco, Microsoft | |
| Presentation: Laura DeNardis, American University | |
| Discussants | |
| Naomi Voegtli, SAP | |
| Mary Saunders, National Institute of Standards and Technology | |
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3:00 |
Break |
| Part Two: II. Structural and Policy Issues in IP Management in the Standards Context | |
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3:15 |
Session 4: SDO-Patent Office Cooperation and Information Sharing |
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Chair: Rudi Bekkers, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands |
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| Panelists: Michel Goudelis, European Patent Office | |
| Dirk Weiler, European Telecommunications Standards Institute | |
| George Willingmyre, GTW Associates | |
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4:45 |
Session 5: Standards-Essential Patents and USITC Litigation |
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Chair: David Goodman, Polytechnic Institute of New York University Presentations: |
| Colleen Chien, University of Santa Clara Law School | |
| Richard Gilbert, University of California at Berkeley | |
| Discussant: Suzanne Munck, Federal Trade Commission | |
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6:00 |
Adjourn |
| Thursday, October 4, 2012 | |
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8:30 |
Introduction: Keith Maskus, University of Colorado Keynote: Howard Shelanski, Federal Trade Commission |
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9:00 |
Session 6: Standards Development in Emerging Technologies |
| Chair: Richard Gilbert, University of California at Berkeley | |
| Presentations: | |
| Bioinformatics – Jorge Contreras, American University Law School | |
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Nanotechnology – Ajit Jillavenkatesa, National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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| Synthetic biology – Andrew Torrance, University of Kansas | |
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Green building materials – Jorge Contreras, American University Law School |
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| Discussant: | |
| Arti Rai, Duke University Law School | |
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10:30 |
Break |
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10:45 |
Session 7: Transfer of Patents and Obligations |
| Chair: Sandy Block, IBM | |
| Presentation: Jay Kesan, University of Illinois Law School | |
| Discussants: | |
| Gil Ohana, Cisco | |
| Scott Peterson, Google | |
| Claudia Tapia, Research in Motion | |
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12:15 |
Open Forum* |
| Chair: Ollie Smoot, Past President, International Organization for Standardization | |
| Comments: | |
| Monica Barone, American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) | |
| Dan Bart, Valley View Corporation | |
| Carter Eltzroth, Helikon.net | |
| Keith Mallinson, WiseHarbor | |
| Tim Molino, Business Software Alliance (BSA) | |
| Ian McClure, Intellectual Property Exchange International (IPXI) | |
| Brian Pomper, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | |
| *This session is intended to give stakeholders an opportunity to comment further on issues on the agenda or raise new issues regarding IP in standards for the committee’s consideration. |
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1:15 |
Closing Remarks: Keith Maskus |
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1:30 |
Adjourn |
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