Agenda

Ronald M. Whyte Intellectual Property Seminar Agenda (PDF)

Day 1
Tuesday, May 23
Time Topic Speaker(s)
8:15 am Breakfast
8:40 am Welcoming and Opening Remarks

Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.), BJI
Executive Director

Hamid Khan, FJC

Wayne Stacy, BCLT
Executive Director
8:50 am Introduction to the Program Prof. Peter Menell, BJI, BCLT
Co-Founder
  Requirements for Patentability

Prof. Peter Menell, BJI, BCLT
Co-Founder

Allison Schmitt, BCLT
Life Sciences & Innovation Director
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Infringement and Defenses Prof. Peter Menell, BJI, BCLT
Co-Founder
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm

Early Case Management: Philosophy, Context, Logic, and Departures

  • Patent Local Rules, Standing/Scheduling Orders, Checklists
  • Stays, Parallel Litigation, and Estoppel (PTAB, ITC, Joinder/MDL)
  • Limitations on the Number of Claims/Prior Art References
  • Discovery
  • Pleading Standards  — Willfulness

Judge Alan Albright, W.D. Tex

Chief Judge Scott Boalick, PTAB
Admin. Patent Judge

Chief Judge Colm Connolly, D. Del.

Judge Beth Freeman, N.D. Cal.

Chief Judge Rodney Gilstrap, E.D. Tex.

Judge Leonard Stark, Fed. Circuit

Moderator:
Allison Schmitt, BCLT
Life Sciences & Innovation Director

 
2:25 pm Patent Claim Construction — Substantive Overview Matthew Powers, Tensegrity
2:45 pm

Break
3:00 pm

Afternoon Calendar: Claim Construction Hearing

  • Electrical Connector

Azra Hadzimehmedovic, Tensegrity

Jing Luo, Orrick
3:45 pm Claim Construction Hearing Discussion

Judge Alan Albright, W.D. Tex

Chief Judge Scott Boalick, PTAB
Admin. Patent Judge

Chief Judge Colm Connolly, D. Del.

Judge Beth Freeman, N.D. Cal.

Chief Judge Rodney Gilstrap, E.D. Tex.

Judge Leonard Stark, Fed. Circuit

Moderator:
Matthew Powers, Tensegrity
4:30 pm Adjourn
6:00 pm

Dinner and Reception

Home of Prof. Peter Menell; shuttle bus to and from the hotel.
Please assemble in the hotel lobby.
8:30 pm

Dinner and Reception Depart

Shuttle bus returns to hotel.
Please assemble at front entrance.

Day 2
Wednesday, May 24
8:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am Mixed Questions of Fact and Law: Claim Construction, Patentable Subject Matter, and Non-Obviousness

Judge Alan Albright, W.D. Tex

Chief Judge Scott Boalick, PTAB
Admin. Patent Judge

Chief Judge Colm Connolly, D. Del.

Judge Beth Freeman, N.D. Cal.

Chief Judge Rodney Gilstrap, E.D. Tex.

Judge Leonard Stark, Fed. Circuit

Moderator:
Sonal Mehta, WilmerHale
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Patent Remedies and Expert Witnesses

Judge Alan Albright, W.D. Tex

Chief Judge Colm Connolly, D. Del.

Judge Beth Freeman, N.D. Cal.

Chief Judge Rodney Gilstrap, E.D. Tex.

Judge Leonard Stark, Fed. Circuit

Moderator:
Matthew Powers, Tensegrity
12:00 pm Lunch
  Lunch Discussion with USPTO Director Kathi Vidal and Circuit Judge Leonard Stark

Kathi Vidal, USPTO
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director

Judge Leonard Stark, Fed. Circuit

Moderator:
Judge Jeremy Fogel (ret.), BJI
Executive Director
1:00 pm Copyright Basics

Prof. Shyam Balganesh, Columbia Law

Prof. Peter Menell, BJI, BCLT
Co-Founder
2:30 pm Break
2:45 pm Fair Use Analyses

Prof. Shyam Balganesh, Columbia Law

Prof. Peter Menell, BJI, BCLT
Co-Founder
3:30 pm Infringement/Fair Use Simulations

Peter Anderson, Davis Wright Tremaine

Prof. Shyam Balganesh, Columbia Law

Moderator:
Prof. Peter Menell, BJI, BCLT
Co-Founder
4:30 pm Adjourn

Day 3
Thursday, May 25
8:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am Copyright Case management: Music Copyright Infringement

Peter Anderson, Davis Wright Tremaine

Mark Avsec, Benesch

Prof. Shyam Balganesh, Columbia Law
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Trademark Basics

Megan Bannigan, Debevoise & Plimpton

Kathryn Fritz, Fenwick & West

Prof. Peter Menell, BJI, BCLT
Co-Founder
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Afternoon Calendar: Preliminary Injunction Hearing

Esther Galan, Fenwick & West

Nicholas Santos, Fenwick & West
  Trademark Case Management

Megan Bannigan, Debevoise & Plimpton

Kathryn Fritz, Fenwick & West
3:15 pm Break
3:30 pm Trade Secrets Primer

David Almeling, O’Melveny & Myers

Victoria Cundiff, Paul Hastings
Former Partner

Prof. Peter Menell, BJI, BCLT
Co-Founder

James Pooley, James Pooley PLC
4:30 pm Adjourn
5:45 pm

OPTIONAL

Hike in the East Bay Hills
(Inspiration Point)

Shuttle bus from hotel to Inspiration Point.
Please assemble in the hotel lobby.
6:30 pm

Hike Depart

Shuttle bus from Inspiration Point to hotel.
Please assemble at hiking entrance.
7:00 pm

Pizza/Salad/Beer — Dinner

Home of Prof. Peter Menell; shuttle bus to and from the hotel.
Please assemble in the hotel lobby.

Day 4
Friday, May 26
8:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am Trade Secret — Early Case Management James Pooley, James Pooley PLC
  Sunrise v. Sol (Preliminary Injunction)

Introduction:
Prof. Peter Menell, BJI, BCLT
Co-Founder

Sunrise:
David Almeling, O’Melveny & Myers

Sol:
Victoria Cundiff, Paul Hastings
Former Partner
  Whistleblower Immunity

Prof. Peter Menell, BJI, BCLT
Co-Founder
  Summary Judgement Case Management

James Pooley, James Pooley PLC
  Sunrise v. Sol (Summary Judgement)

Sunrise:
David Almeling, O’Melveny & Myers

Sol:
Victoria Cundiff, Paul Hastings
Former Partner
10:45 am Break
11:00 am Trade Secrets Case Management: Remedies Prof. Peter Menell, BJI, BCLT
Co-Founder
  Sunrise v. Sol (Permanent Injunction)

Sunrise:
David Almeling, O’Melveny & Myers

Sol:
Victoria Cundiff, Paul Hastings
Former Partner
  Discussion

David Almeling, O’Melveny & Myers

Victoria Cundiff, Paul Hastings
Former Partner

Judge Beth Freeman, N.D. Cal.

Moderator:
James Pooley, James Pooley PLC
11:30 am Trade Secrets Case Management: Criminal

David Almeling, O’Melveny & Myers

Victoria Cundiff, Paul Hastings
Former Partner

Judge Beth Freeman, N.D. Cal.

Moderator:
James Pooley, James Pooley PLC
11:50 am Graduation
12:00 pm Adjourn