The State of Patent Eligibility in America: Part I
Subcommittee Hearing

Subcommittee on Intellectual Property
Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Time: 02:30 PM
Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building 226
Presiding: Chairman Tillis
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Witnesses

Panel I

  1. The Honorable Paul R. Michel
    Former Chief Judge
    United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    Alexandria , VA
  2. The Honorable Q. Todd Dickinson
    Former Under-Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director
    United States Patent and Trademark Office
    Washington , DC
  3. The Honorable David J. Kappos
    Former Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office
    Partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
    Washington D.C.
  4. Mr. Charles Duan
    Director, Technology & Innovation and Senior Fellow
    R Street Institute
    Washington , DC
  5. Professor Jeffrey A. Lefstin
    Associate Academic Dean
    University of California Hastings College of the Law
    San Francisco , CA

Panel II

  1. Mr. Robert A. Armitage
    Consultant
    IP Strategy and Policy
    McLean , VA
  2. Professor David O. Taylor
    Co-Director of the Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation
    Associate Professor of Law
    Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
    Dallas, TX
  3. Ms. Sherry M. Knowles, Esq.
    Principal
    Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies
    Atlanta , GA
  4. Ms. Alex Moss
    Staff Attorney
    Electronic Frontier Foundation
    San Francisco , CA
  5. Professor Mark A. Lemley
    William H. Neukom Professor of Law
    Director, Program in Law, Science & Technology
    Stanford University School of Law
    Stanford, CA

Panel III

  1. Mr. Michael Rosen
    Adjunct Fellow
    American Enterprise Institute
    Washington , DC
  2. Professor Paul R. Gugliuzza
    Professor of Law
    Boston University School of Law
    Boston , MA
  3. Professor Joshua D. Sarnoff
    Professor of Law
    DePaul University
    Chicago , IL
  4. Mr. Patrick Kilbride
    Senior Vice President, Global Innovation Policy Center
    U.S. Chamber of Commerce
    Washington , DC
  5. Professor Adam Mossoff
    Professor of Law
    Antonin Scalia Law School
    George Mason University
    Arlington, VA