The intersection of antitrust law, intellectual property, and technology is back in the headlines as a result of numerous developments. Antitrust cases involving Microsoft, Intel, Visa and Mastercard have captured the public imagination.

     In this conference, we explore these difficult legal, economic and business problems in detail. Rather than focusing on the Microsoft case, we have sought to go "Beyond Microsoft" to focus on issues of enduring importance to technology firms and companies.

     As with prior conferences run by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and the Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Beyond Microsoft offers a unique chance for academics, practitioners, and policy makers to interact and share their perspectives. Our program features a truly astonishing collection of talent from law, economics, business and public policy; from academia, government, the judiciary, and law firms. Nine speakers will present papers on cutting edge issues in this area. But the real core of the conference will be a free-wheeling discussion of these papers and the issues they raise by our esteemed panelists, and by the audience as a whole.

     Anyone with an interest in antitrust, intellectual property, or technology law cannot afford to miss this keystone event.