The Future of Patent Reform
February 23, 2007
Saxbe Auditorium
Moritz College of Law
For the first time in more than 50 years, Congress is considering major reforms to the patent system. Reform bills and proposals have come on the heels of much criticism from businesses (including many in the technology and software industries), from legal commentators and practitioners, and even from parts of the federal government itself (including the Federal Trade Commission's 2003 Report, To Promote Innovation: The Proper Balance Between Competition and Patent Law and Policy).
But is the patent system really in need of major reforms? If so, what should those reforms entail? This symposium examines these questions and "The Future of Patent Reform" in the United States. The symposium will bring together representatives from business, government, law practice, legal academia, and the nonprofit and university sectors, in an effort to address some of the most important questions for our patent system and innovation today.
The Future of Patent Reform is cosponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Law and Policy Studies and I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society.
CLE Credit
This course has been approved by the Supreme Court of Ohio for 5.00 total CLE hour(s), with 0.00 of ethics, 0.00 of professionalism and 0.00 of substance abuse instruction. For questions regarding CLE credit or symposium registration, please contact Cicely Tingle, I/S Executive Editor, at (614) 292-6003 or via e-mail at tingle.1@osu.edu.
For more information, contact:
Sol Bermann, J.D., CIPP
Associate Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Law and Policy Studies
Managing Editor, I/S: a Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society
Moritz College of Law
The Ohio State University
bermann.1@osu.edu | (614) 688-4192