Thursday & Friday, December 7 & 8, 2023
at Stanford Law School
Thursday, December 7
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| Presiding Officer: Sue Wang, Sidley Austin | ||
| 8:30 – 8:50 AM | Breakfast & Registration | |
| 8:50 – 9:00 AM | Intro | |
| 9:00 – 9:25 AM |
Ethical boundaries in litigation funding and case management CLE Ethics Credit: 0.5 |
Ben Herbert, Miller Barondess |
| 9:30 – 10:00 AM |
Ethical boundaries in the use of private investigators CLE Ethics Credit: 0.5 |
David McGowan, Morrison Foerster |
| 10:00 – 10:15 AM | Break | |
| 10:15 – 11:00 AM |
Enablement & written-description requirements in a post-Amgen world |
Chris Mammen, Womble Bond Dickinson |
| 11:05 – 11:50 AM |
Keynote address: Honorable Klaus Grabinski |
Honorable Klaus Grabinski; President, Court of Appeals, Unified Patent Court Introduction: Dr. Julia Schönbohm, Linklaters |
| 11:50 AM – 12:15 PM | Break/Queue for Lunch | |
| 12:15 – 1:00 PM |
Lunch Keynote — Lord Justice Colin Birss |
Lord Justice Colin Birss; Deputy Head of Civil Justice, High Court of Justice of England and Wales |
| 1:00 – 1:15 PM | Break | |
| 1:15 – 2:00 PM |
World Intellectual Property Organization, International Guide to Patent Case Management |
Judge Jeremy Fogel (Ret.), Berkeley Law Peter Menell, Berkeley Law Eun-Joo Min, WIPO Judicial Institute |
| 2:05 – 2:30 PM |
Paths for protecting innovation: comparing trade secrets and patents |
David Okano, White & Case |
| 2:35 – 3:00 PM |
Protecting trade secrets through contracts: employment agreements and NDAs |
Bethan Hopewell, Powell Gilbert Jeff Pade, Paul Hastings Bessie Ye, King & Wood Mallesons |
| 3:00 – 3:15 PM | Break | |
| 3:15 – 4:10 PM |
Patent Law Year in Review |
Mark Lemley, Stanford Law |
| 4:15 – 5:00 PM |
AI and the practice of law: ethical and practical issues CLE Ethics Credit: 0.75 |
Colleen Chien, Berkeley Law |
| 5:00 – 7:00 PM | Reception | |
Friday, December 8
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| 8:15 – 8:40 AM |
Breakfast & Registration |
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| 8:40 – 8:45 AM | Introductions | |
| 8:45 – 9:35 AM |
Chat with PTAB Leadership |
Scott Boalick, USPTO Jackie Bonilla, USPTO Ed Reines, Weil Gotshal |
| 9:40 – 10:30 AM |
Fireside chat with USPTO Director Kathi Vidal and Canadian IP Office CEO Konstantinos Georgaras |
Introduction: Sara Giardina, Lyft |
| 10:30 – 11:00 AM | Break (split sessions to follow) | |
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Litigation Track |
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| 11:00 – 11:45 AM |
Elimination of bias in the courtroom CLE Elimination of Bias Credit: 0.75 |
Judge Frederick Chung, Superior Court of California – Santa Clara County |
| 11:50 AM – 12:15 PM |
Evolving venue strategies |
David Bloch, Greenberg Traurig |
| 12:15 – 12:30 PM | Break/Queue for Lunch | |
| 12:30 – 1:15 PM |
Lunch Session: The future of patent enforcement: UPC vs. US courts |
Steven Carlson, Robins Kaplan Pauline Debré, Linklaters Rajvinder Jagdev, Powell Gilbert Chris Longman, Qualcomm Dr. Julia Schönbohm, Linklaters |
| 1:20 – 1:45 PM |
Trends in willfulness: impact on liability determinations and damages determinations |
Kelly Hunsaker, Winston & Strawn Jeremy Taylor, Baker Botts |
| 1:45 – 2:00 PM | Break | |
| 2:00 – 2:45 PM |
PTAB procedures update: A guide to the key changes |
Brian Oaks, McDermott Leslie Spencer, Desmarais Scott Weidenfeller, Covington |
| 2:50 – 3:15 PM |
Estoppel trends impacting invalidity cases |
Jennifer Bush, Fenwick Sanjeet Dutta, Goodwin Procter |
| 3:20 – 3:50 PM |
Current state of ITC exclusion orders |
Michael Franzinger, Dentons Daniel Valencia, DLA Piper |
| Prosecution Track Presiding Officer: Jane Qu, Van Pelt, Yi & James |
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| 11:00 – 11:45 AM |
Best practices in patent drafting: addressing 112 and enablement after Amgen |
Nena Bains, Kilpatrick Townsend |
| 11:50 AM – 12:15 PM |
Claim drafting considerations: Trends in divided and joint infringement |
Michael Hendershot, Jones Day Miku Mehta, Procopio |
| 12:15 – 12:30 PM | Break/Queue for Lunch | |
| 12:30 – 1:15 PM |
Lunch Session: Comparative patent eligibility — EPO vs. USPTO |
Harry Harden, Kilburn & Strode |
| 1:20 – 1:45 PM |
Patent prosecution techniques for AI-related technologies |
Jordan Becker, Perkins Coie Mike Binns, Meta David Robinson, Marks & Clerk |
| 1:45 – 2:00 PM | Break | |
| 2:00 – 2:45 PM |
Client counseling: trade secrets for patent prosecutors |
David Almeling, O’Melveny & Myers Irfan Lateef, Knobbe Martens Rachael Meny, Keker, Van Nest & Peters |
| 2:50 – 3:15 PM |
PTAB trends: What prosecutors need to know |
Carl Bowers, Lyft Inge Osman, Latham Watkins |
| 3:20 – 3:50 PM |
Practical tips for the duty of disclosure in the age of AI |
Charlene Liu, Haynes Boone David Sanker, Morgan Lewis |