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Ideas
into Action: Implementing Reform of the Patent
System
April 15
and 16, 2004
Begins
at 12:00 p.m. PST with a press conference and press
tutorial at the Bancroft Hotel in Berkeley, CA
On
April 15 and 16, 2004, the Federal
Trade Commission, the National Academy of Sciences
(NAS), and the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology
will co-sponsor a conference to address patent reform
and how it might be implemented. The event will
bring together government officials, business representatives,
scholars, lawyers, and leading members of the patent
community to discuss the most significant recommendations
of two recent reports on patent reform – one
from the FTC and one from the NAS that will be issued
the week of April 12. In October 2003, the FTC issued
a report on how to promote innovation by finding
the proper balance of competition and patent law
and policy. The FTC report contained ten recommendations
to reform the patent system, including legislative
and regulatory changes to improve patent quality.
FTC Commissioner Mozelle W. Thompson and Deputy
General Counsel for Policy Studies Susan S. DeSanti
will participate in the conference, along with government
representatives from the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office and the European Patent Office. Industry
participants include representatives from CISCO,
Chiron, eBay, Eli Lilly, Genentech, Google, Inflexion
Point Strategy, Intel, and Microsoft. Representatives
from the American Intellectual Property Law Association,
the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law, and
the Intellectual Property Owners Association also
will participate.
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