The George
Washington Law Review will be holding a Symposium entitled "Cracking the
Code: Ongoing § 101 Patentability Concerns in Biotechnology and Computer
Software" on November 15, 2013 at the George Washington University Law School.  The agenda for the Symposium will include:

• Biotechnology
Panel — Charles Davis, former Editor-in-Chief, George Washington Law Review
(moderator); Irene Calboli, Marquette University School of Law; Chris Holman,
UMKC School of Law; John Golden, University
of Texas at Austin School of Law; and Rebecca Eisenberg, University of Michigan
Law School

• Practitioner
Panel — Jeff Kushan, Partner, Sidley Austin (moderator); Hans Sauer, Associate
General Counsel, Biotechnology Industry Organization; Bernard Knight, Former
General Counsel, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; and Donald Dunner, Finnegan

• Keynote Address
— Hon. Paul R. Michel, former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit (invitation only)

Additional
information about the Symposium, including a program and list of speakers, and
registration information can be found here.