Through research, events, and discussion, Berkman@10 considers “The Future of the Internet” - to celebrate the work we have done together over the past decade, and to look ahead to what we hope to accomplish collectively in the next.

May 14-16, 2008: Berkman@10 Gala and Conference
http://www.berkmanat10.org

Thursday, May 15, 2008
8 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

The Hilton Arlington,
Arlington, Virginia

http://innovationforum.gmu.edu

George Mason University School of Law and Microsoft Corporation announce the second in an annual series of conferences on the law and economics of innovation. The series will bring together leading academics to present and discuss new scholarship touching on diverse aspects of a key question affecting the technology industry and the process of innovation. Each conference will conclude with
a roundtable discussion among top technology industry representatives and regulators to begin to assess the concrete implications of the scholarship for the development of innovative industries.

This second conference in the series will address the role of patents in the commercialization of innovation­an area of significant and enduring controversy. In particular, the conference will focus on three interrelated aspects of the debate over the law and economics of patents: The intersection of patents and antitrust, particularly in technology standards; the economics of the patent system and patent reform; and the proper understanding (and implications) of patents as property.

REGISTRATION:

Registration is free of charge but space is limited. To
register, visit:

http://innovationforum.gmu.edu

CONFERENCE PROGRAM:

Morning Session

8:00 am - 8:45 am Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:45 am - 9:00 am Introductions

9:00 am - 9:30 am Keynote Address
Richard Epstein, Professor of Law, University of Chicago
Law School

9:30 am - 11:00 am
Presenters: Panel I: Patents in Standards

“What’s Wrong With Royalty Rates in High Technology
Industries?”
Damien Geradin, Professor of Competition Law and Economics,
Tilburg University Law & Economics Center

“Federalism, Substantive Preemption, and Limits on
Antitrust”
Bruce H. Kobayashi, Professor of Law, George Mason
University School of Law

“Patent Holdup and Oligopsonistic Collusion in Standard
Setting Organizations”
J. Greg Sidak, Founder, Criterion Economics, LLC

Commenters: George S. Cary, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen
& Hamilton
John M. Golden, Assistant Professor of Law, University of
Texas School of Law

Moderator: Joshua D. Wright, Associate Professor of Law,
George Mason University School of Law

11:00 am - 11:15 am Break

11:15 am - 12:45 pm
Presenters: Panel II: Patents as Property Rights

“Removing the Property from Intellectual Property and
(Intended?) Pernicious Impacts on Innovation and
Competition”
F. Scott Kieff, Professor of Law, Washington University in
St. Louis School of Law

“Promoting Innovation: Commercialization as Default Rule in
Patent Law”
Adam Mossoff, Associate Professor of Law, Michigan State
University College of Law

“Modularity Rules: Information Flow in Organizations,
Property, and Intellectual Property”
Henry E. Smith, Fred A. Johnston Professor of Property and
Environmental Law, Yale Law School

Commenters: Michael A. Carrier, Professor of Law, Rutgers
University School of Law-Camden
Jason Mendelson, Managing Director, Foundry Group

Moderator: Eric R. Claeys, Associate Professor of Law,
George Mason University School of Law

12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Lunch

Afternoon Session

1:45 pm - 3:30 pm
Presenters: Panel III: The Patent System

“Favoring Dynamic over Static Competition: Implications for
Antitrust Analysis and Policy”
David Teece, Thomas W. Tusher Chair in Global Business,
Haas School of Business (U.C. Berkeley)

“Rewarding Innovation Efficiently: The Case for Exclusive
Rights”
Luigi A. Franzoni, Professor of Institutional Economics,
University of Bologna

“Does the Outcome of Major Patent Cases Matter?”
Scott A. Baker, Professor of Law, University of North
Carolina School of Law

“Patent Notice and Patent Design”
Michael Meurer, Professor of Law, Boston University School
of Law

Commenters: Scott Stern, Associate Professor, Kellogg
School of Management (Northwestern University)
Richard Wilder, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual
Property Policy, Microsoft Corporation

Moderator: Geoffrey Manne, Academic Relations Manager for
Law & Economics, Microsoft Corporation

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm Break

3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Participants: Industry Roundtable Discussion
Roy Hoffinger, Vice President and Legal Counsel, Qualcomm
Richard Wilder, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual
Property Policy, Microsoft Corporation
Other Presenters TBD

Moderator: Geoffrey Manne, Academic Relations Manager for
Law & Economics, Microsoft Corporation

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Reception

LOCATION:

Because of construction at GMUSL, the event is being held
at:

Hilton Arlington
950 North Stafford Street
Arlington, VA
703-528-6000

CLE CREDIT:

Application for approval for 4.0 Virginia CLE credit hours
(0.0 ethics) is pending with the Virginia Mandatory
Continuing Legal Education Board.

FURTHER INFORMATION:

For further information, contact Kristine at:

Email: MAILTO:lawconf@gmu.edu

MONTRÉAL, Québec - Sunday, 26 October 2008 – Wednesday, 29 October 2008

McGill University will host the 3rd biennial symposium on The Internet:
Governance and the Law in cooperation with the Center for International Legal Studies and Suffolk University School of Law. This symposium will examine issues of Internet governance which have arisen following the conclusion of the World Summit on the Information Society.

Background

At the conclusion of the Geneva phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), civil society was called upon to play an active role in the development and implementation of national strategies affecting multimodal communication. This role was intended to be primarily consultative in that civil society was deemed to have the potential power to assist in devising and implementing ICT policies and promoting the “good governance” of the Internet. Clearly, civil society showed its commitment to creating “an equitable Information Society” and has become a valuable stakeholder in the definition of action plans and the implementation of policy initiatives. Moreover, the inclusive “we”
of the Tunis Commitment was intended to enlist the support of civil society in the building of “a people-centered, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society”.

Several issues in the post-Tunis phase of WSIS have been topics of research and further discussion among civil society groups as interested stakeholders and between civil society and those charged with “good governance”.

This multilateral stakeholder approach has cast civil society in a consultative and representative role as a change agent in ICT decision-making structures affecting policies, standards, laws and
regulations as well as the control and ownership of the Internet. In one sense, civil society has been empowered in fora where its voice may be heard while, in other instances, civil society has experienced a form of disempowerment which has limited its ability to act as a change agent.

Speakers at the 2008 symposium will address these and related issues under the guidance of the members of the Advisory Program Committee:
James Archibald, Department of Translation Studies, McGill University,
Dennis Campbell, Center for International Legal Studies, Richard Gold,
Centre for Intellectual Property Policy, McGill University and Michael
L. Rustad, Intellectual Property Law Program, Suffolk University School
of Law.

For further information consult the symposium WEB site:

http://www.cils.net/conferences/conference.php?ConferenceID=210&&PHPSESSID=dfe6cde409661ca78eadbcc16b4d9bef

SECOND LAW AND INFORMATION SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM: ENFORCEMENT, COMPLIANCE AND REMEDIES IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY

May 29 & 30, 2008

Fordham Law School
140 W. 62nd Street, NY
McNally Amphitheatre

This symposium will explore the enforcement of, compliance with and remedies flowing from the law in the information society. In 2005, Fordham hosted the first Law and Information Society Symposium to explore what law is or should be applicable in the information society. In this second symposium, we continue our exploration of the law by examining enforcement, compliance and remedies. We will review these aspects in four different substantive areas: international privacy; intellectual property; consumer protection; and data warehousing. These areas have been selected because of their significance in the information society and because they are areas where regulation is currently evolving.

FURTHER INFORMATION:

For more information, please visit: http://law.fordham.edu/clipsymposium

PROGRAM:

THURSDAY, MAY 29:

Intellectual Property:

9:15 Panel 1: Notice and Take Down Process - Over-
Enforcement?

11:00 Panel 2: Secondary Liability and Remedies Post
Grokster

Data Warehousing:

1:30 Panel 3: Individual Enforcement of Rights Against
a Corporate Data Warehouser

3:15 Panel 4: The Challenge of International Compliance
for Data Storage by Search Engines

FRIDAY, MAY 30:

Consumer Protection:

9:00 Panel 5: Data Security Breaches - The Prelude &
Aftermath

10:45 Panel 6: Credit Report Cases - Effective Remedies?

International Privacy:

1:45 Panel 7: Internal Investigations and Compliance
With Transnational Data Flow Rules

October 16, 2008

Link: http://www.law.depaul.edu/centers_institutes/ciplit/events/

Through research, events, and discussion, Berkman@10 considers “The Future of the Internet” - to celebrate the work we have done together over the past decade, and to look ahead to what we hope to accomplish collectively in the next.

May 14-16, 2008: Berkman@10 Gala and Conference
http://www.berkmanat10.org

Through research, events, and discussion, Berkman@10 considers “The Future of the Internet” - to celebrate the work we have done together over the past decade, and to look ahead to what we hope to accomplish collectively in the next.

May 14-16, 2008: Berkman@10 Gala and Conference
http://www.berkmanat10.org

Tulane University Law School is proud to host the 6th Annual WIP IP conference, on Friday and Saturday, October 3-4, 2008. Dinner on Friday and lunch on Saturday will be provided, as well as coffee breaks.

The Colloquium offers intellectual property scholars an opportunity to present work at various stages of development to gain suggestions from colleagues. Presenting is not a pre-requisite for attendance. To view the program from last year’s colloquium go to: http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/wipip2007.cfm

For more information, feel free to contact Professor Glynn Lunney by email at glunney@tulane.edu or by telephone at (504) 865-5987.

To register as a participant, email Professor Elizabeth Townsend Gard at townsend@tulane.edu.

Registration and Paper Deadlines

Please submit a title and abstract of your paper by August 15, 2008 to Professor Elizabeth Townsend Gard at townsend@tulane.edu. Full papers are due by September 15, 2008. We will have two categories: preliminary ideas in draft form and fully developed papers. Please indicate which category your paper fits. Please upload the paper to the WIP IP 2008 website, along with any PowerPoint or other presentation materials needed for the conference.

For those planning to attend, but not present work, please email Elizabeth Townsend Gard at townsend@tulane.edu by September 15, 2008.

The Colloquium is free of charge but participants must pay their travel expenses.

More information on hotel and travel information will be forthcoming on the WIP IP 2008 website.

Glynn Lunney,
McGlinchey Stafford Professor of Law Professor of Law

Elizabeth Townsend Gard
Associate Professor

Gabriel Feldman
Associate Professor of Law and Director, Sports Law Program