Conferences & Symposia

The New Private Ordering of Intellectual Property: The Emergence of Contracts as the Drivers of Intellectual Property Rights

Friday, April 18, 2008

Join our discussion and luncheon addressing the issues surrounding the recent Supreme Court patent cases LG Electronics v. Quanta, MedImmune v. Genentech, and eBay v. MercExchange.

One consequence of the renewed U.S. Supreme Court interest in patent cases in recent years is an enhanced scrutiny on patent rights generally and, in particular, on the importance of better defining contracts to govern the patent rights among the parties. This conference considers the pertinent jurisprudence to inform prudent business practices in managing patent rights by private agreements.

9 a.m.–12:15 p.m. - Panel discussions

12:30-2 p.m. - Lunch and keynote

Featured speakers include:

Thomas Woolston
CEO
MercExchange

Gregory Castanias
Partner
Jones Day

Franklin E. Gibbs
Wang, Hartmann, Gibbs & Cauley, PLC

F. Scott Kieff
Professor of Law
Washington University in St. Louis

Andrew Beckerman Rodau
Professor of Law
Suffolk University Law School

Hosted by the Intellectual Property Law and Business Law Programs and the Journal of Business & Technology Law.

• Directions & Parking
• UM Law Intellectual Property Law Program
• UM Law Business Law Program
• Journal of Business & Technology Law

Court Cases

• LG v. Quanta
• MedImmune v. Genetech
• eBay v. MercExchange

Featured Speakers

• Thomas Woolston
• Gregory Castanias
• Franklin E. Gibbs
• F. Scott Kieff
• Andrew Beckerman Rodau