Duke Law 9th Annual Hot Topics in Intellectual Property
February 19, 2010
Schedule of Activities

8:15 AM Registration and Breakfast                                                                   3rd Floor Loggia
8:45 AM Introduction                                                                                            Room 3037
8:55 AM Keynote Session                                                                                    Room 3037

8:55 AM: Opening Remarks

9:00 AM: Keynote Address: Jennifer A. Haverkamp,

Managing Director for International Policy and Negotiations, Environmental Defense Fund

10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM
Panel: The Transfer of IP Technology Post-Copenhagen                   Room 3037

10:15 AM: Introduction

10:20 AM: Sarah Tierney Niyogi,
Technology Transfer and the Protection of Cleantech Intellectual Property

10:35 AM: Prof. Jerome Reichman, Strategies for Green Technology: Intellectual Property Rights and Alternatives

10:50 AM: Jeanine Ray-Yarletts, Patents and the Environment

11:05 AM: Prof. Frederick M. Abbott, Innovation and Technology Transfer to Address Climate Change: Lessons from implementing the WHO Global Strategy and Plan of Action

11:20 AM: Moderated Panel Discussion and Question & Answer session

12:15 PM Catered Buffet Lunch                                                                           Burdman Lounge
1:15 PM Keynote Session                                                                                    Room 3037

1:15 PM: Opening Remarks

1:20 PM: Keynote Address: Tina Dam, Senior Director, Internationalized Domain Names, ICANN

2:20 PM Break
2:35 PM Panel: New Frontiers in Online Trademark: Generic Top-Level
Domains (gTLD) and Non-Roman Domains                                      Room 3037

2:35 PM: Introduction

2:40 PM: Anthony Biller, New gTLD Rollout--.conflict

2:55 PM: M. Scott Donahey, The New Domain Name Environment and Cybersquatting

3:10 PM: Prof. Christine Haight Farley, Resolving Objections to New gTLD Applications: What Role for Trademark Law?

3:25 PM: Prof. Michael Songer, Advising Clients on the New Domains

3:40 PM: Moderated Panel Discussion and Question & Answer session

4:35 PMEvening Reception                                                                               Burdman Lounge