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

      12:30-2 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 3/27/08