Solutions to the Software Patent Problem
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November 16, 2012
Time: 8:30am – 5:30pm (tentative)
Locatelli Center
Santa Clara University
Normally, an academic-oriented conference would debate the merits of software patents. This conference is different. Rather than having another debate, this conference will use a premise–that software patents are a problem–as a springboard for discussing ways to address those problems. In rapid succession, patent experts at the conference will present innovative proposals (ranging from abolishing software patents to company/industry self-help), debate their relative merits, and discuss how they might be implemented. To extend the discussion, many of the speakers and other interested experts will publish short essays in Wired.com describing their proposed solution and advocating for its adoption. We hope conference attendees and Wired.com readers will embrace the best proposals and catalyze real action towards solving the software patent problem.
The Speakers:
Confirmed speakers and moderators include (as usual, subject to change without notice):
| John Allison, McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin | Michael Meurer, Boston University School of Law |
| Keith Bergelt, Open Innovation Network | Suzanne Michel, Google Inc. |
| James Bessen, Boston University School of Law | Christina Mulligan, Yale Law School |
| Brad Burnham, Union Square Ventures | Kristen Osenga, University of Richmond School of Law |
| Colleen Chien, Santa Clara University School of Law | Arti Rai, Duke Law School |
| Andrew Chin, University of North Carolina |
Hon. Edith Ramirez, Federal Trade Commission |
| John Duffy, University of Virginia School of Law | Dan Ravicher, Public Patent Foundation |
| Nair Flores, Facebook | Michael Risch, Villanova Law School |
| Hon. Paul Grewal, Northern District of California | Julie Samuels, Electronic Frontier Foundation |
| Andrew Hirschfeld, United States Patent and Trademark Office | Pam Samuelson, UC Berkeley School of Law |
| Heidi Keefe, Cooley LLP | Wendy Seltzer, Yale Law School |
| Amy Landers, McGeorge College of Law | Christal Sheppard, University of Nebraska College of Law |
| Ben Lee, Twitter | Ted Sichelman, University of San Diego School of Law |
| Mark Lemley, Stanford Law School | Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation |
| Brian Love, Santa Clara University School of Law | Jennifer Urban, UC Berkeley School of Law |
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Jason Mendelson, Foundry Group |
Samson Vermont, University of Miami School of Law |
| Peter Menell, UC Berkeley School of Law | Kent Walker, Google |
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To register, please visit alumnidirectory.scu.edu/netcommunity/HTLIFallConference