The Berkeley-Stanford APLI is the premier patent law event in the US. APLI convenes an unparalleled roster of the leading academics, litigators, patent prosecutors, senior IP counsel from major corporations, and judges to deliver a timely, in-depth, results-oriented look at the latest developments in patent law and practice.
Attend the programming that matters most to your practice area. As in previous years, our agenda will be presented over two days, with Day 2 organized in our very popular, two-track format: Litigation and Prosecution.
Program Topics
Day 1
- When Trade Secrets Become Noncompetes: Injunctions After IMD v. Cornell
- The Patent Year in Review
- IPR at a Crossroads: The AIA’s History, the USPTO’s Mission, and the Consistency of Recent Changes
- Views from the Bench: A Judicial Fireside
- AI and Your Ethical Duties: Confidentiality, Competence, and Supervision
- Big Sticks: EcoFactor, Willis Electric, and the Rising Threat of Injunctive Relief
- Who Sets the Rate? Global FRAND and Parallel Determinations
Day 2
Litigation Room:
- The Skinny on Inducement: Secondary Liability After Hikma and Cox
- The UPC at Three: Lessons, Injunctions, and Life-Sciences PIs
- The Verdict Form Trap: Preserving Your Win After Ollnova
- AI on Trial: Discovery, Privilege, and Work Product
- Taking Invalidity to the Jury: Trial Strategy in a Post-IPR World
- Fighting Bad-Faith Patent Cases in the States: A 30-State Survey After Valve v. Rothschild
Prosecution Room:
- Design Patents After LKQ: New Rules, New Risks
- The Return of Reexam: Advanced Petition Practice
- Appeal or Continue? Rethinking Final-Rejection Strategy
- AI and the Inventor: Documentation, Disclosure, and Client Expectations
- Dollars and Sense: The Economics of Prosecution in the AI Era
- Patenting AI After DesJardins: SMEDs and the New 101/112 Landscape
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Registration & Pricing
- General admission: $1195
- Past attendee: $895
- Past presenter/panelist: $750.00
- Academics, Gov., nonprofits: $125.00
- Students: $35.00
- In-house counsel: complimentary with Sponsor-provided registration code—details coming soon
Lodging
The recommended hotel for the conference is the Sheraton Palo Alto, located at 625 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301.
Parking
We’ve arranged complimentary parking for all attendees at the Wilbur Parking Garage, 560 Wilbur Way, Stanford, CA 94305. These parking spaces are for EA, ES, SO spaces found in lower level 3 & 4 of Wilbur Field Garage (PS-6) only.
Information on parking and vehicle registration to come.
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