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16 Nw. J. Tech. & Intell. Prop. 1 (2018-2019)

handle is hein.journals/nwteintp16 and id is 1 raw text is: Copyright 2018 by Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law Volume 16, Number 1 (2018) Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property 13TH ANNUAL NORTHWESTERN JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SYMPOSIUM PANEL DISCUSSION: MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Laura Pedraza-Farina, * Rod Passman, Ann Marie Wahls,i Hari Santhanam,§ & Valerie Eaton** LAURA PEDRAZA-FARINA: I'm really excited to moderate this discussion, which is going to center mainly around Section 101 (35 U.S.C. § 101) kinds of legal issues, and if we have time we can branch out to talk about inter partes review. So, let me start by introducing the members of the panel, and I'll give a few introductory comments to sort of frame the issues that we will talk about. Then we'll turn it over to the panelists to give some more specific answers to the big issues that I'm going to frame. My name is Laura Pedraza-Farina, and I am an associate professor here at Northwestern where I specialize in patent law. I also teach the intellectual property survey course and seminars on innovation and technology. Let me introduce our speakers. We have Ann Marie Wahls, who is a partner in the litigation and trial department at Latham & Watkins. She has lots of trial experience, experience in complex litigation matters, and also experience in biotechnology, which is very relevant to this discussion that we're going to be having here. And then, let me introduce Hari Santhanam, who is a partner in the IP group of Kirkland & Ellis. Again, a trial lawyer with lots of experience, and experience in particular in the biotechnology area, which is so relevant for the conversation that we're going to have today. We have Rod Passman, who is actually an MD, so he's going to give us a perspective on practicing physicians. He also has some experience in innovation and trying to figure out how patents impact his day-to-day activities. And finally, we have Valerie Eaton, who works at Northwestern in the immunology department and is currently pursuing an MSL degree. Associate Professor of Law, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Preventative Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. # Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP. § Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP. * MSL candidate '18, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. 1

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