Agenda

8:20 am – 8:30 am Welcome

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

5:30 pm Reception