Are Software Patents Bad? (Keynote)Pamela Samuelson

UC Berkeley, USA

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Pamela Samuelson is recognized as a pioneer in digitalcopyright law, intellectual property, cyberlaw and informationpolicy. She has written and spoken extensively about thechallenges that new information technologies are posing forpublic policy and traditional legal regimes. Since 1996, shehas held a joint appointment with the Berkeley Law Schooland the School of Information. She is the director of theBerkeley Center for Law and Technology, serves on theboard of directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation andthe Electronic Privacy Information Center, and on advisoryboards for the Public Knowledge, and the Berkeley Center forNew Media. She is also an advisor for the Samuelson Law,Technology, and Public Policy Clinic. Since 2002, she has alsobeen an honorary professor at the University of Amsterdam.

ABSTRACT

[Editor’s note: Professor Samuelson has, within her rightand expertise, declined to yield copyright for her abstract to

IEEE, which is required by IEEE’s rules. We encourage thereader to find and read her abstract on the conference website, and to support vibrant and broad-based discussions ofintellectual-property policies.]

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