February 27, 2007
AXA-Equitable Conference Center, New York, NY
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Tote Bags Provided by The Davidsohn Group Wall Street Journals Compliments of Dow Jones Newswires Attendees’ Notebooks Provided by Morgan Lewis & Bockius |
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Tuesday, FEBRUARY 27, 2007 |
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7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast Hosted by Sidley Austin LLP |
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General Session Compliments of Dilworth Paxson LLP |
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8:30 a.m. – 8:35 a.m. |
Welcome Remarks |
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Melissa MacGregor Assistant Vice President and Assistant General Counsel |
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8:35 a.m. – 9:05 a.m. |
Keynote Speaker |
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Professor John Fitzgerald Duffy Professor of Law |
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9:05 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. |
Patent Law Update - Regulatory, Legislative, and Judicial Developments |
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Moderator: John Squires Chief IP Counsel Panelists: Robert F. Bahrampour Chief Patent Counsel Irah Donner Partner Charles M. Fish Vice President & Chief Patent Counsel Kenneth L. Johnson Director and Chief Patent Counsel Legal and Compliance |
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Topics Include: ·
Discussion of recent legislative and regulatory
patent reform developments ·
Examination of recent U.S. Supreme Court cases,
including KSR v. Teleflex; Microsoft v. AT&T; LabCorp v. Metabolite;
Ebay v. MercExchange ·
Potential impact of patent reform to the
financial services industry |
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10:20 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. |
Refreshment Break Hosted by Bingham McCutchen LLP |
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10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
Business Method Patents and the Financial Services Industry |
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Moderator: Charles Kwalwasser Vice President & IP Counsel Panelists: James Bollinger Partner R. Danny Huntington Partner Moshe Malina Senior Vice President, IP & Technology Citigroup Global Corporate Investment Bank Robert A. Stewart Director and Chief Patent Counsel of Americas |
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Topics include: ·
Background on business method patents ·
Presence of business method patents in the
Financial Services Industry ·
Should business methods be patentable? ·
Defending against business method patent assertions |
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