"Intellectual Property in All the New Places" Symposium

Texas A&M University School of Law
Friday-Saturday, ​April 15-16, 2016

This symposium examines new situations in which IP issues may arise, such as those surrounding cloud computing, 3D printing, synthetic biology and robotics. It explores the following questions: Should IP rights be protected in these situations? What are the strengths and weaknesses of such protection? Are there alternatives? And how do IP rights interact with each other?

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To register to attend, please email Denise Devine at ddevine@law.tamu.edu.

Texas A&M University School of Law IP Faculty

• Professor Irene Calboli
• Professor Megan M. Carpenter
• Professor H. Brian Holland
• Professor H. Dennis Kelly
• Professor Glynn S. Lunney, Jr.
• Professor Srividhya Ragavan
• Professor Saurabh Vishnubhakat
• Professor Peter K. Yu

Keynote Luncheon Speaker

David J. Kappos, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP; Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (2009-2013)
 

Confirmed Presenters

• Prof. Margo Bagley, University of Virginia School of Law
• Prof. Shyamkrishna Balganesh, University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Prof. Ann Bartow, University of New Hampshire School of Law
• Prof. Sandra Braman, Department of Communication, Texas A&M University
• Prof. Annemarie Bridy, University of Idaho College of Law
• Prof. Dan L. Burk, University of California, Irvine School of Law
• Prof. John T. Cross, University of Louisville School of Law
• Prof. Jeremy de Beer, Faculty of Common Law, University of Ottawa (Canada)
• Prof. Deven R. Desai, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Prof. Graeme Dinwoodie, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford (U.K.)
• Prof. Rochelle C. Dreyfuss, New York University School of Law
• Prof. Christine Haight Farley, American University Washington College of Law
• Prof. William W. Fisher, Harvard Law School
• Prof. Susy Frankel, School of Law, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)
• Prof. Shubha Ghosh, University of Wisconsin Law School
• Prof. Wendy J. Gordon, Boston University School of Law
• Prof. Debora Halbert, Department of Political Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• Prof. Laura A. Heymann, William & Mary Law School
• Prof. Mark D. Janis, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
• Prof. Jay P. Kesan, University of Illinois College of Law
• Prof. Mary LaFrance, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• Prof. Michael J. Madison, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
• Prof. Mark P. McKenna, Notre Dame Law School
• Prof. Stephen R. Munzer, UCLA School of Law
• Prof. Lisa P. Ramsey, University of San Diego School of Law
• Prof. Zahr Said, University of Washington School of Law
• Prof. Martin R.F. Senftleben, VU University Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
• Prof. Jessica Silbey, Northeastern University School of Law
• Prof. Greg R. Vetter, University of Houston Law Center

Conference Fellows

• Bryan H. Choi, Fellow, Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition, University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Prof. Sapna Kumar, University of Houston Law Center
• Prof. Doris Estelle Long, John Marshall Law School, Chicago
• Prof. Nicola Lucchi, Jönköping International Business School (Sweden)
• Prof. Connie D. Nichols, Baylor Law School
• Prof. W. Keith Robinson, Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University
• Prof. Sun Haochen, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
• Joy Y. Xiang, Intellectual Property Fellow, Chicago-Kent College of Law​