On Monday, March 26, 2007, the Information Technology and Innovation Forum (ITIF) hosted a lunch forum at the Dirksen Senate Office Building for congressional staffers and other invitees on the Peer to Patent Project and Patent Reform.
The event featured presentations from Professor Beth Noveck, Director of the New York Law School’s Institute for Information Law and Policy; Marc Williams, Governmental Programs Executive, Intellectual Property, IBM; and Kaz Kazenske, Senior Director, IP&L-Patent Group, Microsoft followed by a discussion moderated by ITIF President Dr. Robert Atkinson.
Presentation slides are available at http://dotank.nyls.edu/communitypatent/system.html (under "Selected Presentations").
View the presentation videos at http://www.itif.org/index.php?id=36.
The Forum has been the subject of several press reports, including: National Journal's Tech Daily News (subscription required) and the AP's Dan Caterinicchia's report that has been picked up by various news outlets, such as the Houston Chronicle.
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