Forum Schedule
Date: Friday October 5 and Saturday October 6, 2007
Time: 8:00am – 5:00pm (Friday), 8:00am – Conference close (Saturday)
Location: Lewis & Clark Law School, Wood Hall, Room 8 (Map & Directions)
8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
Lisa LeSage Associate Dean and Director of Business Law Programs
Joe Miller, Associate Professor, Lewis & Clark Law School
8:45 a.m. Morning Session I - Law
Panelists:
Gregory Mandel, The Nonobvious Problem
John Duffy, Racing, Timing, and the Patenting Standard
Rebecca Eisenberg, Pharma’s Nonobviousness Problem
Commenter:
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Morning Session II - Economics
Panelists:
Suzanne Scotchmer, Nonobviousness, Options and the Scarcity of Ideas
Scott Stern, The Strategic Impact of Patent Office Standards
Vincenzo Denicolo, The Nonobviousness Requirement with Complementary Innovations
Commenter:
Noon Lunch
Keynote Speaker - Kevin Rivette
Mr. Rivette is currently the Chairman of the USPTO Public Patent Advisory Committee. He recently served as IBM’s Vice President of Intellectual Property Strategy.
1:15 p.m. Afternoon Session I - Psychology
Panelists:
Colleen Seifert, Now Why Didn’t I Think of That? The Cognitive Processes That Create the Obvious,
Steven Smith, Invisible Assumptions and the Unintentional Use of Knowledge and Experiences in Creative Cognition
Commenter:
2:45 pm Break
3:15 pm Afternoon Session II - R & D Perspectives
Panelists:
Mark Blaxill, Senior Partner & Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group
Ian Harvey, Chairman, Intellectual Property Institute (UK)
Damon Matteo, Vice President for Intellectual Capital Management, Xerox PARC
Kevin Rivette, Chairman, USPTO Public Patent Advisory Committee
Moderator:
Andy Culbert, Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Corp.
4:30 pm Reception
SATURDAY
8:30 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 am Morning Session I - Law
Panelists:
Katherine Strandburg, Nonobviousness and Nerd Culture
Joseph Miller, Are Erroneous Patent Denials Better Than Erroneous Grants?
R. Polk Wagner, KSR, the Supreme Court and the Future of Patent Reform
Commenter:
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Roundtable Discussion
Noon Lunch & Conference Close
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