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Intellectual Property Conference: How It Started, How It's Going

Schedule

(subject to change)

8:50–9:00am  Introduction
9:00–10:15am

How It Started
Christine Farley
(trademark), American University Washington College of Law
Sharon Sandeen (trade secret), Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Saurabh Vishnubhakat (patent), Cardozo School of Law
Alfred Yen (copyright), Boston College Law School

Moderator: Tyler Ochoa, Santa Clara Law

10:15–10:30am Break
10:30 –11:45am

How It’s Going: What Went Right?
Graeme Dinwoodie (design protection or IIP), Chicago-Kent College of Law
Jeanne Fromer (trademark), New York University Law School
Rob Merges (patent), UC Berkeley Law
Rebecca Tushnet (copyright), Harvard Law School

Moderator: Brian Love, Santa Clara Law

11:45 –1:30pm

Lunch
Welcome by Dean Michael Kaufman, Santa Clara Law

Edward Lee, Santa Clara Law, Introduction of Program for The Honorable William H. Alsup, U.S. District Court Judge for Northern District of California

Paul Grewal, former U.S. Magistrate Judge and Chief Legal Officer of Coinbase, Fireside Chat with Judge Alsup

1:45–3:00pm

How It’s Going: What Went Wrong?
Mark Lemley (patent), Stanford Law School
Mark McKenna (trademark), UCLA School of Law
Trevor Reed (copyright), UC Irvine School of Law 
Pamela Samuelson (copyright), UC Berkeley Law

Moderator: Zahr Said, Santa Clara Law

3:00–3:15pm Break
3:15–4:30pm

Where Do We Go From Here?
BJ Ard (copyright), University of Wisconsin Law School
Colleen Chien (patent), UC Berkeley Law
Camilla Hrdy (trade secret), Rutgers Law School
Keith Robinson (patent), Wake Forest University School of Law
Jennifer Rothman (right of publicity), Univ. of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Moderator: Edward Lee, Santa Clara Law

4:30–5:30pm Reception