WIPIP 2007 Schedule*
*Thanks to Elizabeth Winston of Catholic U. for helping to put the program together.
| Friday, September 28th | |||
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| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Registration (lunch available at 12:00 pm) outside Room 603 | ||
| 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm | Welcome from Dean Grossman and Opening Remarks in Room 603 | ||
| 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | First Concurrent Session |
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| Panel 1 - Room 603 | Panel 2 - Room 602 | Panel 3 - Room 601 | |
| Lisa Ramsey University of San Diego School of Law Increasing First Amendment Scrutiny of Trademark Law Abstract |
Ted Field Chicago-Kent College of Law Improving the Federal Circuit's Choice-of-Law Approach to Procedural Matters in Patent Cases Abstract |
David Fagundes Southwestern Law School Property Rules, Property Talk, and the Public Domain Abstract |
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| David Olson Boston College Law School Towards a First Amendment Grounding for Copyright Misuse Abstract |
Dave Schwartz The John Marshall Law School Practice Makes Perfect? An Empirical Study of Patent Experienced District Court Judges and Their Claim Construction Reversal Rates Abstract |
Paul Schoenhard University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law When Patent Property Rights Vest: Why Entitlements Should Be Assigned Consistently on the Basis of Inventorship Abstract |
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| Rebecca Tushnet Georgetown University Law Center It Depends on What the Meaning of “False” Is: Falsity and Misleadingness in Commercial Speech Doctrine Abstract |
Andrew Torrance University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute (Co-Author: William Tomlinson) A Multi-User Interactive Patent Simulation System Abstract |
Tom W. Bell Chapman University School of Law Outgrowing Copyright: The Effect of Market Size on Copyright Policy Abstract |
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| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
Coffee Break outside Room 603 |
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| 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Second Concurrent Session |
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| Panel 1 - Room 603 | Panel 2 - Room 602 | Panel 3 - Room 601 | |
| Mark Lemley Stanford Law School (Co-Author: Daralyn Durie) A Realist Approach to the Obviousness of Inventions Abstract |
Frank Pasquale Seton Hall Law School From Net Neutrality to Search Neutrality: Frontiers of Equitable Information Policy Abstract |
Eric Claeys George Mason University School of Law INS v. AP: Hot News and Natural Property Rights Abstract |
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| Gregory Mandel Temple University Beasley School of Law The Non-Obvious Problem Abstract |
Mark Schultz Southern Illinois University School of Law The Music Never Stopped: Technological Progress, Economic Growth, and Copyright Abstract |
Peter Winn University of Washington School of Law On the Ancient Origins of the Right to Privacy Abstract |
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| Michael Meurer Boston University School of Law Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation Abstract |
Glynn Lunney Tulane University Law School Copyright’s Price Discrimination Panacea Abstract |
David Levine Charlotte School of Law Incentivizing Government: The People’s Trade Secrets Abstract |
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| 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Coffee Break outside Room 603 |
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| 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm |
Third Concurrent Session |
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Panel 1 - Room 603 |
Panel 2 - Room 602 |
Panel 3 - Room 601 |
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| Jasmine Abdel-Khalik University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law Is a Rose by Any Other Image Still a Rose? Disconnecting Dilution’s Similarity Test from Traditional Trademark Concepts Abstract |
Lorelei de Larena Florida State University School of Law License to Sue? Abstract |
Sean Flynn American University Washington College of Law (Co-Author: Aidan Hollis) Economic Justifications for Open Licensing of Essential Medicine Patents in Developing Countries Abstract |
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| Katja Weckström University of Turku Trademark Dilution, Trade Mark Use and Trademark Law Theory- In Search of A Logical Connection Abstract |
Elizabeth Winston Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law Terminator Licenses Abstract |
Charles Meyer University of Pittsburgh School of Law Comparing Apples to Pears: A Genomic Approach to Comparing Monetary Remedies for Patent Infringement in the UK and Germany Abstract |
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| Christine Haight Farley American University Washington College of Law The Feminine Mystique of the Brand in Trademark Today Abstract |
Adam Candeub Michigan State University College of Law (Co-Author: Steve Wildman) To Share or not to Share: Nonexclusive Intellectual Property Licensing and Antitrust Abstract |
Nadine Farid Gonzaga University School of Law A Public Health Argument for Reviving the Non-Violation Complaint Abstract |
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| 6:30pm |
Reception and Dinner - International Lounge (6th Floor) |
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| Saturday, September 29th | |||
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| 8:30 am - 9:00 am |
Light breakfast available outside room 603 |
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| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Fourth Concurrent Session |
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| Panel 1 - Room 603 | Panel 2 - Room 602 | Panel 3 - Room 601 | |
| Davida Isaacs Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law Shifting Constitutional Sands: Can and Should Patentholders Rely on the Due Process Clause to Thwart Government Action? Abstract |
Deborah Gerhart University of North Carolina School of Law Consumer Investment in Trademarks: Why it Deserves More in Fair Use Returns Abstract |
Emily Morris University of Michigan Law School Uncertainty and Inaccuracy in Interpreting the Law: A Model in Patent Claim Construction Abstract |
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| Dan Cahoy Penn State University Smeal College of Business (Co-Author: Raghu Garud) Diachronic Patent Value and the Sociology of Contention Abstract |
William McGeveran University of Minnesota Law School Rethinking Trademark Fair Use Abstract |
Kevin Collins Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington Literal Claim Scope, After-Arising Technology and the Growth/Stability Paradox Abstract |
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| Adam Mossoff University of San Diego School of Law Conceptualizing Patents as Property: Exclusive Right(s) and Property Theory in Patent Law Abstract |
Mark McKenna Saint Louis University School of Law Trademark Use and the Problem of Source in Trademark Law Abstract |
Chris Cotropia University of Richmond School of Law Rethinking the Inequitable Conduct Doctrine in Patent Law Abstract |
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| 11:00 am -11:30 am | Coffee Break outside Room 603 | ||
| 11:30 am - 1:00 pm | Fifth Concurrent Session | ||
Panel 1 - Room 603 |
Panel 2 - Room 602 |
Panel 3 - Room 601 |
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| Colleen Chien Santa Clara University School of Law Patently Protectionist? An Empirical Analysis of Patent Cases at the International Trade Commission Abstract |
Bita Amani Queen's University Faculty of Law What's Wrong with Intellectual Property Rights?: A Not So Common(s) Approach to Our Genetic Heritage Abstract |
Irene Calboli Marquette University Law School The Case for a "Reasonable" Expansion of the Protection of Geographical Indications of Origin Under TRIPS Abstract |
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| Elizabeth Townsend Gard Tulane University Law School The Impossibilities of a Usable Past: Struggling with Copyright Duration in the Basement at the New Orleans Public Library Abstract |
Michael Risch West Virginia University College of Law Everything is Patentable Abstract |
Sharon Sandeen Hamline University School of Law Article 39 of TRIPS: When is too much flexibility a bad thing? Abstract |
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| Nancy Kim California Western School of Law The Software Licensing Dilemma Abstract |
Miriam Bitton UC-Berkeley (Boalt Hall) Is Information Patentable? Abstract |
Sean Pager University of Richmond School of Law Patents On a Shoestring: Making Patent Systems Work for Developing Countries Abstract |
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| 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Break (lunch available) outside Room 603 | ||
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Sixth Concurrent Session | ||
Panel 1 - Room 603 |
Panel 2 - Room 602 |
Panel 3 - Room 601 |
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| Joshua Sarnoff American University Washington College of Law Foreign Recognition of National Disclosure of Origin Laws and Contracts Abstract |
Dan Burk University of Minnesota Law School The Role of Intellectual Property in Codification Abstract |
Matthew Sag DePaul University College of Law Fair Use on the Internet: Non-Expressive Uses and the Fairness of Opt-Outs Abstract |
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| Peter Yu Drake University Law School A Tale of Two Development Agendas Abstract |
Michael Carroll Villanova University School of Law The Origins of Music Copyright in the United States Abstract |
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| 2:30 pm | Conference Concludes | ||
