This event will premier here at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 17.

Hudson Institute Forum for Intellectual Property Chair Adam Mossoff will host an expert panel on the importance of reliable and effective patents as drivers of innovation and economic growth. The Honorable Andrei Iancu, former Director of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, will moderate a discussion between Don Rosenberg, General Counsel at Qualcomm Inc., and Robert DeBerardine, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at Johnson & Johnson, on questions including the role of patents in creating new products and services and the impact of intellectual property waivers on innovation and economic growth. Please join this distinguished panel for this important and timely conversation.

Speakers:

• The Honorable Andrei Iancu (Moderator), Former Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office & Senior Advisor and Co-founder of the Renewing American Innovation Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Robert DeBerardine, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Johnson & Johnson
• Don Rosenberg, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Qualcomm, Inc.
• Adam Mossoff, Senior Fellow and Chair, Forum for Intellectual Property, Hudson Institute

Program:

Panel Discussion

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.