Tuesday, May 20, 2014
8:15 am
Breakfast
8:40 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
• Judge Jeremy Fogel, FJC Director
8:45 am
Introduction to the Program
• Professor Peter Menell
Patent Law Overview: Requirements for Patentability
• Professor Peter Menell
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
Patent Law Overview: Infringement and Remedies
• Professor Mark Lemley
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Patent Local Rules, Pre-Trial Orders, and Early Case Management:
Philosophy, Context, Logic, and Departures
- George Pappas (moderator)
- Judge/FJC Director
Jeremy Fogel - Judge
Rodney Gilstrap, E.D. Tex. -
Judge
Kathleen O’Malley, Federal Circuit -
Judge
Ronald Whyte, ND Cal. - Michael
Jacobs -
Twombly,
Iqbal,
and Form 18 - Venue, Stays, and Parallel Litigation (ITC, PTO, joinder/MDL)
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Limitations
on the Number of Claims/Prior Art References - eDiscovery
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Staging – Vetting Remedies Theories
Early -
Patentable
Subject Matter – Waiting Out The Storm?
2:00 pm
Patent Claim Construction – Substantive Overview
• Matthew Powers
• Professor Peter Menell
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm
Afternoon Calendar: Claim Construction Hearings
• Claim Construction Simulations
• Lux v BrightBlue (“inclusion”/”three-dimensional inclusions”)
Stefani Smith, Marc David Peters
• Mangosoft v. Oracle (“local . . .”)
Ryan Tyz, Aaron Nathan
4:00 pm
Claim Construction Case Management
- Professor Peter Menell (moderator)
- Judge Ronald Whyte, ND Cal.
- Matthew Powers
4:30 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Dinner and Reception
Home of Professor Peter Menell; shuttle bus to and from the hotel. Please assemble in the hotel lobby.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Patent Case Management: Selected Issues
-
Matthew
Powers (moderator) -
Judge/FJC
Director Jeremy Fogel -
Judge
Rodney Gilstrap, E.D. Tex. -
Judge
Kathleen O’Malley, Federal Circuit -
Judge
Ronald Whyte, ND Cal. -
Claim
Construction Follow-up -
Patentable
Subject Matter - Non-obviousness
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Motions to Dismiss for Willfulness,
Indirect Infringement, and Patentable
Subject Matter - Proposed Legislation Governing Case Management
10:00 am
Patent Remedies and Expert Witnesses
- Lynn Pasahow (moderator)
- Judge Ronald Whyte, ND Cal.
- Judge Kathleen O’Malley, Federal Circuit
- Michael Jacobs
- Matthew Powers
Patent Damages
• Timing of Vetting Damage Methodologies
• Expert Witnesses – Daubert
• Patent Damages Doctrine
• Post-Judgment Royalties – procedural and substantive
• Injunctive Relief
• Attorney Fee Awards
11:00 am
Break
11:15 am
Patent Mediation
• Kathi Lutton (moderator)
• Judge Jeremy Fogel, FJC Director
• Magistrate Judge (Ret.) Edward Infante (JAMS)
• Matthew Powers
• Sarita Venkat
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm
Copyright Basics
• Professor Peter Menell
• Professor David Nimmer
2:45 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Infringement and Fair Use Analysis
• Professor Peter Menell
• Professor David Nimmer
• Lou Petrich
4:30 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, May 22, 2014
8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Copyright Case Management
• Professor Peter Menell
• Professor David Nimmer
• Lou Petrich
10:15 am
Break
10:30 am
Copyright in the Digital Age
• Professor Peter Menell
• Professor David Nimmer
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Trademark Basics
• Ms. Sally Abel
• Ms. Kathryn Fritz
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm
Afternoon Calendar: Preliminary Injunction Hearings
• Polar Corp. v. PepsiCo. (“Polar”)
Movant: Ciara Mittan (Polar), Jane Levich (Pepsi)
• Wrigley v. Swerve (“Swerve”)
Movant: Katie McNight (Swerve), Armen Nercessian (Wrigley)
4:30 pm
Adjourn
5:45 pm
Optional Hike/Run in the East Bay Hills
Friday, May 23, 2014
8:30 am
Breakfast (Submit decision forms)
9:00 am
Trade Dress
• Professor Peter Menell
• Kathryn Fritz
9:25 am
Trademark Case Management Panel
• Kathryn Fritz (moderator)
• Peter Harvey
• Annette Hurst
• Distinctive Aspects of TM Case Management
• Key TM Case Management Issues
• TM Case Management Typology and Timeline
• Pre-Trial and Trial Case Management Issues
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am
Trademark Law Issues in Cyberspace
• Sally Abel
12:00 pm
Adjourn