Announcement: THE NEW PRIVATE ORDERING OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: THE EMERGENCE OF CONTRACTS AS THE DRIVERS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

         ANNOUNCING THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF LAW
                INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ROUNDTABLE


         THE NEW PRIVATE ORDERING OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:


            THE EMERGENCE OF CONTRACTS AS THE DRIVERS OF
                    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS


                       Friday, April 18, 2008
                         8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.


       Register online: http://www.law.umaryland.edu/IPlaw



     Join our discussion and luncheon addressing the issues
     surrounding the recent Supreme Court patent cases LG
     Electronics v. Quanta, MedImmune v. Genentech, and eBay v.
     MercExchange.


     One consequence of the renewed U.S. Supreme Court interest
     in patent cases in recent years is an enhanced scrutiny on
     patent rights generally and, in particular, on the
     importance of better defining contracts to govern the
     patent rights among the parties. This conference considers
     the pertinent jurisprudence to inform prudent business
     practices in managing patent rights by private agreements.



     PROGRAM:


     9 a.m.12:15 p.m. - Panel discussions


     12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. - Lunch and keynote



     SPEAKERS:


     Featured speakers include:


     Jonathan Klein-Evans
     IP Counsel
     MedImmune


     Thomas Woolston
     CEO
     MercExchange


     Gregory Castanias
     Partner
     Jones Day


     Jeffrey Wang
     Partner
     Wang, Hartmann, Gibbs & Cauley, PLC


     F. Scott Kieff
     Professor of Law
     Washington University in St. Louis


     Andrew Beckerman Rodau
     Professor of Law
     Suffolk University Law School



     REGISTRATION/FURTHER INFORMATION:


     Register online:


                    http://www.law.umaryland.edu/IPlaw


     For more information, contact:


     CONTACT:       Jamie Smith
                    Director of Communications
                    University of Maryland School of Law
     Tel:           (410) 706-7239
     Email:         MAILTO:jrsmith@law.umaryland.edu
Posted 3/24/08