Thursday, October 20, 2016

The 鶹app School of Law’s Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property hosted its Sixth Annual Intellectual Property Scholars’ Roundtable on Oct. 7 and 8, 2016, welcoming law professors from institutions throughout the country to discuss research and scholarship in intellectual property. The event is an annual highlight for the Franklin Pierce Center, as the intimate size and casual format encourage collaboration through the sharing of creative ideas and viewpoints.

The first day began with opening remarks fromAnn Bartow, Director of the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property, as well asMargaret McCabe, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at UNH Law. Opening day presentations included:of Florida State University College of Law, who presented “Scarcity of Attention in a World Without Copyright;”of Washington University School of Law, who presented “The Unpatentable Microbiome;”, who presented “Boldly Not Going Where We Have Gone Before: The Principles of the Law of Software Contracts;”of University of Michigan Law School, who presented “Competing Incentives in Early Biomedical Innovation;”of New York Law School, who presented “Trickle Up/Down Privacy;”of William and Mary Law School, who presented “In Rem in IP;” andAlexandra Robertsof UNH Law, who presented “Failure to Function, Or What We Talk About When We Talk About “Use as a Mark.”

The second day was led off byof University of Georgia Law School, who presented “Reasonably Certain Claim Scope After Teva, Nautilus, and Festo.” Miller was followed by:of University of Akron School of Law, who presented “Percolating Intellectual Property Law through Circuit Stewardship: Empirical andJurisprudential Analysis of En Banc Review;”Tonya M. Evansof Widener University School of Law, who presented “User ‘Safer Harbor’ from Statutory Damages: Remixing the DOC’s IP Task Force White Paper;”of the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis, who presented “Behavioral Claim Construction;” andRoger Allan Fordof UNH Law, who presented “The Uneasy Case for Patent Federalism.”of St. Louis University School of Law was a featured commentator at the event.

After the Roundtable ended, a number of participants were able to enjoy the setting of New Hampshire in autumn, as both the weather and foliage display were excellent.