On Friday, May 17, UW CASRIP, Asian Law Center and East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPSL)will host a conference addressing challenges in determining extent of patent and copyright protection in the information age. The conference will be held at ECUPSL’s Changning Campus. Speakers are leading IP experts from China, US, and EU including Judge Robart from US District Court, Western District of Washington. Topics include patent scope during the examination, licensing transactions and litigation as well as patent and copyright exhaustion. Speakers will review decisions from the court of highest authority in U.S. and Europe from the comparative law perspective.