Joint Informational Hearing

Senate Health Committee

Senate Subcommittee on Stem Cell Research Oversight

Assembly Health Committee

Assembly Judiciary Committee

Chairs:

Senator Deborah Ortiz

Assemblymembers Wilma Chan and Dave Jones

“Implementation of Proposition 71:

Options for HandlingIntellectual Property Associated

with Stem Cell Research Grants”

Agenda

I.Opening Remarks (9:30 – 9:45)

  • Senator Deborah Ortiz, Chair, Senate Health Committee and the Subcommittee on Stem Cell Research Oversight
  • Assemblymember Wilma Chan,Chair, Assembly Health Committee
  • Assemblymember Dave Jones,Chair, Assembly Judiciary Committee
  • Other members present

II.Purpose and Intent of Proposition 71 Intellectual Property Provisions (9:45 – 10:05)

  • Dan Carson, Legislative Analyst Office
  • Francisco Martin, Legislative Counsel (available for questions)

III.Constraints on Intellectual PropertyOptions From Use of Tax-Exempt Bonds (10:05 – 10:30)

  • Juan Fernandez, Division Director, Treasurer’s Office
  • Bill Heir, Legislative Counsel
  • Perry Israel, Partner, Orrick, Herrington, and Sutcliffe

IV.CCST Report and Status of ICOC policy (10:30 – 11:00)

  • James Pooley, Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
  • Ed Penhoet, Vice Chairman, Independent Citizen’s Oversight Committee

V.The Bayh-Dole Act as a Model for Intellectual Property Policy for
Proposition 71 (11:00 – 11:55)

  • Rebecca Eisenberg, Professor, University of Michigan Law School(via telephone, 734-763-1372)
  • Alan Bennett, Associate Vice Chancellor, University of California - Davis
  • Merrill Goozner, Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest
  • Jennifer Washburn, Fellow, New America Foundation and author

VI.Alternative Models for Developing Intellectual Property Policy (11:55 – 12:30)

  • Labeeb Abboud, General Counsel, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
  • Carol Mimura,Acting Assistant Vice Chancellor, UC – Berkeley

VII.Stakeholder Perspectives (12:30 – 12:55)

  • Jesse Reynolds, Project Director, Center for Genetics and Society
  • David Gollaher, President and CEO, California Healthcare Institute
  • Jean Ross, Executive Director,California Budget Project

VIII.Public Testimony (12:55 – 1:20)

IX.Closing Remarks (1:20 – 1:30)

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