Schedule

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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

8:15 am

Breakfast

8:40 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Dean Sujit Choudhry
8:45 am Introduction to the Program
Professor Peter MenellPatent 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

Moderator:
George Pappas

Panelists:
Judge Rodney Gilstrap, E.D. Tex.
Judge Kathleen O’Malley, Fed. Cir.
Judge Ronald Whyte, N.D. Cal.
Chief Judge Leonard Stark, D. Del.
Michael Jacobs

  • Twombly, Iqbal, and Form 18
  • Venue, Stays, and Parallel Litigation (ITC, PTO, joinder/MDL)
  • Limitations on the Number of Claims/Prior Art References
  • eDiscovery
  • Staging – Vetting Remedies Theories Early
  • Patentable Subject Matter
2:45 pm Break
3:00 pm Patent Claim Construction – Substantive Overview

Presenters:
Professor Peter Menell
Matthew Powers

3:30 pm Afternoon Calendar: Claim Construction Hearing

  • Claim Construction Simulations
  • Lux v BrightBlue (“inclusion”/”three-dimensional inclusions”)
  • Mangosoft v. Oracle (“local . . .”)
4:30 pm Adjourn & Shuttle to the Claremont Hotel
5:45 pm Shuttle leaves the Claremont Hotel to Professor Peter Menell’s home
6:00 pm Dinner Reception (home of Professor Peter Menell)
8:30pm Shuttle leaves Professor Menell’s home to the Claremont Hotel

 

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

8:15 am Shuttle leaves the Claremont Hotel to Boalt Hall
8:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am Patent Case Management: Selected Issues

Moderators: Peter Menell and Matthew Powers

Panelists:
Judge Rodney Gilstrap, E.D. Tex.
Judge Kathleen O’Malley, Fed. Cir.
Judge Ronald Whyte, N.D. Cal.
Chief Judge Leonard Stark, D. Del.
George Pappas

  • Claim Construction Follow
  • Patentable Subject Matter
  • Non-obviousness
  • Motions to Dismiss for Willfulness, Indirect Infringement, and Patentable Subject Matter
10:15 am Patent Remedies and Expert Witnesses

Moderator: Lynn Pasahow

Panelists:
Judge Rodney Gilstrap, E.D. Tex.
Judge Kathleen O’Malley, Fed. Cir.
Judge Ronald Whyte, N.D. Cal.
Chief Judge Leonard Stark, D. Del.
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
11:15 am Break
11:30 am Patent Mediation

Moderator: Kathi Lutton

Panelists:
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
Professor Shyam Balganesh
Lou Petrich
4:30 pm Adjourn & Shuttle to the Claremont Hotel

 

Thursday, May 21, 2015

8:15 am Shuttle leaves the Claremont Hotel to Boalt Hall
8:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am Copyright Case Management
Professor Peter Menell
Professor David Nimmer
Professor Shyam Balganesh
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
Sally Abel, David Bernstein, Kathryn Fritz
3:00 pm Break
3:15 pm Afternoon Calendar: Preliminary Injunction Hearings

  • Polar Corp. v. PepsiCo. (“Polar”)
  • Wrigley v. Swerve (“Swerve”)
4:30 pm Adjourn & Shuttle to the Claremont Hotel
5:45 pm Shuttle leaves the Claremont Hotel for the Optional Hike/Run in the East Bay Hills (please assemble in the hotel lobby) (return shuttle back to the Claremont when the hike/run is over)

 

Friday, May 22, 2015

8:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am Trade Dress

Presenters:
Professor Peter Menell
David Bernstein

9:25 am Trademark Case Management Panel

Moderator: Kathryn Frit

Panelists:
David Bernstein
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
10:45 am Trademark Law Issues in Cyberspace
Sally Abel
12:00 pm Adjourn