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The 2009 Symposium will be held in the Eidman Courtroom, located on the second floor of The University of Texas School of Law.

     
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM   Breakfast and Late Registration
     
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM   Welcome Address
    Kat Li, Editor-in-Chief, Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal
     
9:05 AM – 9:35 AM   Open Source Issues in Intellectual Property Transactions
    Samir A. Bhavsar & Ben Johnson, Baker Botts LLP
     
9:35 AM – 10:05 AM   Reexamination Strategies in Litigation—Two Perspectives: Patent Owner & Requester
    Tracy Wesley Druce,  Novak Druce + Quigg, LLP
     
10:05 AM – 10:35 AM   So Your Client May be the Next Big Thing? A Primer on Representing Musicians
    Lawrence A. Waks, Jackson Walker LLP
     
10:35 AM – 10:45 AM   Mid-morning Break
     
10:45 AM – 11:25 AM   Academic Panel: Institutions for Promoting Innovation
     
    Academic Participants:
    John Golden, The University of Texas School of Law
    Timothy Holbrook, Chicago-Kent College of Law
    Jay Kesan, University of Illinois School of Law
     
11:25 AM – 11:55 AM   Evidence Based Prosecution: Empirical Results from the Prosecution Files of One Million Recently Issued Patents
    Dennis Crouch, Patently-O / University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law
     
11:55 AM – 12:05 PM   Break and Transfer to Luncheon
     
12:05 PM – 1:05 PM   Luncheon and Keynote Speaker:
    Current and Recurrent Ethical Issues in Intellectual Property Practice
    Tom Reger, Fish & Richardson P.C.
     
1:05 PM – 1:15 PM   Break and Transfer to Eidman Courtroom
     
1:15 PM – 1:45 PM   Developments Concerning Patent Issues in Industry Standard Setting
    Chris Ryan, Vinson & Elkins LLP
     
1:45 PM – 2:15 PM   I Fought the Internet and I Won: Effective Tools to Protect Your Client's Name, Likeness and Reputation in Our 'All Media All The Time' World
    Steve Malin, Sidley Austin LLP
     
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM   Judicial Panel: Success in the Courtroom
     
    Judicial Participants:
    Honorable Lee Yeakel, United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
    Honorable Joseph J. Farnan, Jr., United States District Court for the District of Delaware
    Honorable Robert Faulkner, retired Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Texas
     
    Attorney Participant:
    Harold McElhinny, Morrison & Foerster LLP
     
    Panel Moderator:
    David Weaver, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
     
3:15 PM – 3:25 PM   Afternoon Break
     
3:25 PM – 3:55 PM   The Evolution of the Inequitable Conduct Defense: Should it be Eliminated?
    Paul J. Andre, King & Spalding LLP
     
3:55 PM – 4:25 PM   In re Bilski: Where We Are Now With Statutory Processes
    Mark Garrett, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (Austin)
     
4:25 PM – 4:55 PM   The Evolution of Patent Litigation Strategy
    Doug Cawley, McKool Smith, P.C.
     
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM   Closing Remarks
    Yuridia Caire and Jessie Neufeld, Symposium Editors, Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal
     
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM   Reception at 219 West
(219 W. 4th St., Austin, TX)
     
MCLE Credit:  6.75 CLE (including one ethics)

 

  
     
 

Benefactors

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
McKool Smith, P.C.
Novak Druce + Quigg, LLP
Vinson & Elkins LLP

Sponsors

Fish & Richardson P.C.
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Sidley Austin LLP

Friends

Campbell Stephenson LLP
Chowdhury & Georgakis, P.C.
Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated
Howrey LLP
Jones Day
Mayer Brown LLP
Pirkey Barber LLP