

(Front Row L-R) Michael Risch (Villanova University Widger School of Law), Laura Dolbow (University of Colorado Law School), Nicole Morris (Emory University School of Law), Irene Kosturakis (BMC Software, Inc.), Brittany Morris (University of Houston Law Center), and Rachelle Goldman (Accenture)
(Back Row L-R) Mikenzie Miksch (UH Law Center, Houston Law Review EIC), Aman Gebru (IPIL/Houston), Camilla Hrdy (Rutgers Law School), Greg Vetter (IPIL/Houston), Andrew Torrance (The University of Kansas School of Law), Jonas Anderson (University of Utah Quinney College of Law), Dennis Crouch (University of Missouri School of Law), Andrew Michaels (IPIL/Houston), Meg Boulware (Boulware & Valoir), and Anne Culotta (Culotta Law Firm, PLLC)

The conference attendees enjoyed a dinner on Friday evening at the Hervé Wine Bar in Santa Fe, New Mexico.




Michael Risch starts the morning presentations with his paper, The Double Patenting Puzzle.

Camilla Hrdy presenting, Testing the Gernsback Hypothesis: Science Fiction’s Influence on Patents and Innovation

Camilla Hrdy, Greg Vetter, Irene Kosturakis, and Aman Gebru

It’s time for a break and more discussion on the morning presentations.
(L-R) Irene Kosturakis, Meg Boulware, and Jonas Anderson

Irene Kosturakis and Greg Vetter

Dennis Crouch and Michael Risch

Nicole Morris, Rachelle Goldman, and Laura Dolbow

Anne Culotta and Jonas Anderson

Aman Gebru, Brittany Morris, Andrew Torrance, and Andrew Michaels


Meg Boulware, Jonas Anderson, and Irene Kosturakis

Andrew Torrance, Andrew Michaels, Aman Gebru, and Brittany Morris

Nicole Morris, Rachelle Goldman, and Laura Dolbow

Laura Dolbow, Michael Risch, Nicole Morris, and Rachelle Goldman


Morning sessions resume




Conference lunch at the Hilton Santa Fe Historic Plaza



The conference presentations end with Janet Freilich talking on Do Academic Researchers Care About Patent Infringement? A PCR Case Study





Dinner on Saturday evening graciously hosted by Meg Boulware.




The final papers available in a forthcoming issue of the Houston Law Review.