Library: 2019 Annual Meeting
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[Joint Session of the Antitrust, IP in China, and IP in Europe Committees] Global Licensing – How to Avoid Antitrust Pitfalls
October 24th, 2019
2019 Annual Meeting
(1) Antitrust Pitfalls in Global Licensing: Perspective from China - A “Global” Battleground; (2) Europe: SEPs and Settlements – Selected Antitrust Issues in IP Licensing; and (3) The U.S. Antitrust Side of IP -- Patently Complex But Don’t Give Up.
- Moderator — Richard J. Stark, Cravath Swaine & Moore, LLP, New York, NY
- Antitrust Pitfalls in Global Licensing: Perspective from China - A “Global” Battleground — Frank Jiang, Zhong Lun Law Firm, Beijing, P.R. China
- Europe: SEPs and Settlements – Selected Antitrust Issues in IP Licensing — Benjamin Grzimek, FieldFisher Law Firm, Dusseldorf, Germany
- The U.S. Antitrust Side of IP -- Patently Complex But Don’t Give Up — Anumpama Sawkar, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC
[Joint Session of the Industrial Designs & Professionalism and Ethics Committees] The State of Design Rights – Fall 2019
October 24th, 2019
2019 Annual Meeting
(1) Ethical Considerations in Design Patent Practice; and (2) Case Law Updates and Best Practices Discussion.
- Moderator — Ivy Clarice Estoesta, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, PLLC, Washington DC
- Ethical Considerations in Design Patent Practice — DeAnn F. Smith, Foley Hoag, LLP, Boston, MA, Thomas T. Moga, LeClairRyan, Dearborn, MI, George Raynal, Saidman DesignLaw Group, LLC, Silver Spring, Maryland
- Case Law Updates and Best Practices Discussion — Dunstan H. Barnes, McAndrews Held & Malloy, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Justin DeAngelis, Quarles & Brady, LLP, Chicago, IL, Michael Hages, Price Heneveld, LLP, Grand Rapids, MI
[Patent Litigation] How to Prepare a Patent Case for Trial: Tips from The Trenches
October 24th, 2019
2019 Annual Meeting
(1) Strategic Discovery for Trial; (2) Overcoming Evidentiary Landmines at Trial; (3) The Importance of Witnesses; and (4) Winning Your Trial Before You Step into Court.
- Strategic Discovery for Trial — Michael J. Huget, Honigman, LLP, Ann Arbor, MI
- Overcoming Evidentiary Landmines at Trial — Tanya Chaney, Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Houston, TX
- The Importance of Witnesses — Nicholas P. Groomridge, Paul Weiss, New York, NY
- Winning Your Trial Before You Step into Court — Garrad R. Beeney, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, NY
[Joint Session of the Electronic and Computer Law, Emerging Technologies, IP Transactions, Standards and Open Source, and Mergers and Acquisitions Committees] Driving the Future of IP: How Driverless Vehicles Are Driving New Trends in IP Protection
October 24th, 2019
2019 Annual Meeting
(1) Tech Talk – Bring Up to Speed on the Tech and Patent Strategy; (2) Lessons for Trade Secret Litigators from the Driverless Cars Space: The WeRide and Waymo v. Uber cases; (3) Antitrust Issues to Consider While Riding in Your Autonomous Vehicle – Avoiding Crashes Caused by M&A Transactions, Standards Development and Licensing of Standard Essential Patents; and (4) Patent Licensing Royalties Litigation Damages Apportionment: Entire Market Value Rule (EMVR) Versus Smallest Scalable Patent Practicing Unit (SSPPU) Principle as Applied to IoTs.
- Moderator — Jeremy K. McKown, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ
- Tech Talk – Bring Up to Speed on the Tech and Patent Strategy — Christopher Nalevanko, Zoox, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, Catherine Tornabene, Aurora Innovation, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
- Lessons for Trade Secret Litigators from the Driverless Cars Space: The WeRide and Waymo v. Uber cases — Diane Siegel Danoff, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA
- Antitrust Issues to Consider While Riding in Your Autonomous Vehicle – Avoiding Crashes Caused by M&A Transactions, Standards Development and Licensing of Standard Essential Patents — Rajesh S. James, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC
- SSPPU Implications for Autonomous Vehicles — Anne Layne Farrar, Charles River Associates, Chicago, IL
Opening Plenary Session (Hon. Andrei Iancu)
October 24th, 2019
2019 Annual Meeting
(1) Welcome Remarks; (2) Committee of the Year Announcement; and (3) Keynote Speech by Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[Patent Prosecution] Beyond Drafting the Perfect Specification: Fixing What Can Go Wrong in Your Patent Filings
October 24th, 2019
2019 Annual Meeting
(1) Where Patent Filings Can Go Wrong; (2) So, Mistakes Were Made, Now What Do We Do?; (3) What WIPO Wishes You Knew About Filing a PCT; and (4) Between a Rock and a Hard Place.
- Moderator — Louis Troilo, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC
- Where Patent Filings Can Go Wrong — Kirk Damman, Lewis Rice, St. Louis, MO
- So, Mistakes Were Made, Now What Do We Do? — Rakhi Nikhanj, Mueting Raasch & Gebhardt, Minneapolis, MN
- What WIPO Wishes You Knew About Filing a PCT — Matt Bryan, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, Switzerland
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place — Melissa Pytel, Medler Ferro Woodhouse & Mills, McLean, VA
[Luncheon Keynote] Why Uncomfortable Feels Good in the End: Stretching for Diversity
October 24th, 2019
2019 Annual Meeting
Luncheon Keynote Speech by Dara M. Kendall of Procter & Gamble.
[Joint Session of the Chemical Practice & Food and Drug Law Committees] Public Policy, Patent Law and the Changing Life Sciences Landscape
October 24th, 2019
2019 Annual Meeting
Panel discussion presented by the Chemical Practice and Food and Drug Law Committees.
- Moderator — Tonya L. Combs, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN
- Panel — Sherry Knowles, Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies, Atlanta, GA, Kurt R. Karst, Hyman Phelps & McNamara, PC, Washington, DC, Paul Golian, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ, David Korn, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), Washington, DC
Managing Your Global IP Portfolio
October 25th, 2019
2019 Annual Meeting
(1) Oh, Canada!!! Getting Out in Front of Canada’s Soon-To-Be-Implemented Patent, Trademark, and Design Law Changes; (2) Winning Strategies for Clearing Global Trademarks - Assessing and Protecting Your Mark in Markets Around the World; and (3) Strengthening Your International Design Application - Drafting Your Design Patent Application to Ensure You Cover as Many Jurisdictions as Possible.
- Moderator — Min (Amy) Schumann Xu, Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Hangzhou, China
- Oh, Canada!!! Getting Out in Front of Canada’s Soon-To-Be-Implemented Patent, Trademark, and Design Law Changes — Brian R. Daley, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada, LLP, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Winning Strategies for Clearing Global Trademarks - Assessing and Protecting Your Mark in Markets Around the World — Alison D. Frey, Dickinson Wright, Austin, TX
- Strengthening Your International Design Application - Drafting Your Design Patent Application to Ensure You Cover as Many Jurisdictions as Possible — Robert S. Katz, Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., Washington, DC
[Ethics] Lawyers Behaving Badly: Avoiding Messy Transitions and Complying with Your Ethical Obligations
October 25th, 2019
2019 Annual Meeting
(1) So, You Want to Start Your Own Firm; (2) Managing Multi-Jurisdictional Traps; and (3) Identifying and Defusing Subject Matter Conflicts.
- Moderator — Jeoyuh Lin, Lin IP Consulting, LLC
- So, You Want to Start Your Own Firm — Georgann S. Grunebach, The Law Offices of Georgann S. Grunebach A Professional Law Corporation, Las Vegas, NV
- Managing Multi-Jurisdictional Traps — Keisha Hylton-Rodic, Hylton-Rodic Law, Washington, DC
- Identifying and Defusing Subject Matter Conflicts — David McGowan, University of San Diego of Law, San Diego, CA
[Corporate] Dotting I’s and Crossing T’s - Navigating IP Issues for Business Practice – Employment Agreements, Branding
October 25th, 2019
2019 Annual Meeting
(1) Starting from Scratch – Check List Approach to Getting Your IP Strategy Started; (2) Key Contract Issues for Creating or Revising Your Confidentiality, Ownership, and Employment Agreements; and (3) Surviving Your First Branding Disaster – Did You Get Clearance for That? / Can You Really Enforce That?.
- Moderator — Angie M. Hankins, Samsung, Menlo Park, CA
- Starting from Scratch – Check List Approach to Getting Your IP Strategy Started — Jennifer DeTrani, Nisos, Alexandria, VA, Christian LaForgia, Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., Washington, DC
- Key Contract Issues for Creating or Revising Your Confidentiality, Ownership, and Employment Agreements — Suzy Fulton, Grable Martin Fulton, PLLC, Dallas, TX, Mirna Baloul, Weir Group, PLC, Fort Worth, TX
- Surviving Your First Branding Disaster – Did You Get Clearance for That? / Can You Really Enforce That? — Lesley Grossberg, Baker Hostetler, Philadelphia, PA
[Copyright] Keeping Up with The Big Developments in Copyright Law
October 25th, 2019
2019 Annual Meeting
(1) The Music Modernization Act; (2) Free Mickey? Trademark Protections in Characters After Copyright Expires; and (3) Say Hello to My Little Friend! – CMI / Copyright Management Information Violations.
- The Music Modernization Act — Jeffrey G. Knowles, Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP, San Francisco, CA, Lisa M. Schreihart, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C., Washington, DC
- Free Mickey? Trademark Protections in Characters After Copyright Expires — Prof. Madhavi Sunder, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
- Say Hello to My Little Friend! – CMI / Copyright Management Information Violations — Garfield Goodrum, Design Law, Boston, MA
Winning Strategies and Practical Tips for Trade Secrets Litigation and Agreements
October 25th, 2019
2019 Annual Meeting
(1) Winning Complex Trade Secret Cases; (2) Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe; and (3) You Want to Do What with My Laptop?.
- Moderator — Mary Prendergast, Morrison Foerster, Washington, DC
- Winning Complex Trade Secret Cases — Trey Cox, Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst, LLP, Dallas, TX
- Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe — Dan Hart, Seyfarth Shaw, Atlanta, GA
- You Want to Do What with My Laptop? — Scott Allison, Delos Living, New York, NY
[Luncheon Keynote] Why You Should File Your Next Patent Case Across the Street from the “HEY SUGAR”
October 25th, 2019
2019 Annual Meeting
Luncheon Keynote Speech by United States District Court Judge Alan Albright (Western District of Texas).
[Joint Session of the Corporate Practice & New Lawyers Committees] Know Thy Client: Practical Tips for Strengthening the Outside/Inside Counsel Relationship
October 25th, 2019
2019 Annual Meeting
Panel discussion presented by the Corporate Practice and New Lawyers Committees.
- Moderator — Jessica Ergmann, Artic Fox Biomedical, Inc., Cambridge, MA
- Panel — Marc Adler, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, New York, NY, Robert DeBerardine, Chief IP Counsel, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ
[Joint Session of the Trademark Law, Trademark Relations, USPTO, and Trademark Litigation Committees] USPTO Trademark Tips and Best Practices
October 25th, 2019
2019 Annual Meeting
Panel discussion presented by Trademark Law, Trademark Relations, USPTO, and Trademark Litigation Committees.
- Moderator — Gabrielle S. Roth, Sughrue Mion, PLLC, Washington, DC
- Panel — Nicholas Coleman, United States Patent & Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA (invited), Robert Lavache, United States Patent & Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA (invited)
[Joint Session of the Patent Agents & Patent Relations with USPTO Committees] Help Me Help You: The Art of Working with Inventors
October 25th, 2019
2019 Annual Meeting
Perceptions, Myths and Possibilities: (1) The Art of Working with the Legal Department; (2) The Art of Working with Outside Counsel; and (3) The Art of Working with Patent Examiners.
- Moderator — Shubhrangshu (Rushi) Sengupta, US Conec Ltd., Hickory, NC
- The Art of Working with the Legal Department — Rachel Kahler, General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
- The Art of Working with Outside Counsel — Laura Hupp, Merchant & Gould, Minneapolis, MN
- The Art of Working with Patent Examiners — Julie Burke, Knobbe Martens, Washington, DC
Closing Plenary: The Year In Review
October 26th, 2019
2019 Annual Meeting
(1) Trademarks; (2) Patents; (3) Copyrights; (4) Trade Secrets; and (5) Ethics: Conflicts, conflicts everywhere! Managing Potential Conflicts in Intake and Joint Engagements.
- Moderator — Ceyda A. Maisami, Hewlett Packard, Washington, DC
- Trademarks — Stephanie H. Bald, Kelly IP, LLP, Kelly IP, Washington, DC
- Patents — Prof. Dennis Crouch, University of Missouri School of Law, Columbia, MO
- Copyrights — Dale Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, New York, NY
- Trade Secrets — James Pooley, James Pooley PLC, Menlo Park, CA
- Ethics: Conflicts, conflicts everywhere! Managing Potential Conflicts in Intake and Joint Engagements — Allison Martin Rhodes, Holland & Knight, LLP, Portland, OR