Solutions to the Software Patent Problem
November 16, 2012
Locatelli Center
Santa Clara University
Normally, an academic-oriented conference would debate the merits of software patents. This conference is different. Rather than having another debate, this conference will use a premise–that software patents are a problem–as a springboard for discussing ways to address those problems. In rapid succession, patent experts at the conference will present innovative proposals (ranging from abolishing software patents to company/industry self-help), debate their relative merits, and discuss how they might be implemented. To extend the discussion, many of the speakers and other interested experts will publish short essays in Wired.com describing their proposed solution and advocating for its adoption. We hope conference attendees and Wired.com readers will embrace the best proposals and catalyze real action towards solving the software patent problem.
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Organizers: Santa Clara Law Professors Colleen Chien (colleenchien@gmail.com) and Eric Goldman (egoldman@gmail.com)
The Speakers:
Confirmed speakers and moderators include (as usual, subject to change without notice):
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