FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2002 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. The Department of Justice's Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission today announced topics, times and locations, and participants for the March sessions of their joint hearings on "Competition and Intellectual Property Law and Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy." The hearings primarily will examine the implications of competition and patent law and policy for innovation and other aspects of consumer welfare. The general public and press are invited to attend. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Written comments from interested parties may be submitted to the FTC.
March 19 (FTC - Room 432): 9:15 am - noon: Diverse Perspectives on Patents F. M. Ross Armbrecht Jr., President, Industrial Research Institute Makan Delrahim, Republican Chief Counsel, Senate Committee on the Judiciary Joanne M. Hayes-Rines, Vice President, United Inventors Association Brian Kahin, Visiting Professor & Director, Center for Information Policy, University of Maryland James Love, Director, Consumer Project on Technology Ronald Myrick, Chief Patent Counsel, General Electric; President-Elect, American Intellectual Property Law Association 1:30 - 4:45 pm: Business Perspectives on Patents: Biotech and Pharmaceuticals Robert A. Armitage, Vice President and General Patent Counsel, Eli Lilly and Company Monte R. Browder, Senior Intellectual Property Counsel, Ivax Corporation Barbara Caulfield, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Affymetrix, Inc.
David Coffin-Beach, President, Torpharm, Inc.
Gregory J. Glover, Partner, Ropes & Gray, Counsel to Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Nancy J. Linck, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Guilford Pharmaceuticals Rochelle K. Seide, Partner, Baker Botts, LLP Edward A. Snyder, Dean and Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business March 20 (FTC - Room 432): 9:30 am - noon: Business Perspectives on Patents: Hardware and Semiconductors George B. Brunt, Senior Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary, Alcatel USA Daniel McCurdy, President and Chief Executive Officer, ThinkFire Richard L. Thurston, Vice President and General Counsel, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
Harry Wolin, Vice President of Intellectual Property, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Gary Zanfagna, Associate General Counsel for Antitrust, Honeywell International Rosemarie Ziedonis, Assistant Professor of Management, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania 1:30 - 4:00pm: Business Perspectives on Patents: Software and the Internet Dean Alderucci, Chief Counsel of Intellectual Property, Walker Digital Edward J. Black, President and CEO, Computer & Communications Industry Association Scott Sander, President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, SightSound Technologies Mark Webbink, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Red Hat, Inc.
Further information about these and subsequent hearings, expected to extend through June, will be posted on the Antitrust Division's web site www.usdoj.gov/atr/hearing.htm and the FTC's web site www.ftc.gov/opp/intellect/index.htm as it becomes available.
MEDIA CONTACT: Gina Talamona, Office of Public Affairs, 202-514-2007 STAFF CONTACT: Frances Marshall, Antitrust Division, 202-305-2520 02-138
Source: US Department of Justice
