AFF New York is pleased to be hosting a discussion on the state of software and technology patents and whether these patents actually fulfill the mandate of Article 1, Section 8, Cl. 8 of the U.S. Constitution.

Panelists:

Moderator, Chris Gaun, a senior research analyst at Gartner

Christina Mulligan,  Kauffman Fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School

Reihan Salam, policy advisor at Economics 21

Christopher Mims, Science and technology correspondent for Quartz

Alan Tenenbaum , Partner at the law firm of Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt, LLP

Light refreshments including wine and beer will be provided. You can join the debate online by following the hash tag #AFFPatents on Twitter on January 17 during the discussion.

There is no charge for this event, and please feel free to invite guests. Please RSVP by emailing ashok@americasfuture.org.