Past Event Information


Agenda and speaker biographies for The Stanford Law School Conference on Intellectual Property Law and Biosciences, held on September 15, 2006.
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
9:00 - 9:15 a.m. Opening Remarks

Larry Kramer, Richard E. Lang Professor of Law; Dean, Stanford Law School
William J. Perlstein, Co Managing Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

9:15 - 10:45 a.m. Patent Litigation in the Biosciences: A View from the Bench

Moderator:
William F. Lee, Co-Managing Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Panel:
Hon. Susan Illston, United States District Judge, Northern District of California
Hon. Elizabeth LaPorte, United States Magistrate Judge, Northern District of California
Hon. Pauline Newman, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Hon. Ronald M. Whyte, United States District Judge, Northern District of California

10:45 - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Reach-Through Claims and Reach-Through Royalties: The Evolving Legal Landscape Relating to Reach-Through Rights

Moderator:
Alfred C. Server, Co-Chair, Technology Transactions and Licensing Group, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Panel:
Rebecca S. Eisenberg, Robert and Barbara Luciano Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Robin Feldman, Associate Professor and Director, Law and Bioscience Project, UC Hastings College of the Law
Robert P. Merges, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professor of Law and Technology; Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley

12:45 - 1:45 p.m. Lunch

Speaker:
John M. Whealan, Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property and Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office

2:00 - 3:30 p.m. ANDA Patent Challenges under Hatch-Waxman: Reconciling Antitrust, FDA and Patent Interests

Moderator:
James C. Burling, Co-Chair, Antitrust and Competition Department, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Panel:
Donald O. Beers, Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP
Thomas B. Leary, Of Counsel, Hogan & Hartson LLP (Former FTC Commissioner)
Marc Schildkraut, Co Chair, Antitrust & Trade Regulation Practice Group, Heller Ehrman LLP
Carl Shapiro, Transamerica Professor of Business Strategy, Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley

3:30 - 3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 - 5:15 p.m. The Growing Role of the Supreme Court in Patent Cases

Moderator:
John Fitzgerald Duffy, Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School

Panel:
Barbara A. Caulfield, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Affymetrix (Former Northern District of California Judge)
Mark A. Lemley, William H. Neukom Professor of Law, Stanford Law School; Of Counsel, Keker & Van Nest LLP