Welcoming Remarks
- Herbert C. Wamsley, Executive Director, Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)
Industry Comments:
Robert W. Holleyman, President and Chief Executive Officer Business Software Alliance (BSA)
The Business Imperative for Close Trilateral Cooperation in a Global Economy
Moderator: The Honorable Gerald J. Mossinghoff, Senior Counsel, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & NeustadtF, Former Commissioner of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Brad Smith, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Microsoft Corporation
- Ruud Peters , CEO, IP&S, Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
- Ed Buthusiem, Senior Vice President of R&D Legal Operations & Biologicals, GlaxoSmithKline Corporation
- Masanobu Katoh , Corporate Vice President, Fujitsu Limited
Industry Comments: Lawrence T. Welch
Director of Global IP Policy
Eli Lilly and Co.
Patent Office Insights on the Trilateral Process… Past Successes and Future Challenges
Moderator: The Honorable Nicholas P. Godici
Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
Former Commissioner for Patents, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- The Honorable Jon Dudas , Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- The Honorable Masahiro Koezuka , Commissioner, Japan Patent Office
- The Honorable Alison Brimelow , President, European Patent Office
Industry Comments : Horacio Gutierrez
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel
Microsoft Corporation
Perspectives of Owners and Advocates on Trilateral Cooperation
Moderator: Michael K. Kirk
Executive Director
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
- Marc S. Adler, President, Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)
- Hiroki Naito , Managing Director, Japanese Intellectual Property Association (JIPA)
- Tony Rollins , BusinessEurope
- Alan Kasper , First Vice-President, American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
Closing
- The Honorable Jon Dudas, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director U.S. Patent and Trademark Office