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Opening Plenary
Thursday, May 16 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT
A Panel of Judges Presents: Things I Wish I Knew When I Was an Intellectual Property Practitioner
- Moderator: Joe Re, Knobbe Martens, Irvine, CA
Speakers:
- Honorable John W. Holcomb, US District Judge of the US District Court for the Central District of California, Riverside, CA
- Honorable Shashi H. Kewalramani, US Magistrate Judge of the US District Court for the Central District of California, Riverside, CA
- Honorable Scott R. Boalick, Chief Judge for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, US Patent & Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA
- Honorable Susan Hightower, US Magistrate Judge of the District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin, TX
AM Track 1-Part 1: Emerging Issues at the Challenging Intersection of AI and Patents
Thursday, May 16 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM EDT
Part 1 - Emerging Issues at the Challenging Intersection of Patents and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Patenting AI Inventions: 10 Practical Tips in 15 Minutes. Emerging Issues with AI in BioTech Patent Prosecution
Moderator: Brian Rosenbloom, Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck P.C., Washington, DC
Speakers:
- Melissa Wasserman, University of Texas at Austin - School of Law, Austin, TX (Slides, Paper)
- Christian Hannon, Office of Policy & International Affairs, US Patent & Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA
AM Track 2-Part 1: Free Speech and Antitrust: Recent Topics in Trademark Law
Thursday, May 16 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM EDT
Part 1 - Free Speech and Antitrust: Recent Topics in Trademark Law
Moderator: Sarah E. Sauceda, AMD Legal, Austin, TX
Speakers:
- Daniel A. Schnapp, Dentons, New York, NY
- Sanjiv Sarwate, Dell Technologies, Round Rock, TX
AM Track 1-Part 2: Emerging Issues at the Challenging Intersection of Industrial Data, Design Rights, and Artificial Intelligence
Thursday, May 16 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Part 2 - Emerging Issues at the Challenging Intersection of Industrial Data, Design Rights, and Artificial Intelligence
Moderator: Brian Batzli, Merchant & Gould, PC, Minneapolis, MN
Use Policies and Who Owns the Rights
Speakers:
- Christopher Suarez, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, DC
- Nicole Spence, IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY
AM Track 2-Part 2 - Practical Changes in View of Recent Supreme Court Trademark Opinions: An Exploration of the Impact of Jack Daniels, Abitron, and Elster
Thursday, May 16 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Part 2 - Practical Changes in View of Recent Supreme Court Trademark Opinions: An Exploration of the Impact of Jack Daniels, Abitron, and Elster
Moderator: Kelu Sullivan, Kelly IP, Washington, DC
Speakers:
- Nancy Mertzel, Mertzel Law PLLC, New York, NY
- Ted Davis, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA (Paper)
PM Track 1-Part 1: Emerging Issues at the Challenging Intersection of Copyrights & Generative AI
Thursday, May 16 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Part 1 - Emerging Issues at the Challenging Intersection of Copyright and Generative AI
Moderator: Matt Wagner, PDC Brands, Stamford, CT
Speakers:
Hosted by the Emerging Technologies Committee
PM Track 2-Part 1: PTAB Hot Topics
Thursday, May 16 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Part 1 - PTAB Hot Topics: Best Practices and the Future of the PTAB
Two former Administrative Patent Judges will lead a conversation around best practices from their experiences as practitioners and from the bench. The panelists will also discuss the PREVAIL Act.
Moderator: Lu Ling, Norton Rose Fulbright, LLP, Houston, TX
Speakers:
- Trenton Ward, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Atlanta, GA
- Christopher Crumbley, Bracewell, LLP, Austin, TX
Hosted by the PTAB Trial Committee
PM Track 1-Part 2 - Emerging Issues at the Challenging Intersection of Trademark & Generative AI
Thursday, May 16 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
Part 2 - Emerging Issues at the Challenging Intersection of Trademark and Generative AI: AI’s impact on the relevant consumer.
Moderator: Matt Wagner, PDC Brands, Stamford, CT
Speakers:
- Isabella C. Cunningham, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (Slides, Paper)
- Carys Webb, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP, New York, NY
PM Track 2-Part 2: Beyond Prep & Pros: Evolving Roles of Patent Agents, Elevating the Profession, and Managing the Privilege
Thursday, May 16 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
Part 2 - Beyond Prep & Pros: Evolving Roles of Patent Agents, Elevating the Profession, and Managing the Privilege
A panel discussion showcasing U.S. patent agents’ evolving roles extending well beyond basic prep and pros, including a vibrant discussion on managing the privilege. The panel will illustrate the opportunities created by having an expanded vision of what a patent practitioner can do and discuss how to manage perceived challenges.
Speakers: (Paper)
- Jeffrey Lewis, Foley Hoag, LLP, New York, NY
- Valerie Moore, Kilpatrick Townsend, LLP, Houston, TX
- Alexandra Smythe, IDE Group, Downingtown, PA
Hosted by the Patent Agents Committee
Afternoon Plenary: Artificial Intelligence and Ethics
Thursday, May 16 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
Artificial Intelligence And Ethics
The ethics of advising clients on emerging technologies, and the responsibility of attorneys, for keeping up with said technologies - investigation of inventorship - which of the human participants are inventors - update - do we have an ethical duty to investigate.
Speakers:
- Christina Huang, Faegre Drinker, St Paul, Minnesota (Paper)
- Sharon Crane, Haynes Boone, Washington, DC (Paper)
FRIDAY, May 17 Morning Sessions
Morning Plenary: Attorney/Client Privilege Around the World
Friday, May 17 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT
Have you ever been confronted by the issue of attorney client privilege in U.S. litigation and how or whether privilege applies to a client’s communications with patent agents and attorneys outside the United States? Ever wish that the standard was the same around the world? Take the opportunity to (a) discover how attorney-client privilege is (or not) addressed outside the United States (b) learn how United States courts treat claims of attorney-client privilege between a client and intellectual property practitioners outside the
United States, and (c) hear experts discuss the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) proposed resolution Q163 seeking to standardize attorney client privilege around the world.
Speakers:
- Steve Garland, Smart & Biggar, LLP, Ottawa, ON, Canada (Slides, Paper)
- John T. Johnson, Fish & Richardson, PC, New York, NY (Slides, Paper)
AM Track 1-Part 1: Patent Prosecution Fantasies - Changing Law for Changing Times
Friday, May 17 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Part 1 - Patent Prosecution Fantasies: Changing Law for Changing Times
PLEASE NOTE: Due to a technical issue during the live event, the first portion of this session was not captured. The recording begins with the second speakers presentation.
Moderator: Rachel Kahler, General Mills, Minneapolis, MN
Eliminating the Information Disclosure Statement (IDS): Is it time to get rid of Duty of Disclosure/IDS requirements in the US? Dumping Obviousness-Type Double Patenting.
Speakers: (Slides)
AM Track 2-Part 1: Litigation: Hot Topic - Protecting Confidentiality in IP Litigation
Friday, May 17 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Part 1 - Litigation: Hot Topic - Protecting Confidentiality in IP Litigation
Confidential Information Obtained In Litigation – in the United States, Canada and beyond.
Protecting our borders, the implied undertaking, fixing and avoiding breaches.
Moderator: Cabrach Connor, Connor Lee and Shumaker, Austin, TX
- Patrick Lujin, Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO
- Kavita Ramamoorthy, Fineberg Ramamoorthy, LLP, Toronto, Canada
AM Track 1-Part 2: UPC Roadmap: The Quick Version! An Update for Prosecution and Litigation
Friday, May 17 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Part 2 - UPC Roadmap: The Quick Version! An Update for Prosecution and Litigation
Moderator: Jocelyn Ram, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA
An update on the first (almost) 12 months of the UPC, including cases filed, decisions issued, and more. Do I Stay or Do I Go? Mistakes in opting out and lessons learned.
- Matthew Howell, Haseltine Lake Kempner, LLP, Bristol, England
- Alberto Camusso, Jacobacci & Associati, Turin, Italy
AM Track 2-Part 2: The IP of Music
Friday, May 17 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Part 2 - The IP of Music
Moderator: Daphne Lainson, Smart & Biggar LP, Ottowa, Canada
Speakers: (Slides)
- Jim Jesse, Rock N’ Roll Law, Lawrence, KS (Paper)
- Judith Finell, Judith Finell Musicservices, Inc, Los Angeles, CA
- Roy D’Souza, SongVest Records, Chicago, IL
PM Track 1-Part 1: Tensions Between Enablement, Duty to Disclose, and Human-Machine Contributions to AI-Related Inventions: Biotech As a Model?
Friday, May 17 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Part 1 - Tensions Between Enablement, Duty to Disclose, and Human-Machine Contributions to AI-Related Inventions: Biotech As a Model?
Moderator: John Golden, The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX
Models based on successful solutions in patenting other types of inventions are presented for enablement of elements of AI- related inventions. Guidelines for complying with requirements under 112 must also include ethical considerations
Speakers:
- Enrica Bruno, Steinfl + Bruno, LLP, Pasadena, CA (Paper)
- Mark Stignani, Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, Minneapolis, MN (Paper)
PM Track 2-Part 1: Patent Litigation Hot Topics
Friday, May 17 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Part 1 - Patent Litigation: Hot Topics
- Multi-jurisdictional litigation challenges & concurrent patent office challenges.
- FRAND around the World.
Speakers:
- David Long, Essential Patents, Oak Hill, VA (Paper)
- Michele Herman, JusTech Law, Bellevue, WA
- Fabian Gonell, Qualcomm, San Diego, CA
PM Track 1-Part 2 - Patent Subject Matter Eligibility: Hope Springs Eternal
Friday, May 17 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
Part 2 - Patent Subject Matter Eligibility: Hope Springs Eternal
Moderator: Barrett Spraggins, Kennedy Lenart Spraggins, LLP, Austin, TX
A Spin of the Axle: After CVSGs followed by cert denials, is there a path forward either in the courts or with Congress in the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023, and how does patent eligibility in the U.S. compare with other countries
Speakers:
- Courtenay Brinckerhoff, Foley & Lardner, LLP, Washington, DC (Slides, Paper)
- Gregory St. Clair Jones, Kilburn & Strode, LLP, London, England (Slides, Paper)
- Amy Nelson, Solicitor’s Office, US Patent & Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA
PM Track 2-Part 2 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Having Difficult Conversations in the Workplace
Friday, May 17 4:15 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
Part 2 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Having Difficult Conversations in the Workplace
Moderator: James Abe, Alston & Bird, LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Please join us to hear from an expert in having difficult conversations in the legal workplace, followed by a panel discussion with law firm and corporate legal department diversity champions. The panel discussion will be followed by break-out sessions to allow audience members to continue the conversation.
- Wayne Sobon, Juul, San Francisco, CA
- Wan Chieh (Jenny) Lee, Haug Partners, LLP, New York, NY
- Rakhi Nikhanj, Mueting Raasch Group, Minneapolis, MN
- Jordana Goodman, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Cambridge, MA (Paper 1, Paper 2)
Closing Plenary Part 1 - The Changes You Need to Know
Saturday, May 18 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM EDT
Part 1 - 9:00 - 10:45 am - The Changes You Need to Know
A review of recent developments in IP from a panel of experts with different perspectives on how the legal developments could impact your practice.
Moderated by: L. Scott Oliver, Husch Blackwell, Woodside, CA
Speakers:
- Jennifer Nall, DLA Piper, LLP, Austin, TX (Paper)
- Michelle Armond, Armond Wilson, LLP, Newport Beach, CA
- Josh Burke, Pirkey Barber, PLLC, Austin, TX (Paper)
- Margaret Polson, Polson Intellectual Property Law PC, Westminster, CO
Closing Plenary Part 2 - Ethics - Your Brain on Ethics - How That Thing Between Your Ears Can Lead You Astray
Saturday, May 18 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Part 2 - 11:00 am - 12:00 pm - Ethics - Your Brain on Ethics - How That Thing Between Your Ears Can Lead You Astray
Even the most ethical of lawyers can be unwittingly led astray by the way the brain considers – or fails to consider – ethical questions. Research in the field of behavioral ethics has uncovered many ways that your brain can take ethical shortcuts without you even being aware of it. A panel of lawyers and experts discuss how it happens and what you can do about it.
Speakers:
- Kevin Dubose, Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP (Paper)
- Jonathan Smaby, Texas Center for Legal Ethics