[Ecommerce] [Fwd: TACD Patents meeting DC 19 April]

Fri Apr 15 06:22:05 2005

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Dear All
TACD is holding a meeting on patents  On 19th April in Washington DC.
They have gathered an impressive  list of speakers as you can see from
the agenda below, with representatives from key sstakeholders : Civil
Society, EU Commission, USPTO, WIPO,academia and industry (IBM). This is
a unique opportunity to hear and debate the issues from a consumer
perspective . You are very welcome to attend.

*when:* Tuesday 19 April, 2005

   Patents for Poets and Policy Wonks

 at*Venue*: *Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle NW*

9.00 _Introduction_: *Felix Cohen* and *Ed Mierzwinski*, (TACD Steering
Committee)

9.15 =96 9.50 _Opening comments by US government and European Commission_

   *      *Jens Gaster*, DG Internal Market, European Commission

   *       Paul Salmon*, US Patent and Trademark Office

9:50 - 10.15 _What is a patent?_

   *      *Josh Sarnoff*, American University, Washington College of Law

10.15 - 11.00 _What should be patented?_

Moderator =96 *Anna Fielder*, Consumers International

   *      Medicines =96 *Sarah Lenz Lock*, AARP

   *      Life forms - *Michael Hansen*, Consumers Union

   *      Methods of business and finance =96 *Phil Evans*, Which?

11.00 - 11.15 Break

11.15 =96 12.30 _What should be patented? (continued)_

Moderator =96 *Karel Pavlik* (Czech consumer organisation SOS)

   *      Software - *Cornelia Kutterer*, BEUC (European Consumers
Organisation)

   *      Education and teaching =96 *Manon Ress*, Consumer Project on
Technology

   *     *John Love*, USPTO, TBC

12.30 - 1.30 Lunch

1.30 - 3.00 _Patents on standards: What is the reform agenda?_

Moderator =96 *Machiel van der Velde* (Consumentenbond =96 Netherlands)

   *      *Rama Rao*, WIPO

   *      *Brian Kahin*, University of Michigan

   *      *Daniel Weitzner*, World Wide Web Consortium

   * *Michael Nelson*, IBM

Issues to discuss: Ideas on patents and standards, Ideas on essential
interfaces

3.00 - 3.15 Break
3.15 =96 4.45 _Five miscellaneous policy wonk questions_

Moderator =96 *Rhoda Karpatkin* (President Emeritus of Consumers Union)

   *      *Mark Silbergeld*, Consumer Federation of America

   *      *Brian Kahin*, University of Michigan

   *      *Stephen Merrill*, National Academy of Sciences

   *      **Michelle Childs* Consumer Project on Technology

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?

4:45 to 5:00 - _Open discussion and next steps_, chaired by *Machiel van
der Velde* and *James Love* (co-chairs of TACD=92s IP Working Group).

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Michelle Childs, Head of European Affairs.
 michelle.childs@cptech.org. www.cptech.org
Consumer Project on Technology in London, 24 Highbury Crescent, London,
N5 1RX, UK. Tel:+44(0)207 226 6663 ex 252. Mob:+44(0)790 386 4642. Fax:
+44(0)207 354 0607

Consumer Project on Technology in Geneva, 1 Route des  Morillons, CP
2100, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland. Tel: +41 22 791 6727

Consumer Project on Technology in Washington, DC PO Box 19367,
Washington, DC 20036, USA Tel.:  +1.202.387.8030, fax: +1.202.234.5176

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Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 04:30:30 -0400
From: Michelle Childs <michelle.childs@cptech.org>
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Subject: TACD Patents meeting DC 19 April

  Tuesday 19 April, 2005

    Patents for Poets and Policy Wonks

*Venue*: *Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle NW*

9.00 _Introduction_: *Felix Cohen* and *Ed Mierzwinski*, (TACD Steering
Committee)

9.15 =96 9.50 _Opening comments by US government and European Commission_

    *

      *Jens Gaster*, DG Internal Market, European Commission

    *

      *Paul Salmon*, US Patent and Trademark Office

9:50 - 10.15 _What is a patent?_

    *

      *Josh Sarnoff*, American University, Washington College of Law

10.15 - 11.00 _What should be patented?_

Moderator =96 *Anna Fielder*, Consumers International

    *

      Medicines =96 *Sarah Lenz Lock*, AARP

    *

      Life forms - *Michael Hansen*, Consumers Union

    *

      Methods of business and finance =96 *Phil Evans*, Which?

11.00 - 11.15 Break

11.15 =96 12.30 _What should be patented? (continued)_

Moderator =96 *Karel Pavlik* (Czech consumer organisation SOS)

    *

      Software - *Cornelia Kutterer*, BEUC (European Consumers Organisation=
)

    *

      Education and teaching =96 *Manon Ress*, Consumer Project on Technolo=
gy

    *

      *John Love*, USPTO, TBC

12.30 - 1.30 Lunch

1.30 - 3.00 _Patents on standards: What is the reform agenda?_

Moderator =96 *Machiel van der Velde* (Consumentenbond =96 Netherlands)

    *

      *Rama Rao*, WIPO

    *

      *Brian Kahin*, University of Michigan

    *

      *Daniel Weitzner*, World Wide Web Consortium

    * *Michael Nelson*, IBM
    *

      *Michelle Childs*, Consumer Project on Technology

Issues to discuss: Ideas on patents and standards, Ideas on essential
interfaces

3.00 - 3.15 Break

3.15 =96 4.45 _Five miscellaneous policy wonk questions_

Moderator =96 *Rhoda Karpatkin* (President Emeritus of Consumers Union)

    *

      *Mark Silbergeld*, Consumer Federation of America

    *

      *Brian Kahin*, University of Michigan

    *

      *Stephen Merrill*, National Academy of Sciences

    *

      *James Love*, Consumer Project on Technology