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Debates on the impact of the Oracle v. Google decision. This is the second report in a 7-part series of posts from The 20th Annual BCLT/BTLJ Symposium.

Key insights from a panel discussion on patent eligibility and patentable subject matter. This is the first report in a 7-part series of posts from the 16th Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute: Silicon Valley.

To commemorate the twenty-first anniversary of the landmark decision on copyright protection for software, Computer Associates v Altai, the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology hosted a day long roundtable discussion. “Altai @ 21: Software Copyrights Revisited” gathered leading academics and practitioners to discuss the decision’s legacy and the upcoming appellate decision in Oracle v Google.

A write-up from last month’s Patent Institutions Summit provides key points from the five panels. The day’s discussions explored opportunities for coordination between the four patent institutions in the U.S.: the Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), the International Trade Commission (ITC), the Federal Circuit, and the district courts.

Now that the America Invents Act has been signed into law, opportunities for continued progress in improving the patent system lie in PTO initiatives and improvements in dispute resolution. The upcoming Patent Institutions Summit, hosted by the Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology and the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, will bring together patent system leaders from government, the bench, industry and academia to explore ways to foster continued improvements.

Given that today is World Intellectual Property Day, TAP highlights a few scholars with expertise in intellectual property, patents, copyright, and trademarks.