IP Breakfast Club Video on Patent Reform as Senate Debates and Passes Measure

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2011 - One day after the Senate voted to cut off debate and move toward a vote on changes to patent law, BroadbandBreakfast.com's Intellectual Property Breakfast Club featured an informed and educated debate about the pros and cons of changing patent law.

BroadbandBreakfast.com on Thursday released the full video from the event, which was moderated by Contributing Editor Sarah Lai Stirland and featured a panel of experts able to comment incisively about the legislation -- as it wound its way toward a final Senate vote late on Tuesday.

The event is available on BroadbandBreakfast.com at the following link.

Panelists included:

• Dana Colarulli, Director of the Office of Governmental Affairs, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
• Paul R. Michel, Chief Circuit Judge (retired), US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Brian Pomper, Executive Director, Innovation Alliance
• Hans Sauer, Deputy General Counsel, BIO

The next Intellectual Property Broadband Breakfast Club, "The Costs of Global Intellectual Propety Piracy: How Can They Be Empirically Quantified," will be held on Tuesday, April 12, 2011. Registration is available at http://ipbreakfast.eventbrite.com.

The Intellectual Property Breakfast Club is sponsored by the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA) and Public Knowledge.

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