A Question of Balance: Private Rights and the Public Interest in Scientific and Technical Databases (1999)
Chapter: Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants
APPENDIX B
Workshop Agenda and Participants
WORKSHOP AGENDA
Thursday, January 14
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8:00 am |
Continental breakfast |
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8:30 |
A. Introductory remarks |
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Robert Serafin, Study Chair |
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8:45 |
Keynote Address |
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Q. Todd Dickinson |
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Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks (Acting), Department of Commerce |
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B. Summary of S&T databases to be discussed at the workshop |
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9:00 |
Geographic Data Panel |
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Moderator: Harlan Onsrud, Associate Professor, University of Maine • Government-sector data activity: Barbara Ryan, Associate Director for Operations, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior |
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• Not-for-profit sector data activity: James Brunt, Associate Director for Information Management, Long-Term Ecological Research Network Office, University of New Mexico1 • Commercial-sector data activity: Barry Glick, former President and CEO, GeoSystems Global Corp. |
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9:45 |
Genomic Data Panel |
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Moderator: Philip Loftus, Vice President and Director, Glaxo Wellcome • Government-sector data activity: James Ostell, Chief, Information Engineering Branch, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health • Not-for-profit-sector data activity: Chris Overton, Director, Center for Bioinformatics, University of Pennsylvania • Commercial-sector data activity: Myra Williams, President and CEO, Molecular Applications Group |
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10:30 |
Break |
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10:45 |
Chemical and Chemical Engineering Data Panel |
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Moderator: Roberta Saxon, Patent Agent, Skjerven, Morrill, MacPherson, et al. • Government-sector data activity: Richard Kayser, Chief, Physical and Chemical Properties Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce • Not-for-profit-sector data activity: James Lohr, Director, Information Industry Relations, Chemical Abstracts Service, American Chemical Society • Commercial-sector data activity: Leslie Singer, President, ISI, Inc. |
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11:30 |
Meteorological Data Panel |
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Moderator: Robert Serafin, Director, National Center for Atmospheric Research • Government-sector data activity: Ken Hadeen, Director (retired), National Climatic Data Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce • Not-for-profit-sector data activity: David Fulker, Director, Unidata Program, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research |
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1 Dr. Brunt was unable to attend the workshop due to illness. |
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• Commercial-sector data activity: Robert Brammer, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, TASC |
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12:15 pm |
Lunch |
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1:15 |
C. Economic factors in production/dissemination/use of S&T databases in the public and private-sectors |
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Moderator: |
Suzanne Scotchmer, Professor, UC Berkeley |
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Speaker: |
Richard Gilbert, Professor, UC Berkeley |
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2:15 |
D. Overview of technologies for protecting and misappropriating digital IPR: the current situation and future prospects |
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Moderator: |
Mark Stefik, Principal Scientist, Xerox PARC |
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Speaker: |
Teresa Lunt, Principal Scientist, Xerox PARC (by video) |
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2:45 |
Break |
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3:00 |
E.1 Summary overview of existing and proposed IPR regimes for databases • The status quo • Sui generis property rights model • Unfair competition/misappropriation model |
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Moderator: |
Harvey Perlman, Professor, College of Law, University of Nebraska |
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Speaker: |
Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress |
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3:45 |
E.2 Summary of federal government information law and data policies |
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Speaker: |
Justin Hughes, Attorney, Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce |
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4:00 |
F. Breakout sessions on the existing legal and technical situation |
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4:15 |
Individual breakout sessions |
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1) Government-sector data panel |
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Moderator: |
Shelton Alexander, Professor, Pennsylvania State University |
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Rapporteur: |
Suzanne Scotchmer, Professor, UC Berkeley |
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Panelists: |
•Barbara Ryan, Associate Director of Operations, U.S. Geological Survey |
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• James Ostell, Chief, Information Engineering Branch, National Center for Biotechnology Information, NLM/NIH • Richard Kayser, Chief, Physical and Chemical Properties Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology • Kenneth Hadeen, Director (retired), National Climatic Data Center |
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2) Not-for-profit-sector data panel |
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Moderator: |
Maureen Kelly, Vice President for Planning, BIOSIS |
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Rapporteur: |
Jerome Reichman, Professor, Vanderbilt University School of Law |
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Panelists: |
• James Brunt, Associate Director for Information Management, Long-Term Ecological Research Network Office, University of New Mexico2 • Chris Overton, Director, Center for Bioinformatics, University of Pennsylvania • James Lohr, Director, Information Industry Relations, Chemical Abstracts Service, American Chemical Society • David Fulker, Director, Unidata Program, UCAR |
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3) Commercial-sector data panel |
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Moderator: |
Robert Serafin, Director, National Center for Atmospheric Research |
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Rapporteur: |
Mark Stefik, Principal Scientist, Xerox PARC |
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Panelists: |
• Barry Glick, former President and CEO, GeoSystems Global Corp. • Myra Williams, President and CEO, Molecular Applications Group • Leslie Singer, President, ISI, Inc. • Robert Brammer, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, TASC |
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5:45 |
Adjourn |
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5:45- |
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6:45 pm |
Reception |
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2 Dr. Brunt was unable to attend the workshop due to illness. |
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Friday, January 15
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8:00 am |
Continental breakfast |
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8:30 |
G. Summary reports by rapporteurs from previous day's breakouts |
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9:20 |
H. Instructions by workshop chair and move to breakout rooms |
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9:30 |
I. Breakout sessions |
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Session 1: Congress decides to enact a strong property rights model protecting databases |
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Moderator: |
Paul Uhlir, Study Director, National Research Council |
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Rapporteur: |
Peter Leavitt, Consultant |
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Panelists: |
• Ken Hadeen, Director (retired), National Climatic Data Center • David Fulker, Director, Unidata Program, UCAR • Robert Brammer, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, TASC • Jon Baumgarten, Attorney, Proskauer Rose LLP • Peter Jaszi, Professor, American University School of Law • James Neal, Director, Johns Hopkins University Library • Ferris Webster, Professor, University of Delaware |
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Session 2: Congress decides to enact an unfair competition model protecting databases |
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Moderator: |
Harvey Perlman, Professor, College of Law, University of Nebraska |
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Rapporteur: |
Philip Loftus, Vice President and Director, Glaxo Wellcome |
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Panelists: |
• Dennis Benson, Chief Information Resources Branch, National Center for Biotechnology Information, NLM/NIH • Chris Overton, Director, Center for Bioinformatics, University of Pennsylvania • Myra Williams, President and CEO, Molecular Applications Group • Michael Klipper, Attorney, Meyer & Klipper, PLLC • Jonathan Band, Attorney, Morrison & Foerster, LLP |
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• Thomas Rindfleisch, Director, Medical Library, Stanford University |
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Session 3: Promoting access to and use of government S&T data for the public interest—an assessment of legal and policy options |
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Moderator: |
Harlan Onsrud, Associate Professor, University of Maine |
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Rapporteur: |
Shelton Alexander, Professor, Pennsylvania State University |
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Panelists: |
• Barbara Ryan, Associate Director for Operations, U.S. Geological Survey3 • James Brunt, Associate Director for Information Management, Long-Term Ecological Research Network Office, University of New Mexico4 • Barry Glick, former President and CEO, GeoSystems Global Corp. • Peter Weiss, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Management and Budget 5 • Prue Adler, Assistant Executive Director, Federal Relations and Information Policy, Association of Research Libraries • Eric Massant, Director of Government and Industry Affairs, Reed Elsevier, Inc. • Tim Foresman, Director, Spatial Analysis Lab, University of Maryland • Kenneth Frazier, Director, University of Wisconsin Libraries |
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Session 4: Promoting access to and use of not-for-profit-sector S&T data for the public interest—an assessment of legal and policy options |
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Moderator: |
Martha Williams, Professor and Director, Information Retrieval Research Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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Rapporteur: |
Roberta Saxon, Patent Agent, Skjerven, Morrill, MacPherson et al. |
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Panelists: |
• Richard Kayser, Chief, Physical and Chemical Properties Division, NIST |
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3 Ms. Ryan was unable to attend this session due to inclement weather. 4 Dr. Brunt was unable to attend the workshop due to illness. 5 Mr. Weiss was unable to attend this session due to inclement weather. |
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• James Lohr, Director, Information Industry Relations, Chemical Abstracts Service, American Chemical Society • Leslie Singer, President, ISI, Inc. • Allan Adler, Vice President for Governmental and Legislative Affairs, Association of American Publishers, Inc.6 • Jerome Reichman, Professor, Vanderbilt University School of Law • R. Stephen Berry, Professor, University of Chicago |
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10:45 |
Break |
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11:00 |
Breakout session discussions (continued) |
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12:45 pm |
Lunch |
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1:45 |
J. Rapporteurs' summary of breakout panel results |
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2:45 |
Discussion of results with workshop participants |
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3:45 |
K. Concluding remarks |
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Robert Serafin, Chair |
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4:00 pm |
End of public workshop |
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WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS
Allan Adler, Association of American Publishers, Inc.
Prue Adler, Association of Research Libraries
Shelton Alexander, Pennsylvania State University
Dave Applegate (affiliation unknown)
Christopher Ashley, National Science Foundation
Mary Baish, American Association of Law
Jonathan Band, Morrison & Foerster, LLP
Winona Barker, National Biomedical Research Foundation
Ed Barron, Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Barbara Bauldock, U.S. Geological Survey
Jon Baumgarten, Proskauer Rose, LLP
Dennis Benson, National Library of Medicine
R. Stephen Berry, University of Chicago
Robert Brammer, TASC
Lisa Brooks, National Institutes of Health
Francis Buckley, Jr., U.S. Government Printing Office
Mark Burnham, California Institute of Technology
Bonnie Carroll, Information International Associates, Inc.
William Cohen, Federal Trade Commission
Kathy Covert, Federal Geographic Data Committee
Karen Dacres, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Judge Edward Damich, U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Matthew Davis (affiliation unknown)
Deveny Deck, Vanderbilt University
Paul DeGiusti, Information Industry Association
Q. Todd Dickinson, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Anita Eisenstadt, National Science Foundation
Adam Eisgrau, American Library Association
Julie Esanu, National Research Council
Bob Etkins, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Eric Fischer, Library of Congress
Peter Folger, American Geophysical Union
Tim Foresman, University of Maryland
Mark Frankel, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Kenneth Frazier, University of Wisconsin Libraries
David Fulker, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Carole Ganz-Brown, National Science Foundation
Richard Gilbert, University of California, Berkeley
Paul Gilman, Celera Genomics, Inc.
Barry Glick, Consultant
Kenneth Hadeen, National Climatic Data Center (retired)
Kelley Heilman, Maryland State Department of Health
Stephen Heinig, Association of American Medical Colleges
Stephen Heller, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Mike Hoffman (affiliation unknown)
Justin Hughes, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Peter Jaszi, American University School of Law
Brian Kahin, Office of Science and Technology Policy
Richard Kayser, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Chris Kelly, U.S. Department of Justice
Maureen Kelly, BIOSIS
Michael Keplinger, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Ehsan Khan, U.S. Department of Energy
Michael Klipper, Meyer & Klipper, PLLC
Makoto Kono, Fujitsu, Ltd.
Stephen Koslow, National Institute of Mental Health
Patrice Laget, Delegation of the European Commission
Richard Lambert, National Institutes of Health
Charles Larson, Industrial Research Institute, Inc.
Peter Leavitt, Consultant
Robert Ledley, Georgetown University
Lynn Levine, Warren Publishing
David Lide, Consultant
Anne Linn, National Research Council
Joan Lippincott, Coalition for Networked Information
Philip Loftus, Glaxo Wellcome
James Lohr, Chemical Abstracts Service
Joe Martinez, U.S. Department of Energy
Eric Massant, Reed Elsevier, Inc.
Stephen Maurer, Attorney
Gilles McDougall, Industry Canada
Bruce McDowell, National Academy of Public Administration
Shelia McGarr (affiliation unknown)
Theodore Miles, National Science Foundation
John Moeller, U.S. Geological Survey
Christopher Mohr, Meyer & Klipper, PLLC
Kurt Molholm, Defense Technical Information Center
James Neal, Johns Hopkins University Library
Judge Pauline Newman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Goetz Oertel, Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy
Harlan Onsrud, University of Maine
James Ostell, National Institutes of Health
G. Christian Overton, University of Pennsylvania
Bob Palmer, U.S. House of Representatives
Harvey Perlman, University of Nebraska
Shira Perimutter, U.S. Copyright Office
Marybeth Peters, U.S. Copyright Office
Larry Pettinger, U.S. Geological Survey
Tony Reichardt, Nature
Jerome Reichman, Vanderbilt University School of Law
Thomas Rindfleisch, Stanford University
Hedy Rossmeissl, U.S. Geological Survey
John Rumble, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Barbara Ryan, U.S. Geological Survey
Carolina Saez, U.S. Copyright Office
Roberta Saxon, Skjerven, Morrill, MacPherson, Franklin & Friel, LLP
Terri Scanlan, National Research Council
Jean Schiro-Zavela, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Harold Schoolman, National Library of Medicine
Suzanne Scotchmer, University of California, Berkeley
Robert Serafin, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Leslie Singer, Institute for Scientific Information, Inc.
Mark Smith, American Association of University Professors
Mark Stefik, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
Charles Sturrock, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Ambassador James Sweeney, Consultant
Margaret Thomson, U.S. Department of Energy
Paul Uhlir, National Research Council
John Vaughn, Association of American Universities
Ferris Webster, University of Delaware
Peter Weiss, Office of Management and Budget
Pamela Whitney, National Research Council
Martha Williams, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Myra Williams, Molecular Applications Group
James Wilson, House Committee on Science
Richard Witmer, U.S. Geological Survey
Barbara Wright, National Research Council
Susan Zevin, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
