Friday, February 12, 2010
Noon Pound Hall, Room 213
Patent Policy and Innovation
This panel will focus on how patent law affects various industries differently. The pharmaceutical and high-tech industries offer perhaps the most vivid examples of this divergence. The panel will also discuss whether patent law currently is or should be technology specific. Finally, the panel will also explore which institutional actor is in the best position to craft substantive patent law to promote innovation policy. Judge Sharon Prost of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Dan Burk, and Clarisa Long are among the panelist who will offer their observations on these challenging issues. Moderated by Melissa Wasserman.
Co-sponsored with the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard
Debating the ethical and legal limits of re-engineering human biology
