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A Call to Action to Save the Patent System
In-Person Chapter Meeting
hosted by the DC Chapter, Maryland State Bar Association’s IP Section and the Bar Association of Montgomery County’s IP Section Thursday, November 9, 2023 7:30 am - 9:00 am
at
Shulman Rogers
12505 Park Potomac Avenue
Potomac, MD 20854
parking is located in Willis Tower, just off I-270 on Montrose Avenue
Networking & Breakfast 7:30am - 8:00am
Presentation 8:00am - 9:00am
Continental breakfast fare will be served
Program:
The US patent system, long the world’s best, has been under siege for over a decade. Repeated Supreme Court interventions combined with the America Invents Act’s unbalanced post-grant reviews to sap its strength---all for the convenience of certain giant companies. Consequently, it is now severely weakened, reducing the incentives for inventors and investors alike and handicapping our nation in global competition, both commercial and strategic. Pending legislation, like the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act and PREVAIL, which rebalances the PTAB, promise a revival---but only if they pass as a result of broad support from the vast innovation community. Come hear Judge Michel explain what you can do to make a difference. Speaker: 
| Paul Redmond Michel, Former Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Honorable
Paul Redmond Michel was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit in March of 1988 by President Ronald Reagan. On
December 25, 2004, he assumed the duties of Chief Judge. After his
elevation to Chief Judge, he served as one of 27 judges on the Judicial
Conference of the United States, the governing body of the Judicial
Branch. In 2005 he was appointed by Chief Justice Rehnquist to also
serve on the Judicial Conference’s seven-judge Executive Committee. On
May 31, 2010, Chief Judge Michel stepped down from the bench after
serving more than 22 years on the court. In
his years on the bench Judge Michel judged thousands of appeals and
wrote over 800 opinions, approximately one-third of which were in patent
cases. Prior
to his appointment to the bench, Judge Michel was assistant district
attorney in the Office of the Deputy District Attorney for
Investigations in Philadelphia from 1966-74, as well as a Second
Lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve from 1966-72. From 1974-75,
he was the Assistant Watergate Special Prosecutor, and from 1975-76 was
assistant counsel to the United States Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence. He then became the deputy chief and Koreagate prosecutor
for the Public Integrity Section of the United States Department of
Justice from 1976-88. He was the associate deputy U.S. attorney general
in 1978 and in 1981 became counsel and administrative assistant to U.S.
Senator Arlen Specter until his judicial appointment. He has served as
adjunct faculty at several institutions of higher education including
the George Washington University Law School and John Marshall Law
School. In 2012 he joined the Intellectual Property Advisory Council at
the University of Akron School of Law. Judge
Michel has been the recipient of numerous awards including the
Jefferson Medal, the Frederico Award, the Katz-Kiley Prize, the Eli
Whitney Prize, the Sedona Conference® Lifetime Achievement Award, and
awards by the ABA Section of Intellectual Property, AIPLA, IPO, the Linn
Intellectual Property American Inn of Court, and other leading
organizations. He was named one of the 50 most influential leaders in
intellectual property in the world by Managing Intellectual Property
magazine and inducted into Intellectual Asset Management magazine’s
International Hall of Fame. A
frequent speaker on IP subjects, he has also testified before Congress
on patent reform legislation and has served as Special Advisor to the
Patent Reform Task Force. Judge Michel earned his B.A. from Williams College in 1963 and his J.D. from the University of Virginia in 1966. |
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