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2006 Mid-Year Meeting

Workshop on Intellectual Property
June 14-16, 2006
Vancouver, British Columbia

Program

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

1:45 – 2:00 p.m.
Welcome
Judith C. Areen, Georgetown University and AALS President

Introduction
Alfred Chueh-Chin Yen, Boston College and Chair,Planning Committee for AALS Workshop on Intellectual Property -view welcome-

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Plenary Session: Constitutional Law and Intellectual Property
Paul J. Heald, University of Georgia -view abstract-
Alex Kozinski, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, Pasadena, California
William Michael Treanor, Fordham University -view outline-
Diane Leenheer Zimmerman, New York University -view abstract- -view article-
Moderator: Alfred Chueh-Chin Yen, Boston College

3:30 – 3:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break

 3:45 – 5:00 p.m.
Concurrent Discussion Sessions (Each session to consider the listed area of constitutional law and its relationship to intellectual property.)

  • Fifth Amendment
    Moderator: Thomas F. Cotter, Washington and Lee University -view outline-
  • Article I
    Moderator: Craig Joyce, University of Houston
  • First Amendment
    Moderator: Joseph P. Liu, Boston College
  • First Amendment
    Moderator: Dawn C. Nunziato, George Washington University
  • Fourth Amendment/Privacy
    Moderator: Katherine J. Strandburg, DePaul University

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Joint AALS Reception for Workshop on Intellectual Property and Workshop on
Criminal Law and Procedure

THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2006

9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Plenary Session: Perspectives on Competition And Intellectual Property

Philosophical
Wendy Jane Gordon, Boston University -view abstract-

Antitrust
Herbert Hovenkamp, University of Iowa -view outline-

International
Jerome H. Reichman, Duke University -view outline-

Open Source
Pamela Samuelson, University of California, Berkeley -view outline-

Moderator: Roberta Rosenthal Kwall, DePaul University

10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions: Paper Presentations and Discussion

  • Contract Externalities and Intellectual Property Licenses
    Michael J. Meurer, Boston University
    Maureen Anne O'Rourke, Boston University -view abstract-
    Commentator: Michael J. Madison, University of Pittsburgh
  • iTunes for Authors, or Napster for Books? Copyright and Antitrust Implications of the Publishing Industry’s Campaign Against Google Book Search
    Hannibal Travis, Florida International University -view paper-
    Commentator: Stacey L. Dogan, Northeastern University
  • Patents and Competition: Toward a Knowledge Theory of Progress
    Rudolph J.R. Peritz, New York Law School -view abstract- -view paper-
    Commentator: John R. Thomas, Georgetown University
  • Software Licensing and Market Power in the Age of the Virtualized Computer
    D. Andrew Chin, University of North Carolina -view abstract- -view paper-
    Commentator: Greg R. Vetter, University of Houston
  • Strategic Behaviors and Competition
    Olufunmilayo B. Arewa, Northwestern University -view abstract- -view paper-
    Commentator: Matthew Sag, Northwestern University

12:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
AALS Luncheon

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Plenary Session: Teaching Students to Practice Intellectual Property

Clinics
Peter A. Jaszi, American University -view outline-

Simulation
Michael J. Madison, University of Pittsburgh -view outline-

LLM/Certificate
Robert W. Gomulkiewicz, University of Washington -view outline-

Moderator: Mark D. Janis, University of Iowa

3:30 – 3:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break

3:45 – 5:15 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

  • Economics and Teaching Intellectual Property
    Shubha Ghosh, Southern Methodist University -view outline-
    Glynn S. Lunney, Jr., Tulane University -view outline-
    Moderator: Alfred Chueh-Chin Yen, Boston College
  • Science and Teaching Intellectual Property
    Jay Kesan, University of Illinois -view outline-
    Lawrence M. Sung, University of Maryland
    Moderator: Mark D. Janis, University of Iowa

5:15 – 7:00 p.m.
AALS Reception
 

FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2006

8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Plenary Session: The Politics of Intellectual Property
Justin Hughes, Yeshiva University
Mark A. Lemley, Stanford University -view handout-
Jessica Litman, The University of Michigan
John R. Thomas, Georgetown University -view outline- -view handout-
Moderator: Keith Aoki, University of Oregon

10:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Refreshment Break

10:15 a.m. – 11:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

  • The Politics Concerning Moral Rights
    Rosemary J. Coombe, York University, Program in Communication and Culture, Toronto, Canada
    Sheldon W. Halpern, Albany Law School
    K. J. Greene, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
    Ilhyung Lee, University of Missouri-Columbia -view abstract-
    Moderator: Roberta Rosenthal Kwall, DePaul University
  • The Politics of Global Intellectual Property
    Margaret Chon, Seattle University -view abstract-
    Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Chicago-Kent College of Law -view outline-
    Madhavi Sunder, University of California at Davis -view abstract-
    Moderator: Keith Aoki, University of Oregon
  • The Politics of Patent Reform
    Margo Andrea Bagley, Emory University
    Cynthia M. Ho, Loyola University, Chicago
    Katherine J. Strandburg, DePaul University
    Moderator: Mark D. Janis, University of Iowa

11:30 – 11:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break

11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions

  • Property and Intellectual Property: Marriage or Misfit?

The Propertization of Copyright
Michael A. Carrier, Rutgers, The State University of N.J. -view outline-
Patents and the Right to Exclude: Rethinking Patents as Property
Adam Mossoff, Michigan State University -view abstract-
Patents, Property, and the Independence of Innovators
Mark F. Schultz, Southern Illinois University -view abstract-

Moderator: David E. Adelman, The University of Arizona

  • Intellectual Property Considerations for Open Access and Open Source Legal Materials

    Bringing Open Access to Legal Education
    Matthew T. Bodie, Hofstra University
    The Movement for Open Access Law
    Michael W. Carroll, Villanova University
    The Economics of Open Access Law Publishing
    Jessica Litman, Wayne State University
    Why Open Access Matters
    Joseph Scott Miller, Lewis & Clark Law School

    Moderator: Michael W. Carroll, Villanova University

1:00 – 2:45 p.m.
AALS Luncheon