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Conference Schedule

August 6, 2008
7-9pm Informal Reception at Stanford Park Hotel

Day One - August 7, 2008
8:00am-8:45am Registration & Breakfast
8:45am-9:00 Welcome
9:00am-11:00am First Plenary Session
11:00am-11:30am Break
11:30am-1:00pm Breakout Session 1
1:00pm-2:30pm Lunch
2:30pm-4:00pm Breakout Session 2
4:00pm-4:30pm Break
4:30pm-5:40pm Breakout Session 3
Reception & Dinner - Stanford Law School, Courtyard

Day Two - August 8, 2008
8:15am-9:00am Breakfast
9:00am-10:30am Breakout Session 4
10:30am-11:00am Break
11:00am-12:30pm Breakout Session 5
12:30pm-2:00pm Lunch
2:00pm-3:30pm Breakout Session 6
3:30pm-4:00pm Break
4:00pm-5:30pm Final Plenary Session
Reception - Stanford Law School, Crocker Garden

August 7, 2008
Plenary 1
Breakout Sessions 1 | 2 | 3

August 8, 2008
Breakout Sessions 4 | 5 | 6
Plenary 2

Unable to Present

To be Scheduled

 

Presenters

Day One - August 7, 2008

Plenary 1 - Room 290

Modern Trademark Law and the Right to Make Derivative Works
Abstract
Mark McKenna
Notre Dame Law School

Rethinking the Patent System's Early Filing Doctrine
Abstract | Paper
Christopher Cotropia
University of Richmond School of Law

'Gift Failure' versus 'Market Failure'
Abstract
Wendy Gordon
Boston University School of Law

Reputation Regulation: Rationalizing Internet Intermediary Responsibility
Abstract | Paper
Frank Pasquale
Seton Hall

Breakout 1 - Day One

Copyright
Room 290

1.

Copyright Statutory Damages:
A Remedy in Need of Reform

Abstract
Tara Wheatland
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
Pamela Samuelson
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law

2.

The Social Contract and Authorship
Abstract | Paper
Alina Ng
Mississippi College School of Law

3.

Victorian Copyright Law Reform and the Royal Commission on Copyright
Abstract
Barbara Lauriat
University of Oxford

4.

Copyright Beyond the Right to Copy: Translations, Adaptations and Creative Reworking in 19th Century Law
Abstract
Maurizio Borghi
Brunel University Law School

Trademarks: Law & Economics
Room 280A

1.

Trademarks and the Cosean Firm
Abstract
Dan Burk
UC Irvine

2.

Search Costs in Trademark Law: What Are We Searching For And Have We Found It Yet?
Abstract
Laura Bradford
George Mason University School of Law

3.

The Linguistic and Trust Functions of Trademarks: Law and Economics Perspective
Abstract
Ariel Katz
University of Toronto

4.

Privatizing Trademarks
Abstract
Irina Manta
University of Chicago Law School

Patents
Room 190

1.

Ontology of Information and Its Lessons for Intellectual Property
Abstract
Zohar Efroni
Stanford Center for Internet and Society

2.

The Patent Conversation
Kristen Osenga
University of Richmond

3.

The Formal Structure of Patent Law and the Limits of Enablement
Abstract | Paper
Jeffrey Lefstin
University of California, Hastings College of the Law

4.

Competing Patent Perspectives: Towards A New Framework for Examining International Conflicts
Abstract | Paper
Cynthia Ho
Loyola University Chicago

IP & Property
Room 280B

1.

Between Competition and Piracy: In Search of Bentham's & Hand's Patent System
Abstract
Oskar Liivak
Cornell Law School

2.

Property Rhetoric and the Public Domain
Abstract | Paper
David Fagundes
Southwestern Law School

3.

Autonomy, Personhood and Technology
Abstract
Scott Boone
Appalachian School of Law

4.

Questions

Breakout 2 - Day One

Copyright & Technology
Room 290

1.

Copyright and Copy-Reliant Technologies
Abstract | Paper
Matthew Sag
DePaul University College of Law

2.

The Role of Copyright Policy in the Enforcement of Copyright Licenses, Information Contracts and Technical Protection Measures
Abstract
Chris Ridder
Stanford Law School

3.

Rethinking Anticircumvention's Interoperability Policy
Abstract | Paper
Aaron Perzanowski
UC Berkeley School of Law

4.

Copyright Existentialism: Technology and the Timing of Law-Making
Abstract
Ben Depoorter
University of Miami

International IP
Room 280A

1.

The TRIPs Enforcement Puzzle
Abstract
Peter Yu
Drake University Law School

2.

Emerging Strategies for Implementing TRIPS Obligations: A Case Study of India's Pharmaceutical Policy
Abstract
Amy Kapczynski
UC Berkeley School of Law

3.

Reimagining WIPO: A Global Administrative Law Approach to Emerging Innovation Paradigms
Abstract | Paper
Katherine Strandburg
DePaul University College of Law

4.

The Right of "Making Available" under the WIPO Copyright Treaty: Conformity or Confusion? A Comparative Common Law Analysis
Abstract
Mary Wong
Franklin Pierce Law Center

Patents: Scope
Room 190

1.

Ex Post Claiming
Abstract | Paper
Tun-Jen Chiang
George Mason University

2.

Limitations on the Scope of Biotechnology Patents
Abstract
Christopher Holman
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law

3.

Blocking Patents and the Scope of Claims
Abstract | Paper
Charles Adams
University of Tulsa College of Law

4.

The Reach of Literal Claim Scope into After-Arising Technology
Abstract | Paper
Kevin Collins
Indiana - Bloomington

IP & Culture (International Flavor)
Room 280B

1.

Catching a Korean Wave: Reinventing the Cultural Exception in a Copyright Ethos
Abstract
Sean Pager
Michigan State University College of Law

2.

Crossroads for China: Copyright and Fine Arts
Abstract | Paper
Marc Greenberg
Golden Gate University School of Law

3.

The Right to Culture: Reconciling IPRs and Article 15 of the ICESCR
Abstract
Molly Beutz
New York Law School

4.

iP: Making Our Culture
Abstract
Madhavi Sunder
University of Chicago Law School

Breakout 3 - Day One

Copyright: Traditional Contours
Room 290

1.

First Amendment Challenges to Copyright Laws: Beyond Kahle v. Gonzales and Golan v. Gonzales
Abstract | Paper
David Olson
Boston College Law School

2.

Finding Traditional Contours in the Common Law
Abstract | Paper
Brandy Karl
Stanford Law School

3.

Questions

IP & Creativity
Room 280A

1.

Does Law Inspire Creativity? An Empirical Analysis of Copyright's Bounty
Abstract
Raymond Ku
Case Western Reserve University School of Law

2.

Left Brain vs. Right Brain: Conflicting Conceptions of Creativity in Intellectual Property Law
Abstract
Gregory Mandel
Temple University--Beasley School of Law

3.

Ordinary Creativity in Patent Law: An Artist Within the Scientist
Abstract
Amy Landers
University of the Pacific/ McGeorge

Patents: Subject Matter
Room 190

1.

Illegal, Immoral, Unethical . . . Patentable? Issues in the Early Lives of Inventions
Abstract
Margo Bagley
University of Virginia School of Law

2.

Differing Conceptions of Trademark Infringement in the Virtual World and the Assumption of Multiple Parallelism
Abstract
Yee Fen Lim
National University of Singapore

3.

New Matter Isn't Always Bad: Overcoming the International Best Mode Problem by Liberalizing Amendment Practice
Abstract
Gary Pulsinelli
University of Tennessee College of Law

Social Norms & Alternate Incentives
Room 280B

1.

WikiOrder without WikiLaw? Creating Content without Reward or Repute
Abstract
Salil Mehra
Temple University

2.

Net-ordering: Conceptualizing Governance in Social Media
Abstract
Niva Elkin-Koren
Haifa Center for Law and Technology

3.

The Emergence of Intellectual Property Norms in Stand-Up Comedy
Abstract | Paper
Dotan Oliar
University of Virginia School of Law
Christopher Sprigman
University of Virginia School of Law

 

Day Two - August 8, 2008

Breakout 4 - Day Two

IP & the Courts
Room 280A

1.

Finding the Right Factfinder: The Judge-Jury Problem in Trademark Dilution
Abstract
David Welkowitz
Whittier Law School

2.

Should the Federal Circuit Be Its Own Lexicographer in Matters Concerning the Seventh Amendment?
Abstract
Eileen Herlihy
New England School of Law

3.

Patent Law Uniformity
Abstract
Lee Petherbridge
Loyola Law School

4.

No Speaker

IP & Government
Room 290

1.

The Political Economy of Intellectual Property
Abstract
Clarisa Long
Columbia Law School

2.

Mediating Public Choice Problems in the DMCA Safe Harbors
Jason Schultz
U.C. Berkeley School of Law

3.

The People's Trade Secrets
Abstract
David Levine
Charlotte School of Law

4.

Privacy, Free Speech and "Blurry-Edged" Social Networks
Abstract
Lauren Gelman
Stanford Law School

Patent Failure & Patent Reform
Room 190

1.

Taming the Doctrine of Equivalents in Light of Patent Failure
Abstract | Paper
Samson Vermont
George Mason Law

2.

Process as Purpose: Administrative Procedure, Costly Screens, and Examination at the Patent Office
Abstract | Paper
Jonathan Masur
University of Chicago Law School

3.

Patent Détente
Abstract
Colleen Chien
Santa Clara Law School

4.

Who Makes the Rules? Paying Attention to the Process of Patent Reform
Abstract | Paper
Liza Vertinsky
Emory University

IP & Culture
Room 280B

1.

Youthful Indiscretions and Digital Memory
Abstract
Anupam Chander
UC Davis

2.

Who are these People? New Generation Employees and Trade Secrets
Abstract
Elizabeth Rowe
University of Florida

3.

YouTube and Sharing: Competing Business and Cultural Models in the Digital Era
Abstract | Paper
Olufunmilayo Arewa
Northwestern University School of Law

4.

Learning to Live with Patents: Assessing the dynamic adaptation to the law by the scientific community
Abstract | Paper
Fiona Murray
MIT Sloan School

Breakout 5 - Day Two

First Amendment & Speech Protections
Room 280A

1.

Copyright and the First Amendment: Comrades, Combatants or Uneasy Allies?
Abstract
Joseph Bauer
Notre Dame Law School

2.

Copyright Harm and the First Amendment
Abstract
Christina Bohannan
University of Iowa College of Law

3.

When is a use in commerce a noncommercial use?
Abstract | Paper
Lee Ann Lockridge
LSU Law Center

4.

Free Speech and International Obligations to Protect Trademarks
Abstract
Lisa Ramsey
University of San Diego School of Law

Trademarks/
Reputation

Room 290

1.

Selling It First, Stealing It Back Later: Bankruptcy Cost To Trademarks
Abstract | Paper
Xuan-Thao Nguyen
SMU Dedman School of Law

2.

Marks of Rectitude: Fair Trade, Brand-based Regulation and New Global Governance
Abstract
Margaret Chon
Seattle University School of Law

3.

"Smithers, release the hounds": Adopting a new normative framework and analysis (safe harbor?) for dealing with copyright infringement by electronic agents
Abstract
Eran Kahana
Datacard Group

4.

The Economics of Reputational Information
Abstract
Eric Goldman
Santa Clara University School of Law

Empirical Studies
Room 190

1.

Is the Use of Patents Promoting the Creation of New Types of Securities?
Abstract | Paper
Stefania Fusco
Stanford Law School

2.

Patent Settlements Between Rival Drug Makers
Abstract
C. Scott Hemphill
Columbia Law School

3.

Under the Radar: Strategic Intellectual Property Litigation and the Enforcement
Abstract
William Gallagher
Golden Gate University School of Law

4.

Toward a Theory of Design Patent Protection
Abstract
Dennis Crouch
University of Missouri

Cross-Disciplinary IP
Room 280B

1.

Cops, Robbers, and Search Engines: The Role of Criminal Law in Contributory Infringement Doctrine
Abstract | Paper
Mark Bartholomew
SUNY Buffalo

2.

IP as Immigration Policy: The Economic Espionagae Act, Labor Markets, and the International Trade in Information
Abstract
Shubha Ghosh
University of Wisconsin--Madison

3.

Foreseeability and Copyright Incentives
Abstract | Paper
Shyam Balganesh
University of Chicago Law School

4.

The Third Party Problem: Possible Justifications for Protecting Information Outside of a Direct Relationship
Abstract
Sharon Sandeen
Hamline University School of Law

Breakout 6 - Day Two

IP & Structures of Sharing
Room 280A

1.

Constructing Commons in the Cultural Environment
Abstract | Paper
Michael Madison
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Brett Frischmann
Cornell Law School
Katherine Strandburg
DePaul University, College of Law

2.

Against Utopia: Sharing Economies in Innovation Markets
Abstract | Paper
Jonathan Barnett
USC School of Law

3.

Public Norms and Private Ordering: The Contractual Construction of a Basic Biomedical Research Commons
Abstract | Paper
Peter Lee
UC Davis School of Law

4.

Understanding Spillovers as Social Investments in the Capabilities of Others: Implications for Intellectual Property
Abstract
Brett Frischmann
Cornell Law School

Trade Secrets, Counterfeits, False Advertising
Room 290

1.

The Suprising Virtues of Treating Trade Secrets As IP Rights
Abstract | Paper
Mark Lemley
Stanford Law School

2.

Trade Secret Prices and High-Tech Devices: How Medical Device Manufacturers are Seeking to Sustain Profits by Propertizing Prices
Abstract | Paper
Annemarie Bridy
University of Idaho College of Law

3.

Counterfeits, Copying, Class and Confusion
Abstract
Ann Bartow
University of South Carolina School of Law

4.

Running the Gamut from A to B: Federal Trademark and False Advertising Law
Abstract
Rebecca Tushnet
Georgetown Law

Innovation Incentives
Room 190

1.

Hochschullehrerprivileg: A Modern Incarnation of the Professor's Privilege to Promote University to Industry Technology Transfer
Abstract
Dov Greenbaum
Stanford Law School

2.

Content Based Restrictions on Eligibility for Intellectual Property Protection and the First Amendment
Abstract
Brenda Simon
Stanford Law School

3.

The software patents thicket: a question of disclosure
Abstract
Rosa Maria Ballardini
HANKEN, Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration

4.

The Commercialization Interest in Intellectual Property Law
Abstract
Ted Sichelman
UC Berkeley School of Law

Cyberlaw
Room 280B

1.

The History of Information Services
Abstract
Susan Crawford
Univ. of Michigan Law School

2.

Regulating Search
Abstract
Viva Moffat
University of Denver College of Law

3.

Opting Out of the Internet in the United States and the European Union: Copyright, Safe Harbors, and International Law
Abstract
Hannibal Travis
Florida International University College of Law

4.

Online Privacy Principles: Lessons from Digital Copyright Law
Abstract
Jacqueline Lipton
Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Plenary 2 - Room 290

Copyright Through a Liberty Lens
Abstract | Paper
Jennifer Rothman
Loyola Law School

Patent and Antitrust: Differing Shades of Meaning
Abstract | Paper
Robin Feldman
U.C. Hastings

Pragmatism, Knowledge, Copyright
Abstract
David McGowan
University of San Diego

Unable to Present

Identity and Endorsement in Social Network Advertising
Abstract
William McGeveran
University of Minnesota Law School

ISP Network Management through Three Lenses--Lens II: Copyright Policy
Paul Ohm
University of Colorado Law School

Liberty, Property, & Intellectual Property
Mark Schultz
Southern Illinois University School of Law

Uniformity Cost Theory and the Bayh-Dole Act
Mike Mireles
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

Proposing Policy Limits on Government Marks, or Why I Love NY, But Hate "I (heart) NY®"
Abstract
Malla Pollack

Do We Place the Apes Near the Cats? -- Placing IP Infringement Remedies on the Map of the Remedies Zoo
Abstract
Charles Meyer
University of Pittsburgh

The Useless, Essential and Ordinary Dimensions of Patentable Subject Matter
Abstract
Eileen Kane
Penn State Dickinson School of Law

Copyright and Modernism: a Socio-Literary Economic Reading of Law
Elizabeth Townsend Gard
Tulane University Law School
W. Ron Gard
University of New Orleans

In the Shadow of Innovation
Abstract
Gaia Bernstein
Seton Hall Law School

Is There A Case For A Specialized Patent Trial Court? An Empirical Analysis
Abstract
Jay Kesan
University of Illinois College of Law
Gwendolyn G. Ball
University of Illinois College of Law

To Be Scheduled

Berkeley Center for Law & Technology Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law DePaul University College of Law Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology