Library: 2021 Spring Meeting
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Patent Prosecution
May 10th, 2021
2021 Spring Meeting
(1) Claiming a Right of Priority - Traps for the Unwary; (2) Ex Parte Appeal Practice Tips and Updates; and (3) Overcoming Obviousness – Arguing Against Proposed Modifications to Prior Art using In Re Gordon and In Re Ratti.
- Moderator — Sameer Vadera, Palantir Technologies, Washington, DC
- Claiming a Right of Priority - Traps for the Unwary — Melissa J. Pytel, Medler Ferro Woodhouse & Mills, PLLC, McLean, VA
- Ex Parte Appeal Practice Tips and Updates — Adam Stephenson, Adam R. Stephenson, LTD., Scottsdale, AZ
- Overcoming Obviousness – Arguing Against Proposed Modifications to Prior Art using In Re Gordon and In Re Ratti — Laura N. Arneson, Mueting Raasch Group, Minneapolis, MN
Copyright & Trademark
May 10th, 2021
2021 Spring Meeting
(1) Fan Fiction and IP Rights; (2) First Amendment Challenges to Trademark Laws after Tam and Brunetti; and (3) Failure to Function, Aesthetically Functional, and Merely Ornamental Went Into a Bar… A new attack on questionable trademarks?
- Moderator — Jeffrey Samuels, Sausalito, CA
- Fan Fiction and IP Rights — Dale Nelson, Donaldson + Califf, LLP, Culver City, CA
- First Amendment Challenges to Trademark Laws after Tam and Brunetti — Lisa Ramsey, University of San Diego Law School, San Diego, CA
- Failure to Function, Aesthetically Functional, and Merely Ornamental Went Into a Bar... A new attack on questionable trademarks? — Sean Garrison, Bacal & Garrison Law Group, Scottsdale, AZ
Filing Requirements with Inventors in Multiple Countries, Tradeshows, and an Update on Special Programs from the USPTO
May 10th, 2021
2021 Spring Meeting
(1) International Patent Cooperation Initiatives; (2) IP and Trade Shows Around the World; and (3) Navigating Foreign Filing Requirements For Cross-Border Patent Inventions. Hosted by IP in China and Patent-Relations with the USPTO Committees.
- Moderator — Li Feng, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP, New York, NY
- International Patent Cooperation Initiatives — Valencia Martin-Wallace, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations, US Patent & Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA
- IP and Trade Shows Around the World — Steve Bauer, Medtronic (retired), Volunteer Lawyer, Stillwater, MN
- Navigating Foreign Filing Requirements For Cross-Border Patent Inventions — Mandy J. Song, Bayes, PLLC, McLean, VA
IP Lessons from the Pandemic
May 10th, 2021
2021 Spring Meeting
(1) Litigating IP Cases in a Post Covid-19 World: From Depositions to Trial, How to Persuasively Shape and Win Your Case Remotely and Live; and (2) Leading Your Team and Firm in the Shift From In-Person to Virtual: The ABCs of Marketing, Managing to Mentoring.
- Moderator — Kim Van Voorhis, Nike Inc., Beaverton, OR, Myra McCormack, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ
- Litigating IP Cases in a Post Covid-19 World: From Depositions to Trial, How to Persuasively Shape and Win Your Case Remotely and Live — Honorable Maryellen Noreika, US District Court, District of Delaware, Wilmington, DE, Bijal Vakil, White & Case, Palo Alto, CA, Daralyn Durie, Durie Tangri, San Francisco, CA
- Leading Your Team and Firm in the Shift From In-Person to Virtual: The ABCs of Marketing, Managing to Mentoring — Veda Cruz, Gearbox Software, Frisco, TX, Jenae Gureff, Cantor Colburn LLP, Alexandria, VA, Chanel Lattimer-Tingan, Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC, Philadelphia, PA, Scott Rittman, Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ
The Intersection Between Patent Prosecution and Patent Litigation
May 10th, 2021
2021 Spring Meeting
(1) Patent Litigator Perspective: What I Wish Patent Prosecutors Would Understand, or What I Wish I had Known Now That I’m Litigating This Patent!; and (2) Patent Prosecutor Perspective: What I Wish Patent Litigators Would Understand, or What I Wish I had Known When I Prosecuted this Patent!
- Moderator — Brian Trotter, Bishop Rock, Austin, TX
- Patent Litigator Perspective: What I Wish Patent Prosecutors Would Understand, or What I Wish I had Known Now That I’m Litigating This Patent! — Nicholas Groombridge, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, LLP, New York, NY
- Patent Prosecutor Perspective: What I Wish Patent Litigators Would Understand, or What I Wish I had Known When I Prosecuted this Patent! — Linda Shudy, Lecomte, Wuersch & Gerring, New York, NY
Opening Plenary - A Conversation with Congressman Hank Johnson
May 10th, 2021
2021 Spring Meeting
Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. Chair, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives (D-GA).
- Moderator — Joe Re, AIPLA President, Knobbe Martens, Irvine, CA
- Opening Plenary Keynote Speaker — Henry "Hank" C. Johnson, Congressman for Georgia's 4th District (U.S. House of Representatives D-GA)
IP in the Supreme Court: A Review of the Big Decisions
May 11th, 2021
2021 Spring Meeting
(1) Google v. Oracle; (2) US v. Arthex; (3) Minerva Surgical v. Hologic; (4) US PTO v. Booking.com; (5) Romag v. Fossil; (6) Georgia v. Public Resource.Org; and (7) Thryv v. Click-to-Call Technologies.
- Intellectual Property in the US Supreme Court — Amy Landers, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
The Interplay Between District Court and PTAB Litigation
May 11th, 2021
2021 Spring Meeting
Hosted by the PTAB Trial and Patent Litigation Committees.
- Moderator — Sharon Israel, Partner, Shook Hardy and Bacon
- Panel — Honorable Alan Albright, US District Court for the Western District of Texas, William Barrow, Partner, Mayer Brown, LLC, Honorable Scott Boalick, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Luncheon Keynote: Partnering with Law Schools to Diversify the IP Bar
May 11th, 2021
2021 Spring Meeting
This past year has significantly increased awareness and interest in diversity, equity and inclusion (“DEI”). The discussions have ranged from broad societal issues down to intellectual property practitioners and inventors. While the discussions are useful, significant concrete steps are also needed to diversify the intellectual property bar. Dean Niedwiecki will discuss DEI initiatives that are being undertaken and how law schools can assist the bar in overcoming historical gender and racial barriers.
- Moderator — Barbara Fiacco, Foley Hoag, Boston, MA
- Partnering with Law Schools To Diversify The Intellectual Property Bar — Dean Anthony Niedwiecki, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, St. Paul, MN
ETHICS: Cannabis and the Law - Ethics of Representing Cannabis Companies, Patent Protection, Trademark Protection and International Law
May 12th, 2021
2021 Spring Meeting
(1) Patents for Cannabis Inventions; (2) Getting Into The Weeds: Cannabis Law and TM Protection; and (3) Professional Responsibility, Criminal Liability and the Cannabis Lawyer. Hosted by Emerging Technologies and Food and Drug Committees.
- Moderator — Annette Kwok, The Cronos Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Patents for Cannabis Inventions — Travis W. Bliss, Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel,, LLP, Wilmington, DE
- Getting Into The Weeds: Cannabis Law and TM Protection — Shabnam Malek, Brand & Branch, LLP, Oakland, CA
- Professional Responsibility, Criminal Liability and the Cannabis Lawyer — Henry C. Dinger, Goodwin, Boston, MA
Design Rights - Beyond Getting a Design Patent
May 12th, 2021
2021 Spring Meeting
(1) Protecting Designs Without Design Patents; (2) Design Patent Litigation in the District Courts; and (3) Copyright Harmonization in the EU – Cofemel Decision, What’s New and What to Do.
- Moderator — Steven Shaw, Google, Mountain View, CA
- Protecting Designs Without Design Patents — James Aquilina, Quarles & Brady, LLP, Washington, DC
- Design Patent Litigation in the District Courts — Tracy-Gene Durkin, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, Washington, DC
- Copyright Harmonization in the EU – Cofemel Decision, What’s New and What to Do — Jana Bogatz, D Young & Co., Munich, Germany
Invasion of Privacy
May 12th, 2021
2021 Spring Meeting
An overview of the regulatory landscape and the impact of privacy and cybersecurity matters from corporate and litigation perspectives.
- Moderator — Stanton Weinstein, Fort Washington, PA
- Overview of GDPR — David Kappos, Cravath Swaine & Moore, LLP, New York, NY, Sasha Rosenthal-Larrea, Cravath Swaine & Moore, LLP, New York, NY
Chemical and Biotechnology Patent Law Ethics Update
May 13th, 2021
2021 Spring Meeting
(1) Duty to Disclose Non-Traditional Forms of Prior Art; (2) Duty to Disclose Test Results; and (3) Ethical Considerations in Research Collaborations.
- Moderator — Emil J. Ali, McCabe & Ali, LLP, Los Angeles, CA
- Duty to Disclose Non-Traditional Forms of Prior Art — MaryAnne Armstrong, Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch, LLP, Falls Church, VA
- Duty to Disclose Test Results — Tom Brody, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Washington, DC
- Ethical Considerations in Research Collaborations — Shilpi Banerjee, Sloan Kettering, New York, NY
Modern Patent Pools in the Age of IoTs, 5G and NextGen Video Codecs: The Impact of FTC v. Qualcomm, Unwired Planet, and Related Global Law Addressing SEPs
May 13th, 2021
2021 Spring Meeting
(1) Patent Pools and SEPs: Real-World Perspective; and (2) Predictable, Transparent, and Trustworthy Patent Platforms.
- Moderator — James Harlan, InterDigital, Inc., Washington, DC
- Predictable, Transparent, and Trustworthy Patent Platforms — Dennis Duncan, Essentiality Check, Boynton Beach, FL
- Patent Pools and SEPs: Real-World Perspective — Fabian Gonell, Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Corporate/Litigation - Remote Notary Services, IP Protection in a Work-From-Home World, IP and Distressed Companies, and Data, Data Everywhere
May 13th, 2021
2021 Spring Meeting
(1) Socially Distanced Signing: Signature Options for U.S. and International IP Practice; (2) IP Protection in a Work-From-Home World; (3) IP and Distressed Companies: A Deep Dive on the Impact of Bankruptcy on IP; From Retailers to Data; and (4) Data Data Everywhere: Balancing and Managing the Exchange Between Various Jurisdictions (EU, US, and China).
- Moderator — Michael D. Berger, Conoco Phillips Company, Houston, TX
- Socially Distanced Signing: Signature Options for U.S. and International IP Practice — Michael Nye, Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC, Troy, MI
- IP Protection in a Work-From-Home World — Laurie Young, Katun Corporation, Bloomington, MN
- IP and Distressed Companies: A Deep Dive on the Impact of Bankruptcy on IP; From Retailers to Data — Stuart Riback, Wilk Auslander, LLP, New York, NY
- Data Data Everywhere: Balancing and Managing the Exchange Between Various Jurisdictions (EU, US, and China) — Lavonne Burke Hopkins, Dell Technologies, Houston, TX
LITIGATION: Who Decides? The Role of Judges and Juries in IP Cases and Related Motion Practice
May 13th, 2021
2021 Spring Meeting
(1) Special Considerations for Patent Cases: Obviousness, Functionality, and the Ordinary Observer Test; (2) Sorting Through Equitable and Legal Remedies When Enforcing Your Agreements; and (3) The Role of Juries in Injunctions, Disgorgement and Damages in IP Cases.
- Moderator — Steven Spears, Baker Hughes, Houston, TX
- Special Considerations for Patent Cases: Obviousness, Functionality, and the Ordinary Observer Test — Rachel Clark Hughey, Merchant & Gould, Minneapolis, MN
- Sorting Through Equitable and Legal Remedies When Enforcing Your Agreements — Lauren Hoffer, Dell Technologies, Round Rock, TX
- The Role of Juries in Injunctions, Disgorgement and Damages in IP Cases — Jami Gekas, Foley & Lardner, LLP, Chicago, IL
Titans of the IP Bar
May 13th, 2021
2021 Spring Meeting
Panel discussion with Hon. Paul R. Michel (Former Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit), Philip G. Hampton (Polsinelli, PC), and Judith Saffer (Former IP Counsel, BMI).
- Moderator — Vincent E. Garlock, AIPLA Executive Director, Arlington, VA
- Panel — Philip G. Hampton, Polsinelli, Washington, DC, Honorable Paul R. Michel, Former Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (retired), Washington, DC, Judith Saffer, Former IP Counsel, BMI (retired), New York, NY
Copyright & Trademark: Online Images, and Trademark Application Best Practices
May 14th, 2021
2021 Spring Meeting
(1) Reposting Images Found on Social Media; Right of Publicity versus Copyright Infringement and the Test for Preemption; and (2) Trademark Specimens: Latest Developments and Important Considerations.
- Moderator — Allison Ricketts, Fross Zelnick, New York, NY
- Reposting Images Found on Social Media; Right of Publicity versus Copyright Infringement and the Test for Preemption — J. Gregory Whitehair, IP Resolution, Co., Lakewood,CO
- Trademark Specimens: Latest Developments and Important Considerations — Sherri Eastley, Pirkey Barber, Austin, TX
Trade Secrets: Using Patents, Trademarks, and Copyright to Preserve and Protect Trade Secrets and Balancing Privacy and Protection
May 14th, 2021
2021 Spring Meeting
(1) Why Lawyers Working to Protect Trade Secrets Need to be Thinking About Patent Law, Other IP Regimes, and Common Law Torts to Gain Full Value From Their Information; (2) What You Need to Know to Defend Your Client Accused of Trade Secret Theft; and (3) Balancing Privacy and Protection: Practical Tips for Monitoring Employees and Investigating Potential Trade Secret Misappropriation.
- Moderator — Neal F. Weinrich, Berman Fink Van Horn, PC, Atlanta, GA
- Why Lawyers Working to Protect Trade Secrets Need to be Thinking About Patent Law, Other IP Regimes, and Common Law Torts to Gain Full Value From Their Information — Victoria Cundiff, Paul Hastings, LLP, New York, NY
- What You Need to Know to Defend Your Client Accused of Trade Secret Theft — Mark Whitaker, Morrison Foerster, Washington, DC
- Balancing Privacy and Protection: Practical Tips for Monitoring Employees and Investigating Potential Trade Secret Misappropriation — Gabriel M. Ramsey, Crowell & Moring, LLP, San Francisco, CA
Ethics: Civility, Professionalism and Mental Health in Difficult Times
May 14th, 2021
2021 Spring Meeting
Ethics Program on Mindfulness in Law Led by Scott L. Rogers, Lecturer in Law and Founder and Director of the Mindfulness and Law Program at the University of Miami School of Law.
- Speaker — Scott Rogers, University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, FL
Luncheon Keynote - A Conversation with The Honorable Sharon Prost
May 14th, 2021
2021 Spring Meeting
Luncheon Keynote on Friday May 14 Featuring Hon. Sharon Prost, Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Moderated by Joe Re, AIPLA President.
- Moderator — Joe Re, AIPLA President, Knobbe Martens, Irvine, CA
- Speaker — Honorable Sharon Prost, Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, DC