Thursday & Friday, December 4 & 5, 2025
at Stanford Law School
Thursday, December 4
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| Presiding Officer: Wayne Stacy, BCLT | ||
| 8:15 – 8:50 AM | Registration and Breakfast | |
| 8:50 – 9:00 AM | Welcome and Introduction | |
| 9:00 – 9:45 AM |
Mark Lemley’s Annual Patent Law Update |
Speaker Mark Lemley, Stanford Law School |
| 10:00 – 10:45 AM |
Trends in Patent Enforcement |
Moderator Speakers |
| 11:00 – 11:45 AM |
Hot Topics in Trade Secrets |
Moderator Speakers |
| 12:00 – 12:45 PM |
Trends in Patent-Infringement Defense |
Moderator Speakers |
| 12:45 – 1:45 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:45 – 2:30 PM |
SEPs and FRAND |
Moderator Speakers |
| 2:45 – 3:30 PM |
Post-Grant Strategies in a Changing World |
Moderator Speakers |
| 3:45 – 4:30 PM |
Injunctive Relief—A global perspective for those enforcing patents and building patent portfolios |
Moderator Speakers |
| 4:45 – 5:30 PM |
Fireside Chat with Andrei Iancu |
Moderator Speaker |
| 5:30 – 7:00 PM | Reception | |
Friday, December 5
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Litigation TrackPresiding Officer: Sarah Guske, Morgan Lewis |
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| 8:15 – 8:45 AM | Registration & Breakfast | |
| 8:50 – 9:00 AM | Introduction | |
| 9:00 – 9:45 AM |
Using Equitable Defenses to Limit Patent Damages and Support Trial Themes |
Moderator Speakers |
| 10:00 – 10:45 AM |
Trends in Prior Art Usage and Validity Considerations from admitted prior art to secondary considerations |
Moderator Speakers |
| 11:00 – 11:45 AM |
Damages Awards — Surviving Daubert and the Federal Circuit |
Moderator Speakers |
| 12:00 – 12:45 PM |
Update on the UPC and its impact on IP-litigation Strategies |
Moderator Speakers |
| 12:45 – 1:45 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:45 – 2:45 PM |
AI Tools and Litigation: Where are we and what’s next? (Special CA Technology credit eligible) |
Moderator Speakers |
| 3:00 – 4:00 PM |
Ethical Issues in Patent Litigation: Litigation funding, confidential information, and AI usage (Special Ethics credit eligible) |
Speakers Azra Hadzimehnedovic, Tensegrity Ragesh Tangri, Morrison Foerster |
Prosecution TrackPresiding Officer: Wayne Stacy, BCLT |
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| 8:15 – 8:45 AM | Registration & Breakfast | |
| 8:50 – 9:00 AM | Introduction | |
| 9:00 – 9:45 AM |
Update on 112–Understanding and navigating the PTO’s application of the law |
Moderator Speakers |
| 10:00 – 10:45 AM |
Navigating 101 — Understanding and navigating the PTO’s current positions |
Moderator Speakers |
| 11:00 – 11:45 AM |
Building Valuable Patent Portfolios |
Moderator Speakers |
| 12:00 – 12:45 PM |
Inventorship and the Standards of Conception |
Moderator Speakers |
| 12:45 – 1:45 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:45 – 2:45 PM |
Making sense of the USPTO: What’s happening and what’s next? |
Speakers Molly Kocialski, Holland & Hart (former USPTO Regional Director) Mark Lemley, Stanford Law School |
| 3:00 – 4:00 PM |
AI Tools and Patent Prosecution: Where are we and what’s next? (CA Technology credit eligible) |
Speakers Steve Gong, Google Michelle Lee, Obsidian Strategies Ayan Roy-Chowdhury, Fish & Richardson Ian Schick, Paximal |