8:30 AM

Registration & Breakfast

9:00 AM

Welcome: Jim Dempsey, Executive Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology

Setting the Stage: The Evolution of Intellectual Property Protection for Software

• David Hayes, Fenwick & West LLP [Presentation PDF]

Morning Theme: Copyright

Presiding Officer: John Russell, Symposium Co-Editor, Berkeley Technology Law Journal

9:30 AM

Claims of Copyright in APIs and the Significance of Interoperability

• Moderator: Peter Menell, UC Berkeley School of Law, BCLT*
• Jonathan Band, Jonathan Band PLLC [Presentation PDF]
• Joseph Farrell, UC Berkeley Economics Department
• Randal Picker, University of Chicago Law School [PPT]

11:00 AM

Break

11:15 AM

The Proper Scope of Copyright in Software and Tests for Infringement

• Moderator: Michael Headley, Fish & Richardson [Presentation PDF]
• Randall Davis, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory 
• Lothar Determann, Baker & McKenzie LLP
• Ronald Johnston, Arnold & Porter LLP
• Felix Wu, Cardozo Law, Yeshiva University*

12:45 PM

NETWORKING LUNCH

Afternoon Theme: Patents

Presiding Officer: Tomasz Barczyk, Symposium Co-Editor, Berkeley Technology Law Journal

 1:45 PM

After Alice, Are Software Innovations Ever Patentable Subject Matter?

• Moderator: Mark Flanagan, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP [Presentation PDF]
• Robert Merges, UC Berkeley School of Law, BCLT*
• Suzanne Michel, Google, Inc.
• Arti Rai, Duke University Law School*
• Steven Borsand, Trading Technologies, Inc.
• Winslow Taub, Covington & Burling LLP 

3:15 PM

Break

3:45 PM

After Williamson, Are Functional Claims for Software Viable?

• Moderator: Vernon M. Winters, Sidley Austin LLP
• Kevin Collins, Washington University Law*
• Sonal Mehta, Durie Tangri LLP
• Daniel Nazer, Electronic Frontier Foundation [Presentation PDF]
• Lee Van Pelt, Van Pelt, Yi and James LLP [Presentation PDF]

5:15 PM

RECEPTION

Welcome by Interim Dean Melissa Murray

Located in the Great Hall, International House

8:30 AM

BREAKFAST

Morning Theme: Trade Secrets and Licensing

Presiding Officer: John Russell, Symposium Co-Editor, Berkeley Technology Law Journal

9:00 AM 

Trade Secret Protection for Software

• Moderator: Michael De Vries, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
• Thomas Friel, Cooley LLP
• Michael A. Jacobs, Morrison Foerster LLP [Presentation PDF]
• James Pooley, James Pooley, PLC 
• Michael Risch, Villanova University School of Law*

10:30 AM 

BREAK

10:45 AM

How Has Software Licensing Affected Software Markets?

• Moderator: Molly S. Van Houweling, UC Berkeley School of Law, BCLT
• Colleen Chien, Santa Clara Law* [Presentation PDF]
• John F. Duffy, University of Virginia School of Law
• Dan Lang, Cisco Systems, Inc.
• Aaron Perzanowski, Case Western Reserve University School of Law [Presentation PDF]

12:15 PM

LUNCH SERVED

 12:45 PM

Introduced by: Rufus Pichler, Morrison Foerster LLP

David E. Nelson Lecture

William J. Raduchel, Medlink LLC

Afternoon Theme: What Comes Next? Strategies and Trends

Presiding Officer: Tomasz Barczyk, Symposium Co-Editor, Berkeley Technology Law Journal

1:30 PM 

Empirical Studies of IP Protections for Software: What Do We Know and Not Know?

• Moderator: Thomas Hemnes, GTC Law Group
• John R. Allison, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin [Presentation PDF]
• Stuart Graham, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology*
• Bronwyn Hall, UC Berkeley Economics Department 
• Pamela Samuelson, UC Berkeley School of Law, BCLT* [Presentation PDF]

3:00 PM 

Chief IP Officers on the Future of IP Protections for Software and Evolving Business Models

• Moderator: David Hayes, Fenwick & West LLP
• Christopher Faye, Intuit
• Paul Sieminski, Automattic
• Eric Schulman, Uber
• Jule Sigall, Microsoft Corp.
• Duane Valz, Zymergen

4:30 PM

CLOSING