Agenda

Thursday, December 3
8:15 AM – 5:30 PM
Location: Paul Brest Hall
 Presiding Officer: TBA
8:15 – 8:50 AM Registration and Breakfast  
8:50 – 9:00 AM Welcome and Introduction  
9:00 – 9:45 AM

When Trade Secrets Become Noncompetes: Injunctions After IMD v. Cornell

Moderator
Laura Vartain, Kirkland & Ellis 

Speakers
Brian Lewis, Form Energy
Michael Ng, Kobre & Kim
10:00 – 10:45 AM

The Patent Year in Review 

Speaker
Mark Lemley, Stanford Law 
11:00 – 11:45 AM

IPR at a Crossroads: The AIA’s History, the USPTO’s Mission, and the Consistency of Recent Changes

Moderator
Azra Hadzimehmedovic, Tensegrity 

Speakers
Laura Sheridan, Google
Scott Weidenfeller, Covington & Burling
Alex Yap, Morrison Foerster
Colleen Chien, UC Berkeley Law 
12:00 – 12:45 PM

Views from the Bench: A Judicial Fireside

Moderator
Karen Boyd, Thomson Hine

Speakers
Judge Leonard Stark, Federal Circuit 
Judge Allison Goddard, Southern District of California
Judge James Donato, Northern District of California
Judge Colm Connolly, District of Delaware 
12:45 – 1:45 PM Lunch  
1:45 – 2:30 PM

AI and Your Ethical Duties: Confidentiality, Competence, and Supervision

Moderator
Kaitlin Betancourt, Goodwin Procter  

Speakers
Helen Chacon, Legora
Neel Chatterjee, King & Spalding
David Bloch, Greenberg Traurig 
2:45 – 3:30 PM

Big Sticks: EcoFactor, Willis Electric, and the Rising Threat of Injunctive Relief

Moderator
Matthias Kamber, Munger, Tolles & Olson 

Speakers
Irene Yang, Sidley Austin
Lindsay Cooper Hayman, Debevoise & Plimpton 
Erin Crockett, NERA 
3:45 – 4:30 PM

Who Sets the Rate? Global FRAND and Parallel Determinations

Moderator
Pete Damerell, Powell Gilbert

Speakers
Himaja Bhatt, Farella Braun + Martel
Ye Yang, VeriSilicon
Philipp Widera, Pinsent Masons 
4:30 – 6:00 PM Reception  

 

 

Friday, December 4
8:15 AM – 3:30 PM
Location: Paul Brest Hall

Litigation Track

Presiding Officer: TBA
8:15 – 8:45 AM Registration & Breakfast  
8:50 – 9:00 AM Introduction  
9:00 – 9:45 AM

The Skinny on Inducement: Secondary Liability After Hikma and Cox

Moderator
Jason Winchester, Jones Day

Speakers
Shana Cyr, Bristol, Myers, Squibb
Mike Gilbert, Marks & Clerk 
Clement Roberts, Orrick
10:00 – 10:45 AM

The UPC at Three: Lessons, Injunctions, and Life-Sciences PIs

Moderator
Steven Carlson, Robins Kaplan

Speakers
Randy Wu, 10x Genomics 
Gaëlle Bourout,  Linklaters
Chris de Mauny, Bird & Bird 
11:00 – 11:45 AM

The Verdict Form Trap: Preserving Your Win After Ollnova

Moderator
Christine Morgan, Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton

Speakers
Mark Selwyn, WilmerHale
Micah Block, Davis Polk 
Patricia Young, Latham & Watkins 
12:00 – 12:45 PM

AI on Trial: Discovery, Privilege, and Work Product

Moderator
Leslie Spencer, Desmarais 

Speakers
Deanna Kwong, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Sharif Jacob, Keker, Van Nest & Peters
Michelle Galloway, Cooley 
12:45 – 1:45 PM Lunch  
1:45 – 2:30 PM

Taking Invalidity to the Jury: Trial Strategy in a Post-IPR World

Moderator
Sasha Rao, Nixon Peabody

Speakers
Abby Parsons, Arnold & Porter
Doug Lumish, Weil 
2:45 – 3:30PM

Fighting Bad-Faith Patent Cases in the States: A 30-State Survey After Valve v. Rothschild

Moderator
Andrew Dufresne, Ashurst Perkins Coie

Speakers
Ian Washburn, Irell & Manella
Paul Gugliuzza, University of Texas Law
Krista Schwartz, Willkie Farr & Gallagher 

Prosecution Track

Presiding Officer: TBA
8:15 – 8:45 AM Registration & Breakfast  
8:50 – 9:00 AM Introduction  
9:00 – 9:45 AM

Design Patents After LKQ: New Rules, New Risks

Moderator
Christopher Carani, McAndrews, Held & Malloy

Speakers
Mark Mckenna, UCLA Law 
Elizabeth Ferrill, Finnegan  
10:00 – 10:45 AM

The Return of Reexam: Advanced Petition Practice

Moderator
David O’Brien, Haynes Boone

Speakers
Jonathan Stroud, Unified Patents
Chris Kao, Pillsbury 
Mike Rosato, Wilson Sonsini 
11:00 – 11:45 AM

Appeal or Continue? Rethinking Final-Rejection Strategy

Moderator
Matt Avery, Baker Botts

Speakers
Keith Jurek, GRAIL
Shannon Reaney, Morrison Foerster 
Nena Bains, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton 
12:00 – 12:45 PM

AI and the Inventor: Documentation, Disclosure, and Client Expectations

Moderator
Manita Rawat, Morgan Lewis 

Speakers
Charles Adelsheim, Siemens Healthineers
Makoto Tsunozaki, Knobbe Martens 
Bill Hector, Venable 
12:45 – 1:45 PM Lunch  
1:45 – 2:30 PM

Dollars and Sense: The Economics of Prosecution in the AI Era

Moderator
Molly Kocialski, Holland & Hart

Speakers
Jordan Becker, Van Hoven 
Ali Alemozafar, Wilson Sonsini 
2:45 – 3:30 PM

Patenting AI After DesJardins: SMEDs and the New 101/112 Landscape

Moderator
Rajiv Patel, Fenwick 

Speakers
Jane Qu, Van Pelt, Yi & James 
Bijal Vakil, Skadden