February 6:
Welcome and Overview of Hearings

2:00 p.m.

FTC - Room 432

Timothy Muris, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission  

Charles James, Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, Department of Justice  

James Rogan, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office  

The Honorable Pauline Newman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit  

Robert Pitofsky, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, and former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission  

Q. Todd Dickinson, Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, and former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent   and Trademark Office  

Gerald Mossinghoff, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, and former Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks  

Richard Gilbert , Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, Department of Justice  

Richard Levin, President, Yale University  

Transcript of February 6, 2002 Proceedings

February 8:
Foundational Issues in Patents and Antitrust

9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions
These sessions will lay the foundation for all future hearings discussions. They will provide essential background information and identify critical issues.

Patent Law for Antitrust Lawyers (FTC - Room 432)

Scott A. Chambers, Arnold and Porter, Adjunct Faculty Member at Georgetown Law Center and The George Washington University Law School of Law

Lawrence M. Sung, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Law

John R. Thomas, Associate Professor, The George Washington University Law School

Transcript of February 8, 2002, Proceedings,Patent Law for Antitrust Lawyers

Antitrust Law for Patent Lawyers (FTC - Room 332)

William E. Kovacic, General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission

Willard K. Tom [Document 2], Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Transcript of February 8, 2002, Proceedings, Antitrust Law for Patent Lawyers

February 20:
Economic Perspectives on Intellectual Property, Competition and Innovation
(FTC - Room 432)

9:30a.m. - 12:30p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

These sessions will explore what economic learning reveals, and does not answer, regarding the relationships between intellectual property and innovation, and between competition and innovation.

Intellectual Property and Innovation

Wesley M. Cohen, Professor of Economics and Social Science, Carnegie Mellon University  

Robert E. Evenson, Professor of Economics, Yale University  

Edmund W. Kitch, Joseph M. Hartfield Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, and Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Law Center (Spring 2002)  

James A. Langenfeld, Director, LECG, LLC.  

Maureen A. O'Rourke, Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law

Competition and Innovation

Shane Mitchell Greenstein, Elinor and Wendall Hobbs Professor of Management and Strategy, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management  

Margaret E. Guerin-Calvert, Principal, Economists, Inc.  

Joshua Lerner, Professor of Investment Banking, Harvard Business School  

Stan Liebowitz, Professor of Managerial Economics, The University of Texas at Dallas, School of Management  

Philip B. Nelson, Principal, Economists, Inc.  

Janusz Ordover, Professor of Economics, New York University  

Lawrence White, Arthur E. Imperatore Professor of Economics, New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business  

Transcript of February 20, 2002, Proceedings, Competition & Intellectual Property Law & Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy

February 25-28:
Economic Perspectives and Real-World Experiences with Patents

With the support of the Competition Policy Center and the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology of the University of California at Berkeley, all sessions will be held in the Wells Fargo Room, Cheit Hall, Haas School of Business, 2220 Piedmont Avenue, University of California, Berkeley.

Daily sessions will focus on business and other testimony regarding the "real-world" experience with patents and competition, as well as explore economic and business perspectives on intellectual property, competition, and innovation.

February 25

1:00pm - 4:30pm:

Economic Perspectives on Intellectual Property, Competition, and Innovation

Opening Speech
Mozelle W. Thompson, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission  

Ashish Arora,Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, Stanford University, and Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University  

Kenneth Arrow, Nobel Memorial Prize and Joan Kenney Professor of Economics Emeritus, and Professor of Operations Research Emeritus, Stanford University  

Richard J. Gilbert, Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley  

Mark Lemley, Professor of Law, and Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, University of California, Berkeley  

Daniel L. Rubinfeld, Robert L. Bridges Professor of Law, and Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley  

Howard Shelanski, Acting Professor of Law, and Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, University of California, Berkeley  

Hal R. Varian, Dean, School of Information Management and Systems, and Professor, Haas School of Business and Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley  

Transcript of February 25, 2002 Proceedings

February 26

9:00am - 12:30pm:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:00pm - 4:30pm:

Economic Perspectives on Intellectual Property, Competition, and Innovation

John H. Barton, George E. Osborne Professor of Law, Stanford University Law School  

Bronwyn H. Hall, (attachment) Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley  

Robert P. Merges, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Distinguished Professor of Law and Technology, and Director, Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, University of California, Berkeley  

Suzanne Andersen Scotchmer, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley  

Robert D. Stoner, Vice President, Economists, Inc.  

David J. Teece, Mitsubishi Bank Professor of International Business and Finance, University of California, Berkeley

Business Perspectives on Patents: Biotech and Pharmaceuticals

David W. Beier, Partner, Hogan & Hartson, Counsel to Biotechnology Industry Organization  

Lee Bendekgey, General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Incyte Genomics  

Robert Blackburn, Vice President, Chief Patent Counsel, Chiron Corp.  

David J. Earp, Vice President, Intellectual Property, Geron Corp.  

Michael K. Kirschner, Vice President Intellectual Property, Immunex Corp.  

Ross Oehler, Vice President, U.S. Patent Operations, Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.  

Transcript of February 26, 2002 Proceedings

February 27

9:30am - 12:30pm:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:00pm - 5:00pm:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business Perspectives on Patents: Software and the Internet

Yar R. Chaikovsky, General Counsel, Zaplet, Inc.  

Bradford L. Friedman, Director of Intellectual Property, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.  

R. Jordan Greenhall, Chief Executive Officer, Divx Networks  

Joshua Kaplan, President and Chief Executive Officer, Intouch Group, Inc.  

Robert H. Kohn, Vice Chairman, Borland Software Corp.  

Paul Misener, Vice President, Global Public Policy, Amazon.com  

David C. Mowery, Milton W. Terrill Professor of Business, University of California, Berkeley  

James Pooley, Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCoy

Diverse Perspectives on Patents

Greg Aharonian, Editor, Internet Patent News Service   Luis Mejia, Senior Associate, Office of Technology Licensing, Stanford University  

John Love, Director for Cryptography and Security Technology Center, United States Patent and Trademark Office  

Rick D. Nydegger, Shareholder, Workman, Nydegger & Seeley  

John Place, Executive Director, Center for Internet and Society, Stanford University Law School  

Carl Shapiro, Transamerica Professor of Business Strategy and Professor of Economics, Haas School of Business, and Director, Institute of Business and Economic Research, University of California, Berkeley  

Robert P. Taylor, Partner, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP  

David J. Teece, Mitsubishi Bank Professor of International Business and Finance, University of California, Berkeley  

Les J. Weinstein, [Attatchment] Partner, Squire, Sanders, & Dempsey  

Transcript of February 27, 2002 Proceedings

February 28

9:00 am to 9:30 am:

 

9:30am - 11:30am:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:00pm - 4:00pm:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Independent Inventor Perspective on Patents

Lawrence J. Udell, Executive Director, Intellectual Property International, Ltd.

Economic and Other Perspectives on Patent Standards and Procedures

Joseph Farrell, Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, and Chair, Competition Policy Center  

Justin Hughes, Visiting Professor of Law, University of California, Los Angeles  

John Love, Director, Technology Center 2100, United States Patent and Trademark Office  

Robert P. Merges, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Distinguished Professor of Law and Technology, and Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, University of California, Berkeley

Business Perspectives on Patents: Hardware and Semiconductors

Robert Barr, Vice President, Worldwide Patent Counsel, Cisco Systems, Inc.  

Peter N. Detkin, Vice President, Legal and Government Affairs and Assistant General Counsel, Intel Corporation  

Stephen P. Fox, Associate General Counsel and Director, Intellectual Property, Hewlett-Packard Company  

Bronwyn H. Hall, Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley  

Julie Mar-Spinola, Chief Litigation and Intellectual Property Counsel, Atmel Corporation  

Joel Poppen, Director, Patent Litigation and Licensing, Micron Technology, Inc.  

Desi Rhoden, President and Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Memory International, Inc.  

Frederick J. Telecky, Jr., Senior Vice President and General Patent Counsel, Texas Instruments  

Transcript of February 28, 2002 Proceedings

March 19-20:

Business and Other Perspectives on Real-World Experience with Patents

Similar to the Berkeley sessions, these sessions will focus on testimony regarding "real-world" experience with patents and competition.

March 19
(FTC - Room 432)

9:15 am - noon:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:30 - 4:45 pm:

Diverse Perspectives on Patents

Lynn J. Alstadt, Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll and Adjunct Professor, Duquesne University

F. M. Ross Armbrecht Jr., President, Industrial Research Institute  

Makan Delrahim, Republican Chief Counsel, Senate Committee on the Judiciary  

Joanne M. Hayes-Rines, Vice President, United Inventors Association  

Brian Kahin, Visiting Professor & Director, Center for Information Policy, University of Maryland  

James Love, Director, Consumer Project on Technology  

Ronald Myrick, Chief Patent Counsel, General Electric; President-Elect, American Intellectual Property Law Association  

Cecil D. Quillen, Jr., Senior Advisor, Cornerstone Research
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Business Perspectives on Patents: Biotech and Pharmaceuticals

Robert A. Armitage, Vice President and General Patent Counsel, Eli Lilly and Company  

Monte R. Browder, Senior Intellectual Property Counsel, Ivax Corporation  

Barbara Caulfield, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Affymetrix, Inc.  

David Coffin-Beach, President, Torpharm, Inc.  

Gregory J. Glover, Partner, Ropes & Gray, Counsel to Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America  

Nancy J. Linck, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Guilford Pharmaceuticals

Rochelle K. Seide, Partner, Baker Botts, LLP  

Edward A. Snyder, Dean and Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business

Transcript of March 19, 2002 Proceedings

March 20 :
(FTC - Room 432)

9:30 am - noon:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:30 - 4:00pm:

Business Perspectives on Patents: Hardware and Semiconductors

George B. Brunt, Senior Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary, Alcatel USA  

Daniel McCurdy, President and Chief Executive Officer, ThinkFire  

Richard L. Thurston, [Statement] Vice President and General Counsel, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.  

Harry Wolin, Vice President of Intellectual Property, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.  

Gary Zanfagna, Associate General Counsel for Antitrust, Honeywell International  

Rosemarie Ziedonis, Assistant Professor of Management, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Business Perspectives on Patents: Software and the Internet

Edward J. Black, President and CEO, Computer & Communications Industry Association  

Dan L. Burk, Julius E. Davis Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School  

R. Lewis Gable, Partner, Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.  

Scott Sander, President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, SightSound Technologies  

Mark Webbink, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Red Hat, Inc.  

Transcript of March 20, 2002 Proceedings

Additional sessions will be held at the FTC, Room 432, during April and May, as indicated below. The panelists for these sessions will be announced as further information becomes available. Topics and dates for concluding sessions in June will be announced at a later time.

April 9-11:

Economic and Other Perspectives on Patent Standards and Procedures

These sessions will explore economic and other perspectives, and the approaches that they suggest, regarding patent standards and procedures.

April 9:
(FTC - Room 432)

9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.:

Cross-Industry Perspectives on Patents

Dean Alderucci, Chief Counsel of Intellectual Property, Walker Digital  

Timothy D. Casey, Partner & Chairman of Intellectual Property and Technology, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson  

Les Hart, Vice President of Intellectual Property, Harris Corporation  

Nancy J. Linck, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Guilford Pharmaceuticals  

Mary U. Musacchia, SAS Institute, Counsel to the President/CEO and Director, Government Relations & Public Policy  

Richard Stallman, President, Free Software Foundation

Transcript of April 9, 2002 Proceedings

April 10:
(FTC - Room 432)

9:30 a.m - 12:30 p.m.:

2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.:

Substantive Standards of Patentability

Patenting Procedures, Presumptions, and Uncertainties

Introductory Speaker: Kenneth M. Frankel (Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner), speaking on behalf of the American Intellectual Property Law Association

Panelists:

Mark D. Janis, Professor of Law, University of Iowa College of Law  

Salem M. Katsh, Partner, Shearman & Sterling  

Jay P. Kesan, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Illinois College of Law  

F. Scott Kieff, John M. Olin Senior Research Fellow in Law, Economics, and Business, Harvard Law School, and Associate Professor, Washington University School of Law  

Stephen G. Kunin, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, United States Patent and Trademark Office  

Roger W. Parkhurst, Partner, Parkhurst & Wendel, L.L.P., and President, American Intellectual Property Law Association  

Arti K. Rai, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School  

Suzanne Andersen Scotchmer, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley  

John R. Thomas, Associate Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School

Transcript of April 10, 2002 Proceedings

April 11:
(FTC - Room 432)

9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.:

Patentable Subject Matter - Business Method and Software Patents

Mark D. Janis, Professor of Law, University of Iowa College of Law  

Brian Kahin, Visiting Professor & Director, Center for Information Policy, University of Maryland

Jeffrey R. Kuester, Partner, Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley  

Jeffrey P. Kushan, Partner, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP  

Rick D. Nydegger, Shareholder, Workman, Nydegger & Seeley  

John R. Thomas, Associate Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School

Robert Young, Chairman, Center for Public Domain, and Chairman, Red Hat, Inc.

Patent Criteria and Procedures - International Comparisons

Kenneth J. Burchfiel, Partner, Sughrue Mion, PLLC  

Mark D. Janis, Professor of Law, University of Iowa College of Law  

Stephen B. Maebius, Partner, Foley & Lardner  

Rick D. Nydegger, Shareholder, Workman, Nydegger & Seeley  

Robert L. Stoll, Administrator for External Affairs, United States Patent and Trademark Office  

John R. Thomas, Associate Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School

Transcript of April 11, 2002 Proceedings

April 17:
(Great Hall, Department of Justice Main Building)

"This session will be held in the Great Hall of the Department of Justice's Main Building, located at 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC. The general public and press are invited to attend. However, for security purposes, notice of your intention to attend the hearings and your date of birth must be given to the Department at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing date. This information should be provided to Kathleen Leicht of the Antitrust Division via e-mail at kathleen.leicht@usdoj.gov, or telephone at (202) 514-7018. Interested persons will not be admitted to the Main Justice Building without advance notice.

Visitors must enter the Main Building at the 950 Pennsylvania Avenue entrance and are required to show two forms of identification, one of which must contain a photograph. Please allow sufficient time to permit getting through the security procedures. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis."

Patent Pools and Cross-Licensing: When Do They Promote or Harm Competition?

Participants in this session will discuss the benefits and competitive concerns of business arrangements in which multiple parties hold related intellectual property rights.

9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
and
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Patent Pools and Cross-Licensing: When Do They Promote or Harm Competition?

Robert Potter, Chief, Legal Policy Section, Antitrust Division--Opening Remarks  

Garrard R. Beeney, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell  

Jeffery Fromm, Senior Managing Counsel, Hewlett-Packard Company  

Baryn Futa, Manager and Chief Executive Officer, MPEG LA  

Peter Grindley, Senior Managing Economist, LECG, Ltd, London  

Christopher J. Kelly, Special Counsel, Litigation Department, Kaye Scholer LLP  

James Kulbaski, Partner, Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.  

Josh Lerner, Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Harvard Business School  

David McGowan [Document 2],  Associate Professor of Law, University of Minnesota School of Law  

M. Howard Morse, Partner, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP  

Joshua Newberg, Assistant Professor, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland  

Jonathan Putnam, Assistant Professor of the Law and Economics of Intellectual Property, University of Toronto School of Law  

Lawrence M. Sung  [Document 2] [Document 3], Assistant Professor of Law, University of Maryland, Baltimore  

Transcript of April 17, 2002 Proceedings

April 18:
(Great Hall, Department of Justice Main Building)

"This session will be held in the Great Hall of the Department of Justice's Main Building, located at 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC. The general public and press are invited to attend. However, for security purposes, notice of your intention to attend the hearings and your date of birth must be given to the Department at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing date. This information should be provided to Kathleen Leicht of the Antitrust Division via e-mail at kathleen.leicht@usdoj.gov, or telephone at (202) 514-7018. Interested persons will not be admitted to the Main Justice Building without advance notice.

Visitors must enter the Main Building at the 950 Pennsylvania Avenue entrance and are required to show two forms of identification, one of which must contain a photograph. Please allow sufficient time to permit getting through the security procedures. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis."

Standard-Setting Practices:
Competition, Innovation and Consumer Welfare

Participants in this session will discuss the antitrust treatment of common practices used by organizations to set standards that incorporate intellectual property. Participants will address effects on innovation and product market competition.

9:00 a.m - 9:30 a.m.

 

 

9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

 

Introduction

Mark Lemley, Professor of Law, Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley

Intellectual Property Strategies in Standards Activities

Michael Antalics, Partner, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP  

Carl Cargill, Director Corporate Standards, Sun Microsystems, Inc.  

Donald R. Deutsch, Vice President, Standards Strategy and Architecture, Oracle Corp.  

Ernest Gellhorn, Professor, George Mason University School of Law  

Peter Grindley, Senior Managing Economist, LECG, Ltd, London  

Mark Lemley, Professor of Law, Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley  

Amy A. Marasco, Vice President and General Counsel, American National Standards Institute

Richard T. Rapp, President, National Economic Research Associates  

David J. Teece, Mitsubishi Bank Professor of International Business and Finance, University of California, Berkeley  

Dennis A. Yao, Associate Professor of Business and Public Policy and Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Licensing Terms in Standards Activities

Stanley M. Besen, Vice President, Charles River Associates  

Daniel J. Gifford, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Professor of Law, University of Minnesota School of Law  

Richard Holleman, [Document 2]   Industry Standards Consultant  

Allen M. Lo, Director of Intellectual Property, Juniper Networks, Inc.  

Mark R. Patterson, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law  

Scott K. Peterson, Corporate Counsel, Hewlett-Packard Company  

Lauren J. Stiroh, Vice President, National Economic Research Associates  

Daniel Swanson, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP  

Andrew Updegrove [Document 2] [Document 3], Partner, Lucash, Gesmer & Updegrove LLP  

Daniel Weitzner, Director of Technology and Society Activities, World Wide Web Consortium  

Transcript of April 18, 2002 Proceedings

May 1:
(Great Hall, Department of Justice Main Building)

"This session will be held in the Great Hall of the Department of Justice's Main Building, located at 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC. The general public and press are invited to attend. However, for security purposes, notice of your intention to attend the hearings and your date of birth must be given to the Department at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing date. This information should be provided to Kathleen Leicht of the Antitrust Division via e-mail at kathleen.leicht@usdoj.gov, or telephone at (202) 514-7018. Interested persons will not be admitted to the Main Justice Building without advance notice.

Visitors must enter the Main Building at the 950 Pennsylvania Avenue entrance and are required to show two forms of identification, one of which must contain a photograph. Please allow sufficient time to permit getting through the security procedures. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis."

The Strategic Use of Licensing:
Is There Cause for Concern about Unilateral Refusals to Deal?

Participants in this session will discuss the extent to which refusals to license intellectual property create competitive concerns, how recent case law on refusals to license is being interpreted, and whether this recent case law appropriately balances the interests of intellectual property law and antitrust law.

9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
and
1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The Strategic Use of Licensing: Is There Cause for Concern about Unilateral Refusals to Deal?

Ashish Arora [Document 2], Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University  

Jonathan Gleklen [Document 2], Partner, Arnold & Porter  

Paul Kirsch, Partner, Townsend, Townsend and Crew LLP  

Benjamin Klein, Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles  

Jeff MacKie-Mason, [Document 2] Arthur W. Burks Professor of Information and Computer Science and Professor Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan  

A. Douglas Melamed, Partner, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering  

Carl Shapiro, Transamerica Professor of Business Strategy and Professor of Economics, Haas School of Business, and Director, Institute of Business and Economic Research, University of California, Berkeley  

Christopher J. Sprigman, Counsel, King & Spalding  

Mark Whitener, Antitrust and General Counsel, General Electric  

John Shepard Wiley Jr., Professor of Law, University of California, Los Angeles

Transcript of May 1 Proceedings

May 2:
(Federal Trade Commission, Room 432)

A Competition View of Patent Settlements

Participants in this session will explore the efficiencies and competitive concerns that patent settlements may generate in a variety of industries and factual settings.

Patent Settlements: Efficiencies and Competitive Concerns

9:00 - 9:30 a.m.

 

 

 

9:30 a.m. - noon

 

Introductory Presentations

George S. Cary, Partner, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton  

Stephen A. Stack, Jr., [Document 2]Partner, Dechert  

Document 2

Panel Discussion

Thomas O. Barnett, Partner, Covington & Burling  

Joseph F. Brodley [Document 2], Professor, Boston University School of Law  

George S. Cary, Partner, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton  

Robert N. Cook, Partner, Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP  

James J. Egan, Senior Vice President, Business and Corporate Development, Novirio Pharmaceuticals  

Richard A. Feinstein, Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP  

Phillip A. Proger, Partner, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue  

Prof. Carl Shapiro, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley  

Steven A. Stack, Jr., Partner, Dechert

Transcript of May 2, 2002 Proceedings

May 14:
(Great Hall, Department of Justice Main Building)

"This session will be held in the Great Hall of the Department of Justice's Main Building, located at 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC. The general public and press are invited to attend. However, for security purposes, notice of your intention to attend the hearings and your date of birth must be given to the Department at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing date. This information should be provided to Kathleen Leicht of the Antitrust Division via e-mail at kathleen.leicht@usdoj.gov, or telephone at (202) 514-7018. Interested persons will not be admitted to the Main Justice Building without advance notice.

Visitors must enter the Main Building at the 950 Pennsylvania Avenue entrance and are required to show two forms of identification, one of which must contain a photograph. Please allow sufficient time to permit getting through the security procedures. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis."

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Antitrust Analysis of Specific Intellectual Property Licensing Practices: Bundling, Grantbacks and Temporal Extensions

Rebecca P. Dick, Of Counsel, Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP, Washington, DC

Joseph Farrell, Professor of Economics and Chair of the Competition Policy Center, UC Berkeley

Jonathan M. Jacobson, [Document 2] Partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP

Abbott "Tad" Lipsky, Jr., Partner, Latham & Watkins, Washington, D.C.

David S. Sibley, John Michael Stuart Professor of Economics, University of Texas at Austin

J. Gregory Sidak, F.K. Weyerhaeuser Fellow in Law and Economics Emeritus, American Enterprise Institute

Gregory Vistnes, Vice President, Charles River Associates

Practical Issues Encountered in Antitrust Analysis of Licensing Practices: The Problem of Dealing With Uncertain or Disputed Patent Rights

Molly S. Boast, Partner, Debevoise and Plimpton

Joseph Farrell, Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, and Chair, Competition Policy Center

Salem M. Katsh, Partner, Shearman & Sterling

Joseph Kattan, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Joseph Scott Miller, Assistant Professor, Lewis & Clark Law School

A. Douglas Melamed, Partner, Wilmer, Cutler, & Pickering

M.J. Moltenbrey, former Director of Civil Non-Merger Enforcement, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division

Gregory Vistnes, Vice President, Charles River Associates  

Transcript of May 14, 2002 Proceedings

May 22-23:

An International Comparative Law Perspective
on the Relationship Between Competition and Intellectual Property

Participants in these sessions on May 22 and 23 will discuss competition law approaches that are presently in place or are under consideration in jurisdictions outside the United States.

May 22:
(Great Hall, Department of Justice Main Building)

"This session will be held in the Great Hall of the Department of Justice's Main Building, located at 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC. The general public and press are invited to attend. However, for security purposes, notice of your intention to attend the hearings and your date of birth must be given to the Department at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing date. This information should be provided to Kathleen Leicht of the Antitrust Division via e-mail at kathleen.leicht@usdoj.gov, or telephone at (202) 514-7018. Interested persons will not be admitted to the Main Justice Building without advance notice.

Visitors must enter the Main Building at the 950 Pennsylvania Avenue entrance and are required to show two forms of identification, one of which must contain a photograph. Please allow sufficient time to permit getting through the security procedures. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis."

9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

 

Refusals To License and Compulsory Licensing in the European Union, Canada, and Australia

Gwillym Allen, Senior Economist & Strategic Policy Advisor, Competition Policy Branch, Canadian Competition Bureau

Steven D. Anderman, Professor of Law, Department of Law, Essex University, United Kingdom

Henry Ergas, [Document 2] Managing Director, Network Economics Consulting Group, Australia

Ian Forrester, Executive Partner, White & Case LLP, Brussels

David W. Hull, [Document 2] Partner, Covington & Burling, Brussels

John Temple Lang, Counsel, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Brussels

Patrick Rey, [Document 2] Professor of Economics, University of Toulouse, France, and Research Director, Institut d'Economie Industrielle

James S. Venit, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Brussels

Licensing in the European Union: The Technology Transfer Block Exemption and Agreements That Fall Outside its Scope

Peter Alexiadis, Partner, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Brussels

Fiona Carlin, [Document 2] Local Partner, European Law Center, Baker & McKenzie, London

Yee Wah Chin, [Document 2*] [Document 3] [Document 4] [Document 5] Senior Counsel, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

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Maurits Dolmans, [Document 2] Partner, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Brussels

Mark D. Janis, Professor of Law, University of Iowa College of Law

James Leavy, [Document 2] Member, Serra, Leavy & Cazals

Kirtikumar Mehta, Director, DG COMP/A, European Commission

Willard K. Tom, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP  

Transcript of May 22, 2002 Proceedings

May 23

An International Comparative Law Perspective
on the Relationship Between Competition and Intellectual Property, Part II
(Federal Trade Commission, Room 432)

9:30 - 12:00 noon.

 

Asian Perspectives

Henry Ergas, [Document 2] Managing Director, Network Economics Consulting Group

H. Stephen Harris, Jr., [Document 2]Partner, Alston & Bird LLP

Karl F. Jorda, David Rines Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Industrial Innovation, Franklin Pierce Law Center

Byungbae Kim, Competition Policy Counselor/Director General, Korean Fair Trade Commission

Masayuki Koyanagi, Director, Institute of Intellectual Property

Abbott "Tad" Lipsky, Partner, Latham & Watkins

Dr. Len-Yu Liu, Commissioner, Taiwan Fair Trade Commission

Joshua Newberg, Assistant Professor, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

James Rill, Partner, Howrey & Simon

Toshiaki Tada, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP  

Japan Fair Trade Commission 2002 Study Group On "Patents in New Areas and Competition Policy"  

Transcript of May 23, 2002 Proceedings

July 10

FTC - Room 432
FEDERAL CIRCUIT JURISPRUDENCE: SUBSTANTIVE TRENDS AND ANALYSIS

9:30 a.m. - noon

1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

 

 


Trends in Federal Circuit Jurisprudence

Patent Law Analysis in Federal Circuit Jurisprudence

Participants

Dan L. Burk, Julius E. Davis Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School

Rochelle C. Dreyfuss, Pauline Newman Professor of Law, New York University School of Law

John F. Duffy, Associate Professor of Law, William and Mary School of Law

Stephen G. Kunin, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, United States Patent and Trademark Office

Glynn S. Lunney, Jr., Professor of Law, Tulane Law School

F. M. Scherer, Roy E. Larson Professor of Public Policy and Management, Harvard University

Gerald Sobel, Partner, Kaye Scholer LLP

Herbert C. Wamsley, Executive Director, Intellectual Property Owners Association

Transcript of July 10, 2002 Proceedings

July 11

FTC - Room 432
FEDERAL CIRCUIT JURISPRUDENCE: JURISDICTION, CHOICE OF LAW, AND COMPETITION POLICY PERSPECTIVES

10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

 

 

Participants

The Honorable T. S. Ellis, III, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Charles P. Baker, Partner, Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto

R. Bhaskar, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Business School

Roxane C. Busey, [Document 2] Partner, Gardner Carton & Douglas, and Chair, American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law

Rochelle C. Dreyfuss, Pauline Newman Professor of Law, New York University School of Law

George G. Gordon, Partner, Dechert

Robert J. Hoerner, [Document 2] [Document 3] [Document 4]Former Partner, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue

James B. Kobak, Jr., Member, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Stephen G. Kunin, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, United States Patent and Trademark Office

Cecil D. Quillen, Jr., Senior Advisor, Cornerstone Research

Robert P. Taylor, Partner, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP

Matthew F. Weil, Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery

Transcript of July 11, 2002 Proceedings

October 25

FTC - Room 432
Competition, Economic, and Business Perspectives on Patent Quality and Institutional Issues: Competitive Concerns, Prior Art, Post-Grant Review, and Litigation

10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m and 2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.:

 

R. Bhaskar, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Business School

Scott Chambers, Arnold & Porter, and Adjunct Faculty Member at Georgetown Law Center and The George Washington University Law School

Q. Todd Dickinson, Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, and former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

James B. Gambrell, Visiting Professor, The University of Texas School of Law

Melvin C. Garner, Darby & Darby, Second Vice President of American Intellectual Property Law Association

Brian Kahin, Visiting Professor & Director, Center for Information Policy, University of Maryland

Jay Kesan, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Illinois College of Law

Jeffrey Kushan, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP

Jonathan D. Levin, Assistant Professor of Economics, Stanford University

Nancy J. Linck, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Guilford Pharmaceuticals, and former Solicitor for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Stephen A. Merrill, Executive Director, Board on Science Technology and Economic Policy, National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences

Robert Taylor, Howrey Simon Arnold & White LLP

John R. Thomas, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Transcript of October 25, 2002 Proceedings

October 30

FTC - Room 432
Competition, Economic, and Business Perspectives on Substantive Patent Law Issues:
Non-Obviousness and Other Patentability Criteria

 

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.:

 

Mark T. Banner, Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., and Chair, ABA Intellectual Property Law Section

Robert Barr, Vice President and Worldwide Patent Counsel, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Margaret A. Boulware, Jenkens & Gilchrist, Past President and Fellow of American Intellectual Property Law Association

Wesley M. Cohen, Professor of Economics and Management, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

John Duffy, Professor of Law, William and Mary School of Law

Brian Kahin, Visiting Professor & Director, Center for Information Policy, University of Maryland

Edmund Kitch, Joseph M. Hartfield Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law

Stephen A. Merrill, Executive Director, Board on Science Technology and Economic Policy, National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences

Gerald Mossinghoff, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, and former Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks

Ronald E. Myrick, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, General Electric Company and President, Monogram Licensing, Inc.

James Pooley, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy

Robert D. Stoner, Vice President, Economists, Inc.

John R. Thomas, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Transcript of October 30, 2002 Proceedings

November 6

FTC - Room 432
Antitrust Law and Patent Landscapes

9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.:

 

Standard Setting Organizations: Evaluating the Anticompetitive Risks Of Negotiating IP Licensing Terms and Conditions Before A Standard Is Set

Joseph Farrell, Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley

Joseph Kattan, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Scott Peterson, Corporate Counsel, Hewlett-Packard Company

Carl Shapiro, Transamerica Professor of Business Strategy, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Earle Thompson, Intellectual Asset Manager and Senior Counsel, Texas Instruments

Paul Vishny, D'Ancona & Pflaum and General Counsel, Telecommunications Industry Association

Relationships Among Competitors and Incentives to Compete: Cross-Licensing of Patent Portfolios, Grantbacks, Reach-Through Royalties, and Non-Assertion Clauses

Michelle Burtis, LECG, Inc

Joseph Farrell, Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley

Jeffery Fromm, Former Senior Managing Counsel, Hewlett-Packard Company

Michael McFalls, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue

Barbara M. McGarey, Deputy Associate General Counsel, National Institutes of Health

Janusz A. Ordover, Department of Economics, New York University

Charles F. (Rick) Rule, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson

Carl Shapiro, Transamerica Professor of Business Strategy, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Transcript of November 6, 2002 Proceedings

Further information about these and other sessions will be posted on the Antitrust Division's Web site www.usdoj.gov/atr/hearing.htm and the FTC Web site www.ftc.gov/opp/intellect/index.htm as it becomes available.


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