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The past term was an important one for patent law in the United States, with the U.S. Supreme Court hearing a number of cases involving patent law and proposals for patent law reform being seriously debated in Congress. The upcoming term promises to be even more eventful, with several more patent cases on the Supreme Court’s docket, and continued debate on patent reform in the Congress that will be elected in November. This conference will bring together academic scholars from across the nation to discuss the reaction to this term's Supreme Court decisions, the cases to be heard in the upcoming term, recent decisions in the Federal Circuit, the impact of patent law on innovation, and potential future directions for patent reform legislation in Congress.