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2007 BIO International Convention
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Improving Federal Court Adjudication of Patent Cases: A Legislative Proposal
Track : Intellectual Property/Legal
Program Code: INT090
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM  
Location: 257 AB
CHAIR :
Charlena Thorpe, Attorney, Alston & Bird LLP
SPEAKER (S):
Jason Scism, Counsel, Office of Congressman Darrell Issa
Paul Janicke, Director of the Intellectual Property and Information Law Program, University of Houston Law Center
Brian Barrett, , Associate General Patent Counsel, Eli Lilly & Company
Description
Panel discussion on the current state of patent litigation in federal courts including the cost and time to litigate; trends in volume, location and outcome of patent cases; and other statistics such as time to trial, length of trial and reversal rates. Rep. Darrell Issa will discuss his bill, H.R. 5418, to improve these statistics by designating district court judges to hear patent cases, and the panel will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of such a system.



Objectives:
  • Understand the issues confronting the patent adjudication system.

  • Explore the options available to improve adjudication of patent case.

  • Learn about the current initiative, H.R. 5418, to improve patent adjudication.

    • Streaming Audio with
    PowerPoint Slides
    (Code: INT090)
      
    This session is a part of:
    Intellectual Property/Legal 3-DAY TRACK
    Complete Set of BIO Online / CD-ROM - All 23 Tracks.