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Schedule

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Important Dates | Day One | Day Two | Plenary Sessions: 1  2 | Breakout Sessions: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8

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WELCOME RECEPTION: Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Berghoff Restaurant - Lower Level WEST Room

17 Adams St. - 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

DAY ONE: Thursday, August 11, 2011

1 East Jackson Boulevard
DePaul Conference Center - 8th floor

Registration and Continental Breakfast - Foyer Outside of Room 8005: 8:00 a.m. - 8:25 a.m.

First Breakout Session: 8:25 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Room 8005 IP Theory Video	Room 8010 Patents and Related Law Video	Room 8002 Cyberlaw Video	Room 8009 Patents and Empirical Work Video
Peter S. Menell University of California at Berkeley School of Law Michael Meurer Boston University School of Law Abstract - Notice Externalities and Development of Intangible Resources	Arti K. Rai Duke University School of Law Abstract - Patent Validity Across the Executive Branch: The Case of the Life Sciences	Peter P. Swire The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law Abstract - Encryption and Globalization Paper - Encryption and Globalization	John M. Golden University of Texas School of Law Abstract - Patent-Infringement Injunctions' Scope Paper - Patent-Infringement Injunctions' Scope Power Point - Patent-Infringement Injunctions' Scope
Salil K. Mehra Temple University Beasley School of Law Abstract - Taylorism, Human Relations and User Dynamism	T. J. Chiang George Mason University School of Law Abstract - The Reciprocity of Search Paper - The Reciprocity of Search	Marketa Trimble University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law Abstract - The Future of Cybertravel Power Point - The Future of Cybertravel	Stefania Fusco UNH School of Law Abstract - The IPCom Case and The Factors that Promote Patent Trolls’ Activity
Brett Frischmann Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Abstract - The Shortcomings of Pursuing Optimality	Joshua Sarnoff DePaul University College of Law Abstract - Constitutional Hard Limits on the Patent Power	Eric C. Chaffee The University of Dayton School of Law Abstract - Securities Regulation in Cyberspace: The Application of Securities Law to Virtual Worlds	Stefan Bechtold ETH Zürich Lea Cassar University of Zurich Holger Herz University of Zurich Abstract - Do Patents and Trade Secrets Foster or Harm Innovation? Experimental Evidence
Robert P. Merges University of California at Berkeley School of Law Abstract - Justifying Intellectual Property Paper - Justifying Intellectual Property Power Point - Justifying Intellectual Property	Yaniv Heled Georgia State University College of Law Abstract - Patents vs. Statutory Exclusivities in Biological Pharmaceuticals—Do We Really Need Both? Paper - Patents vs. Statutory Exclusivities in Biological Pharmaceuticals—Do We Really Need Both? Power Point - Patents vs. Statutory Exclusivities in Biological Pharmaceuticals—Do We Really Need Both?	David S. Levine Elon University School of Law Abstract - The Social Layer of Freedom of Information Law	Chester S. Chuang Golden Gate University School of Law Abstract - Offensive Venue: Exposing the Curiously Ineffective Use of Declaratory Relief to Forum Shop in Patent Litigation

Break: 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Second Breakout Session: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Room 8005 Copyright Theory Video	Room 8010 Copyright Theory Video	Room 8002 IP Theory Video	Room 8009 IP, Ethics & Morality Video
Justin Hughes Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Abstract - A Short History of “Intellectual Property” in Relation to Copyright	Peter DiCola Northwestern University School of Law Matthew Sag Loyola University Chicago School of Law Abstract - Government Responses to Large-Scale Copyright Disputes	Mark P. McKenna University of Notre Dame Law School Mark A. Lemley Stanford Law School Abstract - Undefined Markets in IP Cases	Zahr Said University of Washington School of Law Abstract - Copyright Law and The Ethics of Non-Fiction
Edward Lee Chicago-Kent College of Law Abstract - Copyright, Death, and Taxes	Samson Vermont University of Miami School of Law Abstract - The Sine Qua Non of Copyright Is Uniqueness, not Originality	Christopher B. Seaman Chicago-Kent College of Law Abstract - Toward an Optimal Regime for Joint Ownership of Intellectual Property	Alina Ng Mississippi College School of Law Abstract - Copyright and Moral Norms Paper - Copyright and Moral Norms
Eric A. Priest University of Oregon School of Law Abstract - Copyright, Scholarship, and Institutional Open-Access Mandates	Irina D. Manta Brooklyn Law School Abstract - Cognitive Calibration for the Reasonably Biased Man: Objective Tests, Jury Effects, and the Copyright Dilemma	Betsy Rosenblatt Whittier Law School Abstract - IP's Negative Space: Beyond the Utilitarian	Jeremy N. Sheff St. John's University School of Law Abstract - Marks, Morals, and Markets
Eva E. Subotnik St. John’s University School of Law June M. Besek Columbia Law School Abstract - Constitutional Obstacles?: Reconsidering Copyright Protection for Pre-1972 Sound Recordings	Michal Shur-Ofry Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law Abstract - Hatch-Waxmanizing Copyright Paper - Hatch-Waxmanizing Copyright	Ofer Tur-Sinai Ono Academic College (Israel) Abstract - User Rights in Patent Law Power Point - User Rights in Patent Law	Sam Han The University of Dayton School of Law Abstract - The Unenforceability of Gene-Related Patents for Yale, Emory, UPenn, Columbia and NYU

Lunch and First Plenary Session (11th Floor Dining Room): 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Video

Current Copyright Concerns and Theory

Matthew Sag
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Abstract - Predicting Fair Use: An Empirical Study of Copyright’s Fair Use Doctrine
Paper - Predicting Fair Use: An Empirical Study of Copyright’s Fair Use Doctrine
Power Point - Predicting Fair Use: An Empirical Study of Copyright’s Fair Use Doctrine

Haochen Sun
The University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law
Abstract - Fair Use as a Collective User Right

Ariel Katz
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Abstract - What Antitrust Law Can (and Cannot) Teach about the First Sale Doctrine

James Grimmelmann
New York Law School
Abstract - A Bridge Too Far: Google Books and the Limits of Class Action Law
Paper - A Bridge Too Far: Google Books and the Limits of Class Action Law
Power Point - A Bridge Too Far: Google Books and the Limits of Class Action Law

Break: 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Third Breakout Session: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Room 8005 International and Human Rights Video	Room 8010 Patentable Subject Matter Video	Room 8002 Copyright Subject Matter Video	Room 8009 Standards, Contracts, and Antitrust Video
Doris Estelle Long The John Marshall Law School Abstract - The Continuation of the Geographic Boundaries of Empire in the New Digital Order	Robin Feldman University of California Hastings College of the Law Abstract - Whose Body Is It Anyway? Human Cells & The Strange Effects of Property & Intellectual Property Law Paper - Whose Body Is It Anyway? Human Cells & The Strange Effects of Property & Intellectual Property Law	Olufunmilayo B. Arewa University of California, Irvine School of Law Abstract - Writing Rights: Performance, Creativity, and Copyright’s Visual Bias	Jay P. Kesan University of Illinois College of Law Rajiv Shah University of Illinois at Chicago Abstract - Lost in Translation: Interoperability Issues in Open Standards Paper - Lost in Translation: Interoperability Issues for Open Standards
Peter K. Yu Drake University Law School Abstract - ACTA and Its Complex Politics	Christopher M. Holman University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law Abstract - Will Gene Patents Impede Whole Genome Sequencing?: Deconstructing the Myth That 20% of the Human Genome Is Patented Paper - Will Gene Patents Impede Whole Genome Sequencing?: Deconstructing the Myth That 20% of the Human Genome Is Patented	Ann Bartow Pace Law School Abstract - Copyright Law and the Commoditization of Sex Paper - Copyright Law and the Commoditization of Sex Power Point - Copyright Law and the Commoditization of Sex	Juha Vesala Department of Private Law, University of Helsinki Abstract - Antitrust Regulation of Cumulative Innovation: Treatment of Grantbacks as an Example of the Benefits and Risks of Ex Ante Contracting
David S. Welkowitz Whittier Law School Abstract - Creating Intellectual Property Rights from Human Rights: The Example of the European Human Rights Convention Paper - Creating Intellectual Property Rights from Human Rights: The Example of the European Human Rights Convention	Andrew Chin University of North Carolina School of Law Abstract - Essential Causation and the Metaphysics of Patent Law’s Abstract-Ideas Exclusion Paper - Essential Causation and the Metaphysics of Patent Law’s Abstract-Ideas Exclusion Power Point - Essential Causation and the Metaphysics of Patent Law’s Abstract-Ideas Exclusion	Christopher Buccafusco Chicago-Kent College of Law Abstract - Making Sense of Intellectual Property	Richard Li-dar Wang National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Abstract - Deviated, Unsound, and Self-Retreating: A Critical Assessment of Princo v. ITC en banc Decision Paper - Deviated, Unsound, and Self-Retreating: A Critical Assessment of Princo v. ITC en banc Decision Power Point - Deviated, Unsound, and Self-Retreating: A Critical Assessment of Princo v. ITC en banc Decision
Elizabeth A. Rowe University of Florida Levin College of Law Abstract - If the Dress Fits, Hire Him: Exploring the Intersection of Intellectual Property and Employment Discrimination Law	Ann McCrackin University of New Hampshire School of Law Abstract - Making the Abstract Clearer after Bilski v. Kappos	Bruce E. Boyden Marquette University Law School Abstract - The Game in the Machine: Copyright in the Middle Ground Between Players and Video Games	Jorge L. Contreras American University Washington College of Law Abstract - An Empirical Study of Ex Ante Licensing Behavior in the Development of Voluntary Technical Standards

Break: 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Fourth Breakout Session: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Room 8005 Empirical Work Video	Room 8010 Patent Litigation and Empirical Work Video	Room 8002 IP Litigation and Theory Video	Room 8009 Patent Litigation and Theory Video
Jamie Lund St. Mary's University School of Law Abstract - An Empirical Examination of the Lay Listener Test in Music Composition Copyright Infringement Paper - An Empirical Examination of the Lay Listener Test in Music Composition Copyright Infringement Power Point - An Empirical Examination of the Lay Listener Test in Music Composition Copyright Infringement	Colleen Chien Santa Clara University School of Law Abstract - Predicting Patent Litigation	David O. Taylor Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law Abstract - Misjoinder - The Next Battleground	Paul R. Gugliuzza University of Florida Levin College of Law Abstract - Rethinking Federal Circuit Jurisdiction
Andrew W. Torrance The University of Kansas School of Law Abstract - Design Beauty In The Eye Of The Judicial Beholder	Michael Risch Villanova University School of Law Abstract - Patent Troll Myths Paper - Patent Troll Myths	Susan M. Richey University of New Hampshire School of Law Abstract - The Troubling Role of Federal Registration in Proving Intellectual Property Crimes	Anna B. Laakmann The Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law Abstract - Pragmatic Patent Adjudication Paper - Pragmatic Patent Adjudication Power Point - Pragmatic Patent Adjudication
David S. Abrams University of Pennsylvania Law School R. Polk Wagner University of Pennsylvania Law School Abstract - Who has Priority? An Empirical Exploration of the First to File Rule Paper - Who has Priority? An Empirical Exploration of the First to File Rule	Michael J. Burstein Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Abstract - Patent Standing	Nahoko Ono Columbia Law School Abstract - Secured Transaction in IP	Amelia Smith Rinehart University of Utah S. J. Quinney College of Law Abstract - Patent Cases and Jurisdiction Controversies
Michael J. Mazzeo Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management Jonathan Hillel Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Samantha Zyontz George Mason University School of Law Abstract - Innovation and the Patent System: The Role of Patent Infringement Awards	David L. Schwartz Chicago-Kent College of Law Abstract - Contingent Representation in Patent Litigation	William Gallagher Golden Gate University School of Law Abstract - The IP Law Disputing Process: Strategic Enforcement of Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Claims	Lisa Larrimore Ouellette Yale Law School Abstract - Do Patents Disclose Useful Information? Paper - Do Patents Disclose Useful Information?

Dinner at the Art Institute of Chicago, The Millennium Park Room: 6:30 p.m.

DAY TWO: Friday, August 12, 2011

Breakfast: 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Fifth Breakout Session: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Room 8005 Patent Theory Video	Room 8010 Remedies Video	Room 8002 Trademark-Copyright Theory Video	Room 8009 IP Theory and History Video
Mark D. Janis Indiana University Maurer School of Law Timothy R. Holbrook Emory University School of Law Abstract - Patent Law's Audience	Sarah R. Wasserman Rajec The George Washington University Law School Abstract - Tailoring Remedies To Spur Innovation Paper - Tailoring Remedies To Spur Innovation	Jacqueline D. Lipton Case Western Reserve University School of Law John Tehranian Southwestern Law School Abstract - Derivative Works 2.0	Dmitry Karshtedt Stanford Law School Abstract - Did Learned Hand Get It Wrong?: The Questionable Patent Forfeiture Rule of Metallizing Engineering Co. v. Kenyon Bearing & Auto Parts Co. Paper - Did Learned Hand Get It Wrong?: The Questionable Patent Forfeiture Rule of Metallizing Engineering Co. v. Kenyon Bearing & Auto Parts Co.
Richard S. Gruner The John Marshall Law School Abstract - Why We Need A Strong Patent System and When: Filling The Void Left by the Bilski Case Paper - Why We Need A Strong Patent System and When: Filling The Void Left by the Bilski Case	Bernard Chao University of Denver Sturm College of Law Abstract - Toward an Infringement Continuum Power Point - Toward an Infringement Continuum	Laura A. Heymann William & Mary Law School Abstract - A Name I Call Myself: Creativity and Naming	Felix Wu Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Abstract - The Law of Inducement
Cynthia Ho Loyola University Chicago School of Law Abstract - Patents versus Patients: The Importance and Impact of Social Cognition	Karen E. Sandrik Florida State University College of Law Abstract - Reframing Patent Remedies	Amanda Compton Charleston School of Law Abstract - N.I.G.G.A., Slumdog, Heeb, and Dyke: Reconsidering Disparaging Trademarks in a Post-Racial Era Power Point - N.I.G.G.A., Slumdog, Heeb, and Dyke: Reconsidering Disparaging Trademarks in a Post-Racial Era	Liam O'Melinn Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law Abstract - The Mythology of Common-Law Copyright Paper - The Mythology of Common-Law Copyright
Glynn S. Lunney, Jr. Tulane University School of Law Christian Johnson Tulane University School of Law Abstract - Not So Obvious After All: Patent’s Nonobviousness Requirement, KSR, and the Fear of Hindsight Bias Power Point - Not So Obvious After All: Patent’s Nonobviousness Requirement, KSR, and the Fear of Hindsight Bias	Ted Sichelman University of San Diego School of Law Abstract - Purging Patent Law of ‘Private Law’ Remedies Paper - Purging Patent Law of ‘Private Law’ Remedies	Viva R. Moffat University of Denver Sturm College of Law Abstract - The Copyright Professor as Reader: Unauthorized Sequels, Copyright Law, and Trademark Concerns	Robert A. Heverly Albany Law School Abstract - The First One Hundred Years of Copyright in the Supreme Court (1834-1933): The Lost Cases

Break: 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Sixth Breakout Session: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Room 8005 Trademark Theory and Empirical Work Video	Room 8010 Patent Theory Video	Room 8002 Telecommunication and Digital Rights Video	Room 8009 IP Theory Video
Barton Beebe New York University School of Law Abstract - Is the Trademark Office a Rubber Stamp? Paper - Is the Trademark Office a Rubber Stamp?	Amy L. Landers University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law Abstract - A Promising Field of Endeavor: A Grounded Approach to Patentability		Tonya M. Evans Widener University School of Law - Harrisburg Abstract - Sampling Patent to Remix Copyright
Jake Linford Florida State University College of Law Abstract - Controlled Transformation and the Alchemy of Trademark Protection	Jason Rantanen University of Iowa College of Law Abstract - Peripheral Disclosure Power Point - Peripheral Disclosure	Randal C. Picker The University of Chicago Law School Abstract - Where did the World Series Go?: Retransmission Consent and the Propertization of Broadcast Signals	Harry Surden University of Colorado Law School Abstract - Computable Contracts in Intellectual Property Law
William McGeveran University of Minnesota Law School Mark P. McKenna University of Notre Dame Law School Abstract - Trademark Defenses That Aren't	William Hubbard University of Baltimore School of Law Abstract - Competitive Patent Law	Thomas C. Folsom Regent University School of Law Abstract - The Magician’s Horse: Designing Code and Other Laws Beyond Cyberspace	Brenda M. Simon Thomas Jefferson School of Law Abstract - The Implications of Cognitive Enhancement on Obviousness
Lisa P. Ramsey University of San Diego School of Law Abstract - What the United States Can Learn From Australian Trade Mark Law	Andres Sawicki The University of Chicago Law School Abstract - Better Mistakes in Patent Law	Lital Helman Columbia Law School Gideon Parchomovsky University of Pennsylvania Law School Abstract - The Best Available Technology Standard Paper - The Best Available Technology Standard Power Point - The Best Available Technology Standard	Jessica Silbey Suffolk University Law School Abstract - 'Making a Living and Making Do' and 'Legal Instruction': Two Stages in the Harvesting of Intellectual Property, Anaylsis of a Qualitative Empirical Study

Lunch and Second Plenary Session (11th Floor Dining Room): 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Video

Current Patent Concerns and Theory

Kevin Emerson Collins
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
Abstract - Minding the Template in Prometheus Laboratories: A Fuller Account of the Costs of Determine-and-Infer Claims

Gaia Bernstein
Seton Hall University School of Law
Abstract - Patent Law, Technological Dissemination and the Forgotten Non-Creative User

Oskar Liivak
Cornell University Law School
Abstract - Rebranding the Patent System: A Market for Inventions, Not Exclusion for Incentives

Jonathan Masur
The University of Chicago Law School
Anup Malani
University of Chicago Law School
Abstract - Two-Part Pricing and the True Cost of Patents
Power Point - Two-Part Pricing and the True Cost of Patents

Break: 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Seventh Breakout Session: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Room 8005 Patent Claiming Video	Room 8010 Exhaustion and License Video	Room 8002 Fair Use and the Web Video	Room 8009 Patent Liability and Reform Video
Shine Tu West Virginia University College of Law Abstract - Unluck of the Draw: An Empirical Study of Examiner Allowance Rates	M. Scott Boone Appalachian School of Law Abstract - Virtual Property and Copyright: Taking the First Sale Doctrine into the Cloud	Michael D. Murray Valparaiso University School of Law Abstract - What Is Transformative? An Explanatory Synthesis of the Convergence of Transformation and Predominant Purpose in Copyright Fair Use Law Paper - The Convergence of Transformation and Predominant Purpose as the Prevailing Tests for Copyright Fair Use, Right of Publicity Fair Use, and First Amendment Censorship of Artistic Expression	Lucas S. Osborn Campbell University School of Law Abstract - An Infringing “Offer to Sell” in a Global Economy
Jonas Anderson American University, Washington College of Law Peter S. Menell University of California at Berkeley School of Law Abstract - Patent Claim Construction Database Project: Federal Circuit 2000-2010	Yvette Joy Liebesman Saint Louis University School of Law Benjamin Wilson Abstract - Trademark Exhaustion in Cyberspace	Tracy Reilly University of Dayton School of Law Abstract - Good Fences Make Good Neighboring Rights: The German Federal Court Rules on the Digital Sampling of Sound Recordings in Metall auf Metall Paper - Good Fences Make Good Neighboring Rights: The German Federal Court Rules on the Digital Sampling of Sound Recordings in Metall auf Metall Power Point - Good Fences Make Good Neighboring Rights: The German Federal Court Rules on the Digital Sampling of Sound Recordings in Metall auf Metall	W. Keith Robinson Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law Abstract - Joint Infringement and the Future of Interactive Methods and System Patents
Eileen M. Herlihy New England Law | Boston Abstract - Patenting Function	Christopher Newman George Mason University School of Law Abstract - “What Exactly Are You Implying?”: Rethinking the Legal Basis for Implied Copyright Licenses	David A. Simon Harvard Law School Abstract - An Analysis of Fair Use Decisions Under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy Paper - An Analysis of Fair Use Decisions Under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy	Brian J. Love Stanford Law School Abstract - Timing is Everything: Could Shortening the Patent Term Decimate Trolls Without Harming Innovators? Paper - Timing is Everything: Could Shortening the Patent Term Decimate Trolls Without Harming Innovators?
Kristen Osenga University of Richmond School of Law Abstract - The Shape of Things to Come: What We Can Learn From Patent Claim Length Paper - The Shape of Things to Come: What We Can Learn From Patent Claim Length	Aaron K. Perzanowski Wayne State University Law School Jason M. Schultz University of California at Berkeley School of Law Abstract - Copyright Exhaustion And The Personal Use Dilemma	Daniela Simone University of Oxford Abstract - Copyright or Copyleft? Wikipedia as a Turning Point for Authorship Power Point - Copyright or Copyleft? Wikipedia as a Turning Point for Authorship	Benjamin P. Liu The John Marshall Law School Abstract - The Patent System in a World of Limited Resources

Break: 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Eighth Breakout Session: 4:30 p.m. - 5:40 p.m.

Room 8005 Invention/ Teaching Video	Room 8002 IP Clause and 1st Amendment Video	Room 8009 Institutions Video
Eric E. Johnson University of North Dakota School of Law Abstract - Intellectual Property and the Incentive Fallacy Paper - Intellectual Property and the Incentive Fallacy	Jeanne C. Fromer Fordham University School of Law Abstract - The Dormant IP Clause	Jennifer Carter-Johnson Michigan State University College of Law Abstract - Special Problems Incentivizing Disclosure of Inventions by Non-Faculty Inventors
Ira S. Nathenson St. Thomas University School of Law Abstract - Best Practices for the Law of the Horse: Teaching Cyberlaw (and Law) with Online Role-Playing Simulations	David Ardia University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill School of Law Abstract - Speech Unjoined	Liza Vertinsky Emory University School of Law Abstract - Lost in Translation: University Technology Transfer Failures
Mark A. Lemley Stanford Law School Abstract - The Myth of the Lone Inventor	Marc H. Greenberg Golden Gate University School of Law Abstract - Comics, Courts and Controversy: A Case Study of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Paper - Comics, Courts and Controversy: A Case Study of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund	Jenny Lynn Sheridan Columbia Law School Abstract - Rescuing the Intellectual Commons: “Fair Access” Right for Public Libraries

Farewell Reception - Foyer outside of Room 8005: 5:40 p.m. - 7:00p.m.