Intellectual Property Law

SCOTUS and Patent Law: A Panel Discussion at Maryland School of Law

By Brian Wm. Higgin

     On April 18, 2008, the University of Maryland School of Law Intellectual Property Law and Business Law Programs, and the Journal of Business & Technology Law, will host a panel discussion entitled "The New Private Ordering of Intellectual Property: The Emergence of Contracts as the Drivers of Intellectual Property Rights." The panel will address the renewed U.S. Supreme Court interest in patent cases, and the increasing importance of better defining contracts to govern patent rights among parties to the agreement. Speakers include: Jonathan Klein-Evans (IP Counsel, MedImmune), Thomas Woolston (CEO, MercExchange), Gregory Castanias (Partner, Jones Day), Jeffrey Wang (Partner, Wang, Hartmann, Gibbs & Cauley, PLC), F. Scott Kieff (Professor of Law, Washington University in St. Louis), and Andrew Beckerman Rodau (Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School).

Full post as published by Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog on March 31, 2008 (boomark / email).