[Ecommerce] Patents for Poets and Policy Wonks

[James Love]

The Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) will host a one-day workshop
on patent policy on April 19, 2005, in Washington, DC.   This is the
program (panel members and speakers will announced later).    James Love


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Patents for Poets and Policy Wonks
April 19, 2005
Washington Plaza Hotel

9:00 AM Introduction from TACD Steering Committee

9:15  Opening comments by US and EU governments

10:00    What is a patent?

10:20  11:00  Panel =96 What should be patented?

Software
Methods of business and finance
Education and teaching, Art
Medicines
Life forms

11:00 =96 11:15   Break

11:15   12:30    - What should be patented?  (con=92t)

12:30 to 1:30  - Lunch


1:30   - 3:00 Patents and standards:  What is the reform agenda?


3:00 to 3:15 break

3:15 =96 4:45  - Four miscellaneous policy wonk questions

1.  What is patent quality, and why is bad patent quality important to
consumers?
2.  What type of research exceptions are needed?
3.  Should governments formally recognize humanitarian exceptions to
patent rights?
4.  How much can patents differ by field of technology?
5.  What is the future of patent harmonization?

4:15 to 5:00   -   Open discussion and next steps

Participation is open to the public, but registration is requested.  For
more information, contact  Ben Wallis bwallis@consint.org,  Michelle
Childs <michelle.childs@cptech.org>  or Joy Spencer joy.spencer@cptech.org

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James Love, Director, CPTech, http://www.cptech.org

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