Thursday & Friday, December 9 & 10, 2021
Thursday, December 9
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| Presiding officer: Bijal Vakil, Marta Beckwith | ||
| 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. |
Breakfast |
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| 9:00 – 9:50 a.m. |
Designing the Future of Innovation: What should be next for the US? |
Andrei Iancu, Irell & Manella Dave Kappos, Cravath, Swaine & Moore Laura Peter, Perfect Day |
| 9:55 – 10:45 a.m. |
Patent metrics: what decisions do they support? |
Steve Koziol, USPTO Acting Western Region Director Rajiv Patel, Fenwick & West Gilbert Wong, Facebook Erin Mehta, Hulu |
| 10:45 – 11:00 a.m. |
Break |
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| 11:00 – 11:45 a.m. |
Prosecution uncertainty: Thoughts about planning for the long game |
Lora Green, Wilson Sonsini William James, Van Pelt, Yi & James |
| 11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
112 enablement and written description: The future of genus claims and functional claiming
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Jonathan Lamberson, White & Case Bhanu Sadasivan, McDermott Will & Emery Jill Schmidt, Genentech Gargi Talukder, Orrick |
| 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. |
LUNCH: Designing the Future: An in-house perspective on what should be next for the USPTO |
Cara Coburn, Genentech Laurie Hill, NewCo Abby Rives, Engine Laura Sheridan, Google Wayne Stacy, BCLT/Berkeley Law |
| 1:45 – 2:25 p.m. |
101: Where are we and what can we expect next? |
Sarah Guske, Baker Botts Rich Hung, Morrison Foerster Deanna Kwong, Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
| 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. |
The business of patent litigation: ethical issues in funding, holding companies, and litigation strategies |
Karen Boyd, Turner Boyd Matt Powers, Tensegrity Ed Reines, Weil Gotshal Ragesh Tangri, Durie Tangri |
| 3:30 – 3:45 p.m. |
Break |
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| 3:45 – 4:15 p.m. |
Assignor estoppel: Limits and contractual options |
Suzanne Bell, Covington |
| 4:20 – 5:35 p.m. |
Interplay of District Courts and the PTAB: Navigating an uncertain path |
Steve Carlson, Robins Kaplan Naveen Modi, Paul Hastings Lisa Nguyen, Latham & Watkins Kathy Vidal, Winston & Strawn |
| 5:35 – 7:00 p.m. |
Grand Reception |
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Friday, December 10
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Presiding officer: Michael Headley, Fish |
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8:00 – 8:30 a.m. |
Registration |
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8:30 – 9:15 a.m. |
Patent year in review |
Mark Lemley, Stanford Law/Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology |
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9:20 – 10:00 a.m. |
SEPs: Anticipating worldwide impact |
Tom Chia, Via Licensing Nicola Dagg, Kirkland & Ellis Chris Mammen, Womble Bond Dickinson Megan Sugiyama, Juniper Networks |
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10:00 – 10:15 a.m. |
Break |
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10:15 – 10:45 a.m. |
Arthrex: The future of director review and corresponding litigation strategy |
Joe Matal, Haynes and Boone Brent Yamashita, DLA Piper |
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10:50 – 11:30 a.m. |
Venue strategies and the sunset of the patent pilot program |
Hon. Beth Freeman, United States District Judge of the District Court for the Northern District of California. Hon. Maryellen Noreika, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware Jim Brogan, King & Spalding |
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11:35 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. |
Ethical considerations in fee shifting: anticipating conflict between attorney and client |
Jim DeCarlo, Greenberg Traurig Hon. Rodney Gilstrap, Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Hon. Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers, United States District Judge of the District Court for the Northern District of California. Matthias Kamber, Paul Hastings |
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12:20 – 1:20 p.m. |
Lunch and Networking |
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1:20 – 2:15 p.m. |
Designing the future outside counsel team: studies in DEI programs |
Marie Ma, Gap Christophe Mosby, HP Lucky Vidmar, Microsoft Vivia Chen, Bloomberg Law (Moderator) |
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2:15 – 2:30 p.m. |
Break | |
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2:30 – 3:20 p.m. |
Managing international patent prosecution |
Ken Korea, Colev Law Holly Logue, Holmusk Mark Mathison, Kilpatrick Townsend Allison Schmidt, BCLT (Moderator) |
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3:25 – 4:10 p.m. |
Cybersecurity and ethical requirements: bracing for data losses |
Lothar Determann, Baker McKenzie Cynthia Frey, Assistant United States Attorney John Steele, UC Hastings |