8:20 am – 8:30 am Welcome
- Professor Mark Lemley, Stanford Law School
- Professor Peter Menell, Berkeley Law/Stanford Law School
8:30 am -9:00 am Opening Keynote Address: PTO Director David Kappos
Implementing the AIA and other initiatives
9:00 am – 9:15 am Audience Questions
9:15 am – 10:30 am Panel 1: The PTO/District Court Interface Focus: reexamination; post-grant review; stays; claim construction
Moderator: Professor Peter Menell, Berkeley Law/Stanford Law School
Panelists:
- PTO Director David Kappos
- FJC Director Jeremy Fogel
- Solicitor Ray Chen, United States Patent & Trademark Office, Office of the Solicitor General
- Professor Arti Rai, Duke Univ. School of Law
- Ms. Laura Storto, Genentech
- Lee Van Pelt, Van Pelt, Yi & James, LLP
10:30 am – 11:15 am Break
10:45 am – 11:15 am Keynote Address: ITC Commissioner Shara Aranoff
11:15 am -12:30 pm Panel 2: The ITC/District Court Interface
Focus: remedies; domestic industry (and NPEs); stays; joinder
Moderator: Professor Mark Lemley, Stanford Law School
Panelists:
- Commissioner Shara Aranoff
- Judge Ronald Whyte, N.D. California
- Chief ALJ Charles Bullock, USITC
- Matthew Powers, Tensegrity Law Group
- Ms. Stefani Shanberg, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
12:30 pm -1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Keynote Address: Federal Circuit Judge Kathleen O’Malley
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm Panel 3: The Federal Circuit/District Court Interface
Focus: patentable subject matter; claim construction; damages (reverse bifurcation)
Moderator: Professor Mark Lemley, Stanford Law School
Panelists:
- Circuit Judge Kathleen O’Malley
- Judge Lucy Koh, N.D. California
- Edward Reines, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
- Michelle Lee, Google
- Professor John Duffy, Univ. of Virginia School of Law
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm Break
3:00 pm – 4:10 pm Panel 4: The Market for Patent Litigation (International and Domestic)
Focus: the domestic marketplace; the international marketplace
Moderator: Professor Rob Merges, Berkeley Law
Panelists:
- Steve Carlson, Fish & Richardson
- Mallun Yen, RPX
- Chip Lutton, former Chief Patent Counsel (2001-2011), Apple
- Matthew Powers, Tensegrity Law Group
4:10 pm – 4:15 pm Welcome and Introduction: Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, Stanford law School
4:15 pm – 4:45 pm Keynote Address: FJC Director Jeremy Fogel
4:45 pm – 5:30 pm Panel 5: Integrating the Patent System
Moderator: Professor Peter Menell, Berkeley Law/Stanford Law School
Panelists:
- ITC Commissioner Shara Aranoff
- FJC Director Jeremy Fogel
- PTO Director David Kappos
- Circuit Judge Kathleen O’Malley
5:30 pm Reception