Final Program
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
9 a.m. — Opening Remarks
- Dean David Walker, Dwight D. Opperman Distinguished Professor of Law, Drake University Law School
- Daniel Jacobi, Esq., Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
9:15 a.m. — Biotechnology and Patents
- Chair: Prof. David Schwartz, John Marshall Law School
- Speakers: Prof. Daniel R. Cahoy, Smeal College of Business, Penn State University, “Patent Ownership and Consolidation in Essential Biofuel Technology”
- Prof. Christopher M. Holman, UMKC School of Law, “Recent Developments Restricting the Effective Scope of Biotechnological Patents”
- Prof. Mark D. Janis, H. Blair and Joan V. White Chair in Intellectual Property Law, University of Iowa College of Law
- Dr. Stephen Smith, Research Fellow in Germplasm Security, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., “Technological Change and the Design of Plant Variety Protection Regimes”
- Prof. F. Scott Kieff, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, “Recent SCT Cases Frustrating the Economics of IP Transactions”
11:15 a.m. Coffee Break
11:30 a.m. Biotechnology, Science and Ethics
- Chair: Prof. Rebecca M. Bratspies, CUNY School of Law
- Speakers: Prof. Margo A. Bagley, Class of 1941 Research Professor, University of Virginia School of Law, “Illegal, Immoral, Unethical Patentable? Issues in the Early Lives of Inventions”
- Prof. Gregory N. Mandel, Temple University Beasley School of Law, “Towards Reconciliation in Technology Wars”
- Prof. Andrew W. Torrance, University of Kansas School of Law, “Patent Monopolies as a New Locus of Concern About Genetically Modified Organisms”
- Prof. Clark Wolf, Director, Bioethics Program, Iowa State University, “Ethical Issues in Gene Patents”
1:15 p.m. Lunch
2:30 p.m. — Biotechnology and the Global Market
- Chair: Prof. Peter K. Yu, Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law & Director, Intellectual Property Law Center, Drake University Law School
- Speakers: Andrew Bentham, Esq., Partner, J.A. Kemp & Co. (United Kingdom), “The European Perspectives on Plant Biotechnology”
- Dr. Nuno Pires de Carvalho, Acting Director, Division for Legislation, Public Policy and Development, World Intellectual Property Organization, “The implementation of Article 27.3(b) of the TRIPS Agreement: The Experience and the Challenges”
- Dr. Victoria Henson-Apollonio, Senior Scientist and Manager, Central Advisory Service on Intellectual Property, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), “Experiences from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research”
- Prof. Yahong Li, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, “Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Patenting in China”
- Prof. Srividhya Ragavan, University of Oklahoma School of Law, “India’s Patent Path”
- Prof. V.C. Vivekanandan, MHRD IP Chair Professor and Head, Centre for IP Law Studies, NALSAR University of Law (India), “Indian IP Regime for Biotech Inventions”
4:30 p.m. — Closing Remarks
4:45 p.m. — Conference Adjourned
List of Confirmed Participants
- Prof. Margo A. Bagley, Class of 1941 Research Professor, University of Virginia School of Law
- Andrew Bentham, Esq., Partner, J.A. Kemp & Co., United Kingdom
- Prof. Rebecca M. Bratspies, CUNY School of Law
- Prof. Charisse Buising, Director, Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology Program, Drake University
- Prof. Daniel R. Cahoy, Smeal College of Business, Penn State University
- Steve Callistein, Esq., Senior Intellectual Property Counsel, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
- Dr.
Nuno Pires de Carvalho, Acting Director, Division for Legislation,
Public Policy and Development, World Intellectual Property Organization - Daniel J. Cosgrove, Esq., Intellectual Property Group Leader, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
- Cassie J. Edgar, Esq., Intellectual Property Counsel, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
- Prof. Robin Feldman, U.C. Hastings College of the Law
- Louise A. Foutch, Esq., Senior Intellectual Property Counsel, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
- Troy A. Groetken, Esq., Partner, McAndrews, Held & Malloy Ltd.
- Prof. Richard Gold, Director, Centre for Intellectual Property Policy, McGill University Faculty of Law
- Prof.
Neil D. Hamilton, Dwight D. Opperman Distinguished Professor of Law
& Director, Agricultural Law Center, Drake University Law School - Dr.
Victoria Henson-Apollonio, Senior Scientist and Manager, Central
Advisory Service on Intellectual Property, Consultative Group on
International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) - Prof. Christopher M. Holman, UMKC School of Law
- Daniel Jacobi, Esq., Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
- Prof. Mark D. Janis, H. Blair and Joan V. White Chair in Intellectual Property Law, University of Iowa College of Law
- Donna E. Johns, Esq., Intellectual Property Portfolio Manager, Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
- Prof. F. Scott Kieff, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
- Jeffrey I.D. Lewis, Esq., Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
- Prof. Yahong Li, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
- Prof. Doris E. Long, Chair, Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Privacy Group, John Marshall Law School
- Prof. Gregory N. Mandel, Temple University Beasley School of Law
- Heidi S. Nebel, Esq., Partner, McKee, Voorhees & Sease
- Elizabeth A. Nelson, Esq., Vice President & General Counsel, Kemin Industries, Inc.
- Prof. Srividhya Ragavan, University of Oklahoma School of Law
- Dana
Rewoldt, Esq., Senior Patent Attorney, Syngenta Seeds, Inc. Joseph B.
Saluri, Esq., Vice President & General Counsel, Stine Seed Co. - Prof. David Schwartz, John Marshall Law School
- Edmund J. Sease, Esq., Partner, McKee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC
- Dr. Stephen Smith, Research Fellow in Germplasm Security, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
- Prof. Andrew W. Torrance, University of Kansas School of Law
- Prof. V.C. Vivekanandan, MHRD IP Chair Professor & Head, Centre for IP Law Studies, NALSAR University of Law (India)
- Prof. Clark Wolf, Director, Bioethics Program, Iowa State University
- Dr. Michael Yates, Esq.
- Prof. Meishen Zhang, Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Science (China)