[Fwd: [Random-bits] 19 April: Patents for Poets and Policy Wonks]
Seth Johnson <[email protected]> Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:04:07 -0400
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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Random-bits] 19 April: Patents for Poets and Policy Wonks Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 08:53:22 -0400 From: James Love <[email protected]> To: Random-Bits <[email protected]> Patents for Poets and Policy Wonks Tuesday 19 April, 2005 Venue: Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle NW 9.00 Introduction: Felix Cohen and Ed Mierzwinski, (TACD Steering Committee) 9.15  9.50 Opening comments by US government and European Commission Jens Gaster, DG Internal Market, European Commission Paul Salmon/ Michael Shapiro, US Patent and Trademark Office 9:50 10.15 What is a patent? Josh Sarnoff, American University, Washington College of Law 10.15-11.00 What should be patented? Moderator  Anna Fielder, Consumers International Medicines  Sarah Lenz Lock, AARP Life forms - Michael Hansen, Consumers Union Methods of business and finance  Phil Evans, Which? 11.00-11.15 Break 11.15-12.30 What should be patented? (continued) Moderator  Karel Pavlik (Czech consumer organisation SOS) Software - Cornelia Kutterer, BEUC (European Consumers Organisation) Education and teaching  Manon Ress, Consumer Project on Technology USPTO, TBC 12.30-1.30 Lunch 1.30-3.00 Patents on standards: What is the reform agenda? Moderator  Machiel van der Velde (Consumentenbond  NL) Brian Kahin, University of Michigan Michael R. Nelson, Vice President for Policy, Internet Society Daniel Weitzner, World Wide Web Consortium James Love, CPTech Issues to discuss: Ideas on patents and standards, Ideas on essential interfaces 3.00-3.15 Break 3.15-4.45 Five miscellaneous policy wonk questions Moderator  Rhoda Karpatkin Â( President Emeritus of Consumers Union) Rama Rao, World Intellectual Property Organisation Mark Silbergeld, Consumer Federation of America Brian Kahin, University of Michigan Stephen Merrill, National Academy of Sciences Michelle Childs, CPTech 1. What is patent quality, and why is bad patent quality important to consumers? 2. What type of research exceptions are needed? 3. Should governments formally recognize humanitarian exceptions to patent rights? 4. How much can patents differ by field of technology? 5. What is the future of patent harmonization? 4:15 to 5:00 - Open discussion and next steps, chaired by Machiel van der Velde and James Love (co-chairs of TACDÂs IP Working Group) -- James Love, Consumer Project on Technology, http://www.cptech.org, mailto:[email protected] Washington office, DC PO Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036, USA Tel.: +1.202.387.8030, fax: +1.202.234.5176 Geneva office, 1 Route des Morillons, CP 2100, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland. Tel: +41 22 791 6727 London office, 24 Highbury Crescent, London, N5 1RX, UK. Tel:+44(0)207 226 6663 ex 252. Fax: +44(0)207 354 0607 - _______________________________________________ Random-bits mailing list [email protected] http://lists.essential.org/mailman/listinfo/random-bits -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.15 - Release Date: 4/16/05