The Patent Conference
Friday, April 8, 2011
University of Kansas School of Law
SCHEDULE
The Patent Conference, or Pat Con, is a cooperative effort between the University of Kansas School of Law, the Chicago-Kent College of Law, the
University of San Diego School of Law and Boston College Law School to hold an annual conference where patent scholars in law, economics, management science and other disciplines can share their research.
Given the importance, and rapid growth, of academic research into patents, Dave Schwartz, Ted Sichelman, David Olson and Andrew Torrance believe the time has come for the wide range of scholars engaged in this important work to gather in a regular forum, as scholars in intellectual property have fruitfully done for years.
After this year's inaugural Patent Conference, future annual conferences will rotate among Boston College, Chicago-Kent, San Diego and the University of Kansas.
The Patent Conference is sponsored by the KU School of Law and the law firm of Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP.
Schedule (PDF) |
7:45 - 8:30 am |
Breakfast Buffet and Welcome from Dean and Organizers |
Panel 1: Patent Infringement
Moderator: Andrew Torrance, University of Kansas School of Law |
8:30 - 9:30 am |
David Olson (Boston College Law School)
The Common Law of Patentable Subject Matter
Kevin Collins (Washington University Law School)
The (Ir)relevance of Intangibility in Medical Diagnostic Patents
Kristin Osenga (University of Richmond School of Law)
Incomprehensible Patents
Tun-Jen Chiang (George Mason University School of Law)
The Patentee's Insight |
Panel 2: Patent Damages
Moderator: David Olson, Boston College Law School |
9:30 - 10:30 am |
Dave Schwartz (Chicago-Kent College of Law)
Contingent Fee Litigation in Patent Law
Stijepko Tokic (Northeastern Illinois University)
Patent Settlements and PAEs
Dmitry Karshtedt (Stanford Law School)
Demonstrated Instances of Direct Infringement in Calculating Reasonable Royalty Damages for Indirect Infringement: Probative Evidence or a Tool for Capping Recovery as a Matter of Law?
Peter Lee (University of California-Davis School of Law)
The Accession Insight and Patent Infringement Remedies |
10:30-10:45 am |
Break and Refreshments |
Panel 3: Patent Courts
Moderator: Dave Schwartz, Chicago-Kent College of Law |
10:45 - 11:30 am |
Stefania Fusco (Santa Clara Law School) and David Olson (Boston College Law School)
The Federal Circuit's Use of De Novo Review to 'Cure' Inconsistencies
Paul Gugliuzza (University of Florida Levin College of Law)
The New Federal Circuit Mandamus
Jay Kesan (University of Illinois College of Law) and Gwendolyn Ball (Bradley University)
Judicial Experience and the Efficiency and Accuracy of Patent Adjudication: An Empirical Analysis of the Case for a Specialized Patent Trial Court |
Panel 4: Empirical Patent Analysis
Moderator: John Allison, University of Texas McCombs School of Business |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm |
Michael Mazzeo (Northwestern University), Samantha Zyontz (George Mason University School of Law) and Jonathan
Hillel (Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP)
Are Patent Infringement Awards Excessive?: The Data Behind the Patent Reform Debate
Lee Petherbridge (Loyola Law School-Los Angeles) and Andrew Torrance (University of Kansas School of Law)
An Empirical Study of the Person Having Ordinary Skill in Biotechnology
Peter Erdi (Kalamazoo College)
The Analysis of the Patent Citation Network
Daniel Katz (University of Michigan)
Distance Measures for Dynamic Citation Networks |
12:30 - 2 pm |
Lunch for Presenters |
Panel 5: Patent Litigation
Moderator: Dennis Crouch, University of Missouri School of Law |
2 - 3 pm |
Ted Sichelman (University of San Diego School of Law)
Minding Patent Infringement
Christopher Holman (University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law)
Lilly Written Description: A Wild Card for Invalidating Unworthy Patent Claims
Jonas Anderson (University of California-Berkeley School of Law) and Peter Menell (University of California-Berkeley School of Law)
The Market for Patent Litigation
Colleen Chien (Santa Clara Law School)
Predicting Patent Litigation |
Panel 6: Interdisciplinary Patent Studies
Moderator: Patricia Judd, Washburn University School of Law |
3 - 4 pm |
Andrew Torrance (University of Kansas School of Law)
Design Beauty in the Eye of the Judicial Beholder
Joshua Sarnoff (DePaul College of Law)
The Patent System and Climate Change
Christopher Seaman (Chicago-Kent College of Law)
Toward an Optimal Regime for Joint Ownership in Patent and Copyright Law
Richard Gruner (John Marshall Law School)
All Together Now: Evidence of Collaborative Innovation Trends in Patented Inventions |
4 - 4:15 pm |
Break and Refreshments |
Panel 7: Asian Patent Law
Moderator: Ted Sichelman, University of San Diego School of Law |
4:15 - 5:15 pm |
Arthur Yuan (John Marshall Law School)
Innovations in China: One Utility Model Patent at a Time
Nohoko Ono (University of Tokyo, Columbia Law School)
The Japanese Patent System as a Model Patent System for Developing Countries
Benjamin Liu (John Marshall Law School)
Repair and Reconstruction in the Factory of the World: A Post-Industrial Definition of 'Making' in China
Jiwen Chen (Jacobson Holman PLLC)
Empirical Assessment and Political Economy Analysis of Patent Enforcement in China |
5:15 - 5:45 pm |
Concluding Open Discussion |
6:30 - 9:30 pm |
Dinner for Presenters |
