Ethical Issues in Patent Law
March 29, 2007
Catholic University of America
Columbus School of Law
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
http://www.law.edu/Conference/ethicsinpatentlaw/
e-mail: csl-patentconf@cua.edu
Sponsored By:
Venable, L.L.P.
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
INTRODUCTION | PROGRAM | REGISTRATION
9:00 am Welcome
Veryl Miles, Dean, Catholic University of America
9:15 am The Effect of First to File on Innovation
Moderator: Susanna Fischer, Catholic University of America
Speakers: Charles Gholz, Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt
Harold C. Wegner, Foley & Lardner
Linda R. Cohen, University of California Irvine
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Texas, Virginia, Delaware: Litigation in Your Choice of Forum
Moderator: Megan LaBelle, Catholic University of America
Speakers: Judge T.S. Ellis, III, United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia
William Coston, Venable
Mary B. Graham, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell
Gregory A. Castanias, Jones Day
12:00 pm Lunch with Keynote Speaker
Chief Judge Paul Michel, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
1:30 pm Lobbying, Legislation and Limitations: Propounding Patent Issues
Moderator: Elizabeth Winston, Catholic University of America
Speakers: Chief Judge Edward J. Damich, United States Court of Federal
Claims, Catholic University of America
David W. Jones, Counsel, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property,
Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate
Jonathan Band, Jonathan Band, PLLC, Technology Law and
Policy
2:45 pm Break
3:00 pm The Practicalities of Being an Ethical Patent Practioner
Moderator: James McKeown, Crowell & Moring
Speakers: Thomas L. Stoll, Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor,
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Suzanne Michel, Chief Counsel for Intellectual Property,
Federal Trade Commission
Jeffery Langer, Student, Catholic University of America
4:15 pm Closing Reception
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