The Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property (JTIP), in conjunction with The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, is proud to announce the Ninth Annual JTIP Symposium.

REGISTRATION FORM

CLE:

Up to 3.75 CLE credits (1.25 per panel) may be obtained. Background documents are available to download inside the hyperlinks to each individual panel in the schedule below.

Location:

Events on Thursday, February 27, 2014, are located at Wieboldt Hall #440, 340 E. Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60611.

Events on Friday, February 28, 2014, are located at Northwestern University School of Law, 375 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611.

For more information, please click on the hyperlinks in the schedule below, or contact Margaret Shyr (m-shyr2014@nlaw.northwestern.edu) or Kostian Ciko (k-ciko2014@nlaw.northwestern.edu).

Sponsors:

Platinum Sponsor: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Gold Sponsor: Brinks Gilson & Lione

Gold Sponsor: Cooley LLP

Academic Sponsor: Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth

Academic Sponsor: Northwestern Law School’s Master of Science in Law

Student Organization Co-Sponsor: Intellectual Property Law Society

Schedule
2014
Thursday, February 27th
6:00 PM

Welcome Reception

Sponsored by Northwestern Law School’s Master of Science in Law, a one-year Master’s degree in law for scientists and engineers. For more information, please visit: http://www.law.northwestern.edu/academics/degree-programs/msl/

Wieboldt Hall #440, 340 E. Superior Street

6:00 PM
7:00 PM

Dinner and Keynote Speech with Commissioner F. Scott Kieff, USITC

F. Scott Kieff, International Trade Commission

Wieboldt Hall #440, 340 E. Superior Street

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Friday, February 28th
7:30 AM

Check-In and Breakfast

n/a

Lowden Hall, Northwestern University School of Law

7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
9:00 AM

Patent Assertion and Non-Practicing Entities Panel

Michael D. Friedman, Ocean Tomo, LLC
Jay P. Kesan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Matthew Levy, Computer and Communications Industry Association
Laura Beth Miller, Brinks Gilson & Lione
K. McNeill Taylor Jr., Round Rock Research, LLC
Andrew Williams, McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff, LLP

Lincoln Hall, Northwestern University School of Law

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
10:30 AM

Gene Patenting Panel

Rebecca Dresser, Washington University at St. Louis
Bonnie Weiss McLeod, Cooley LLP
Kevin Noonan, McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff, LLP
Harry Ostrer, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center
Laura Pedraza-Fariña, Northwestern University School of Law

Lincoln Hall, Northwestern University School of Law

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
12:00 PM

Special Luncheon Lecture by Professor Daniel Spulber on Innovation Economics

Daniel Spulber, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth

Lincoln Hall, Northwestern University School of Law

12:00 PM - 1:20 PM
1:30 PM

Aereo and Public Performance Rights Panel

Peter DiCola, Northwestern University School of Law
Stephen R. Effros, Effros Communications
Jane C. Ginsburg, Columbia Law School
Andrew L. Goldstein, Freeborn & Peters LLP
Matthew Sag, Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Lincoln Hall, Northwestern University School of Law

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
3:00 PM

Networking Reception (co-sponsored with Intellectual Property Law Society)

n/a

Lowden Hall, Northwestern University School of Law

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM