Lectures Around Town
January 2010
Bilski Oral Argument, available for download
The Bilski case has understandably generated an enormous wealth of commentary, including eight-plus amicus breifs, dozens of thoughtful articles, and hundreds of blog posts, CLE seminars, etc. The Supreme Court has released a transcript of the Bilski oral argument but has not yet released actual audio of the event. Listen to the arguments the parties actually made and hear questions that Chief Justic Roberts and his colleagues actually posed. UCLA law students stage a reading of the transcript. Hosted by law professors Doug Lichtman.
http://www.ipcolloquium.com/Programs/11.html
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5th Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute, January 21-22, 2010
Collaboration of Geore Mason School of Law, USPTO, and The University of Texas School of Law
Registration Required
USPTO - Madison Building, Main Auditorium
www.utcle.org/conference_programs/2010/PV10.pdf
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Weird Animals: Genomes and Sex
Jenny Graves, The Australian National University, Research School of Biological Sciences
January 28, 2010, Carneige Institution for Science - Capital Science Lecture Series,
Comparisons between distantly related mammals and other vertebrates – including kangaroos and platypuses, devils (Tasmanian) and dragons (lizards) – can help explain how human sex chromosomes evolved and explain why they are so weird. The human X chromosome is full of “brains-and-balls” genes that were important in the rapid evolution of humans, while the human Y is a pathetic little chromosome that lost most of its genes, other than a sex determining gene. It is degrading rapidly and may be entirely lost in the next few million years, with unexpected consequences to the human race.
1530 P St. NW, Washington DC
www.ciw.edu/events/lectures
November 2009
Beyond TRIPS: The Current Push for Greater International Enforcement of Intellectual Property
November 5, 2009, Thursday, 1-4pm, Room 603
American University Washington College of Law
1:00 – 2:30 PANEL 1 – Strengthening IP Enforcement Through TRIPS and Other Multilateral Initiatives
Moderator: Padideh Ala'i, Washington College of Law
Panelists
Daniel Gervais, Vanderbilt University
Peter Yu, Drake University
Michael Geist, University of Ottawa
2:30 – 4:00 PANEL 2 – American Efforts to Strengthen International IP Enforcement
Moderator: Susan Sell, George Washington University
Panelists
Sean Flynn, Washington College of Law
Eric Smith, International Intellectual Property Alliance
Gigi Sohn, Public Knowledge
Stanford McCoy, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Reception to follow.
Registration is free and open to the public. More information is available at wcl.american.edu/pijip, and a webcast will be available at this address. WCL is in the process of applying for CLE accreditation. Please rsvp for registration purposes: wcl.american.edu/secle/registration. For a printable PDF flyer: http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/go/bt-flyer
American University, 4801 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington DC 20016
More Information and WEBCAST: wcl.american.edu/pijip
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George Washington Law School, Fall 2009 IP Workshop Series
November 5, 2009, Thursday 1:30pm, Faculty Conference Center
"The Nature and Scope of the PTO's Regulatory Power"
RSVP to iplaw@law.gwu.edu
November 19, 2009, Thursday 1:30 pm, Faculty Conference Center
"The Folly of Early Filing in Patent Law"
RSVP to iplaw@law.gwu.edu
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What Can We do About Fossil Fuel CO2?
Wallace Broecker, Columbia University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
November 12, 2009, Thursday 6:45pm, Carneige Institution for Science, Captial Science Lecture Series
Balzan Lecture Reversing the rise of atmospheric CO2 will be a monumental task. Despite our best efforts to conserve energy, to substitute non-fossil fuel sources, and to capture CO2 produced in power plants, the level of CO2 will almost certainly reach double its pre-industrial value. Halting the CO2 buildup will require direct capture of CO2 from the atmosphere. Once the CO2 level has stabilized, there will almost certainly be a drive to reduce it. Fortunately, it appears that CO2 capture can be achieved at an acceptable cost. If we fail to act aggressively, however, we will be faced with risky remedial measuresCo-hosted with the Embassies of Italy and Switzerland
www.ciw.edu/events/lectures/what_can_we_do_about_fossil_fuel_co2
1503 P Street NW, Washington DC 20005
September 2009
How the Ear Hears, and Sometimes Doesn't
Paul Fuchs, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology
September 24, 2009 - 6:45 PM Carneige Institution for Science, Capital Science Lectures
A remarkable set of molecular mechanisms converts sound waves into electrical signals and encodes frequency content within the inner ear. “Feedback” by tiny cellular amplifiers can cause the ear to produce sound, while the brain employs a unique mode of neuronal inhibition to partially deafen the ear. These and other observations have led to important insights into how we hear, how this process can go wrong, and what we hope to do about it.
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