[Patents] Lawyers organising swpat seminar under name of Oracle

[PILCH Hartmut phm@a2e.de]

Here a group of patent lawyers is co-organising a seminar with Orcacle
Corp.  Oracle is represented by patent lawyers, and all the other speakers
are lawyers as well.  In this case I would expect Oracle to appear as
rather pro-swpat (usually how a company appears on this issue is a matter
of what department is allowed to represent them), but the agenda still
seems to be giving ample room to swpat-critical viewpoints.

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                George Washington University National Law Center
                                October 27, 2000

                                Lyon & Lyon  LLP 
                                      and
                               Oracle Corporation 
                                    present

                          E-COMMERCE AND E-QUIVALANCE:
                      THE PROPER SCOPE OF INTERNET PATENTS


9:00    Welcome                 Steven J. Trachtenberg, President, 
                                    George Washington University
                                Sanjay Prasad, Chief Patent Counsel, 
                                    Oracle Corporation
                                James T. Carmichael, Partner, 
                                    Lyon & Lyon LLP

Academic Grant Winners

9:10    Introduction            Professor Martin J. Adelman, 
                                    George Washington University
                                    National Law Center Conference Chair

9:20    E-Commerce              Professor Vincent Chiappetta, 
        Patent Land Grab            Willamette University College of Law
                                    Oracle/Lyon & Lyon grant winner

9:45    Internet Patents:       Professor Margo Bagley,
        Obvious By Analogy          Emory University School of Law
                                    Oracle/Lyon & Lyon grant winner 

10:10   E-Obviousness           Professor Glynn Lunney,
                                    Tulane University School of Law 
                                    Oracle/Lyon & Lyon grant winner

        
10:35   Academic Critique       Professor Jay Kesan,
                                    University of Illinois Law School
                                Professor Mark D. Janis,
                                    University of Illinois Law School
                                Professor Toshiko Takenaka,
                                    Univ. of Washington Law School

10:50   Panel Discussion        led by Professor Adelman
        with Audience

11:30   LUNCH BREAK (on your own)               

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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Perspective On Internet Patents        

1:00    Introduction

1:05    The Proper Scope        Hon. Q. Todd Dickenson, Director, 
        of Internet                 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
        Patents

1:25    Examination of          Hon. Stephen Kunin, Assistant Commissioner
        Business Method             U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
        Patents

1:45    Q & A   
1:55    Break



The Doctrine of Equivalence in Court

2:00    Introduction

2:15    The Doctrine of         Hon. Paul R. Michel, U.S. Court of Appeals
        Equivalents                 for the Federal Circuit
        after Festo

2:30    View From the           Robert W. Dickerson, Managing Partner,
        Trenches:                   Lyon & Lyon LLP
        Litigating the
        Doctrine of Equivalents

2:45    Recommendations for     Nancy J. Linck, Chief Patent Counsel,
        The Evolution of            Guilford Pharmaceuticals
        the Doctrine of
        Equivalents

3:00    Panel Discussion        
3:25    Break



The Future of E-Quivalance 

3:35    Introduction            James T. Carmichael, Partner
                                    Lyon & Lyon LLP

3:40    Software Patents        Sanjay Prasad, Chief Patent Counsel,
                                    Oracle Corporation

3:55    E-Commerce patents      Jeffrey Brandt, Esq., patent counsel,
                                    Priceline.com

4:10    Internet patents        John Albright, patent counsel,
                                    Network Solutions, Inc.

4:25    Panel Discussion

4:50    Wrap-up                 Professor Adelman 

5:00    Reception               Sponsored by Lyon & Lyon LLP and
                                    The Oracle Corporation