Agenda - May 8, 2009


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8:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks

Larry Kramer, Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean, Stanford Law School
William F. Lee, Co-Managing Partner, WilmerHale

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

Moderator:
William F. Lee, Co-Managing Partner, WilmerHale

Speakers:
Hon. Jeremy Fogel, United States District Judge, Northern District of California
Hon. Susan Illston, United States District Judge, Northern District of California
Hon. Elizabeth D. LaPorte, United States Magistrate Judge, Northern District of California
Hon. Patti B. Saris, United States District Judge, District of Massachusetts

10:45 Break
11:00 a.m. Exhaustion, Implied Licenses and Reach-Through Claims

Moderator:
Nader Mousavi, Partner, WilmerHale

Speakers:
Barbara A. Caulfield, Partner, Dewey LeBoeuf LLP
Robin Feldman, Professor of Law; Director of the Law & Bioscience Project, UC Hastings College of the Law
David W. Highet, Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Becton, Dickinson and Company

12:30 p.m. Luncheon and Keynote

Stephen G. Juelsgaard, Former Executive Vice President, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer, Genetech Inc.

2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Patentable Subject Matter

Moderator:
Michelle S. Rhyu, Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

Speakers:
John H. Barton, George E. Osborne Professor of Law, Emeritus, Stanford Law School
Mark A. Lemley, William H. Neukom Professor of Law, Stanford Law School; Director, Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology; Partner, Durie Tangri Page Lemley Roberts & Kent LLP
Oskar Liivak, Assistant Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
Joshua M. Masur, Of Counsel, Fish & Richardson

3:30 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. Track A: Current Issues Surrounding the Non-Obviousness Doctrine

Moderator:
Jane M. Love, Partner, WilmerHale

Speakers:
Brian P. Barnett, Associate General Patent Counsel, Eli Lilly and Company
John Fitzgerald Duffy, Oswald Symister Colclough Research Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School
Robert P. Merges, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professor of Law and Technology, UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law; Co-director, Berkeley Center for Law and Technology
Arti K. Rai, Elvin R. Latty Professor of Law, Duke Law School

Track B: Licensing After MedImmune

Moderator:
Laura M. Storto, Technology and Litigation Counsel, Genetech Inc.

Speakers:
Daralyn J. Durie, Partner, Durie Tangri Page Lemley Roberts & Kent LLP
Annette L. Hurst, Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Alfred C. Server, Partner, WilmerHale
5:15 p.m. Adjourn