The University of Kansas School of Law, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, University of San Diego School of Law, and Boston College Law School will be holding the fourth annual Patent Conference — PatCon 4 — on April 4-5, 2014 at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego.  The conference will consist of the following sessions:

• Opening Keynote: Andrew Byrnes, Chief of Staff, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

• Judges Panel: The Honorable Roger T. Benitez, The Honorable William V. Gallo, The Honorable Dana M. Sabraw, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

• Industry Panel: Daniel N. Yannuzzi, Sheppard Mullin, Karen B. Dow, Sughrue Mion PLLC, Joseph Reisman, Knobbe Martens, Matthew Bresnahan, WSGR, Stan Panikowski, DLA Piper, Alex Rogers, Qualcomm

• Keynote Speech: The Honorable Kathleen O’Malley, Federal Circuit Court of Appeals

* "Patent Troll" Debate: John F. Duffy, University of Virginia School of Law & David L. Schwartz, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law vs. Mark Lemley, Stanford Law School & Michael Meurer, Boston University School of Law

A complete agenda for the PatCon 4 conference, including an agenda, list of speakers, and list of topics to be covered can be found here.

Additional information about the conference can be found here.  The registration fee is $375 (premium registration for Friday and Saturday) or free (students or professors with .edu email address); separate registration fees are available for attendees wishing to attend only the Friday or Saturday sessions.  Those interested in registering for the conference can do so here.