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Non-competition Covenants in the Age of Remote and Hybrid Work
May 10th, 2023
2023 Spring Meeting
(1) Are Noncompetes Still Necessary in the Age of Remote and Hybrid Work?; (2) Federal Legislative and Regulatory Efforts; and (3) State Legislative Efforts.
- Moderator — Robert Lytle, Microsoft, Redmond, WA
- Panel — Russell Beck, Beck Reed Riden, LLP, Boston, MA, Erik W. Weibust, Epstein Becker & Green, PC, Boston, MA
Concurrent Track 2 - Trade Secrets [Part 1]
May 10th, 2023
2023 Spring Meeting
(1) Contamination and Deletion and Spoliation, Oh My! Avoiding Litigation and Managing Unwanted Trade Secrets During the Onboarding Process; and (2) Trade Secrets and Copyright: Challenges of Allowing Secret and Protected Registration.
- Contamination and Deletion and Spoliation, Oh My! Avoiding litigation and managing unwanted trade secrets during the onboarding process — Seth Gerber, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Los Angeles, CA
- Trade Secrets and Copyright: Challenges of allowing secret and protected registration — Franklin Graves, HCA Healthcare, Nashville, TN
Concurrent Track 1 - Copyright [Part 1]
May 10th, 2023
2023 Spring Meeting
(1) In Between Naruto and Zarya: Exploring Copyright’s Authorship Requirement; and (2) Copyright for Fictional Characters.
- Moderator — Tanya Curcio, Kelly IP, Washington, DC
- In between Naruto and Zarya: Exploring Copyright's Authorship Requirement — Sandra Aistars, George Mason University, Antonin Scalia School of Law, Arlington, VA
- Copyright For Fictional Characters — Neel Chatterjee, Goodwin Procter LLP, Redwood City, CA
PTAB and Petitions
May 10th, 2023
2023 Spring Meeting
(1) Presenting your case through diagrams, videos, mixed oral and visual presentation, and other media demonstration compilations before PTAB; and (2) the *Other* Side of Prosecution - USPTO Petitions and considerations. A more detailed look into “non-substantive” responses before the USPTO in patent and/or trademark practice. Hosted by: Patent Law, Chemical Practice, Biotechnology, and Corporate Practice Committees.
- Moderator — Kim Van Voorhis, Nike, Beaverton, OR
- Presenting your case through diagrams, Youtube videos, mixed oral and visual presentation, and other media demonstration compilations before PTAB — Jeremiah S. Helm, Knobbe Martens, Orange County, CA
- The *Other* Side of Prosecution- USPTO Petitions and Considerations. A more detailed look into "non substantive" responses before the USPTO in patent and/or trademark practice — Julie Burke, IP Quality Pro, LLC, San Diego, CA
Concurrent Track 2 - Trade Secrets [Part 2]
May 10th, 2023
2023 Spring Meeting
(1) Protecting Your Trade Secrets Overseas: What You Need To Know and Do To Safeguard Them; and (2) The Changing Shape of Trade Secret Trials: What You Need To Know To Prepare For and Try Today’s Trade Secrets Cases. Hosted by the Trade Secret Law Committee.
- Protecting Your Trade Secrets Overseas: What you need to know and do to safeguard them — Sreekar Gadde, BlueTree Capital Group, Mars, PA
- The Changing Shape of Trade Secret Trials: What you need to know to prepare for and try today’s trade secrets cases — Amy Candido, Wilson Sonsini, San Francisco, CA, Michael Biek, DecisionQuest, State College, PA
Concurrent Track 1 - Copyright [Part 2]
May 10th, 2023
2023 Spring Meeting
Fair Use in Filmmaking: The Degree of Transformation of an Original Copyrighted Work to Qualify as Fair Use. Hosted by the Copyright Law Committee.
- Moderator — Ben Siders, Lewis Rice, LLP, St. Louis, MO
- Fair Use in Filmmaking: The Degree of Transformation of an Original Copyrighted Work to Qualify as Fair Use — Dale Nelson, Donaldson Callif Perez, Los Angeles, CA
Patent Subject Matter Eligibility
May 10th, 2023
2023 Spring Meeting
Ideas for Going Forward in the Courts, at the USPTO, and in Congress in Light of Proposed Legislation.
- Moderator — Brian Stanton, Stanton Consulting Services, LLC, Alachua, FL
- Panel — Christina Jordan, Tune Therapeutics, Seattle, WA, Phong T. Dinh, Microsoft, Seattle, WA
[Diversity Plenary] Toast to the Future: Technology, Intellectual Property, and Inclusion in the Wine Industry
May 10th, 2023
2023 Spring Meeting
Washington state is no stranger to the wine industry! As the second largest wine producer in the U.S, Washington has over 55,000 acres of vineyards and nearly 1000 wineries. Join three wine experts in a delicious discussion about the future of wine including looking at advances in technology, IP, and diversity and inclusion. What can we expect from grape to table? And of course, no wine program would be complete without a tasting! Details coming soon on where and when you can sample these fabulous West Coast wines during the conference.
- Moderator — Elizabeth Dougherty, USPTO, Alexandria, VA
- Panel — Phil Long, Longevity Wines, Association of African American Vintners, Livermore, CA, Katja Loeffelholz, Dickenson Peatman & Fogarty, Napa, CA, Melissa Hansen, Washington State Wine, Seattle, WA
Product Counsel Primer – A Conversation with In-House Counsel
May 10th, 2023
2023 Spring Meeting
What is a Product Counsel? What Do These Folks Do? How Private Practitioners Can Support Product Counsel.
- Moderator — Vi Duoug, Adswerve, Inc. Denver, CO
- Panel — Sonja Carlson, Microsoft, Seattle, WA, Adrienne Go, eBay, Salt Lake City, UT
Concurrent Track 2 - Patent Prosecution [Part 1]: Cappuccino and (Next Generation) Computing
May 11th, 2023
2023 Spring Meeting
(1) Best Practices for Drafting and Prosecuting Patent Applications: AI and Machine Learning; and (2) Best Practices for Drafting and Prosecuting Patent Applications: Blockchain and NFTs.
- Moderator — Frank Gerratana, Mintz, Boston, MA
- Glimpses of Simplicity: A Better Way of Drafting AI/ML Patent Applications — Gregory Maurer, Klarquist, Portland, OR
- Patent Prosecution Strategy for Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain — Lisa Norton, DLA Piper, Reston, VA
Concurrent Track 2 - Patent Prosecution [Part 2]: Best Practices for Patenting AI-Based Medical Devices for Enforcement
May 11th, 2023
2023 Spring Meeting
(1) Best Practices for Infringement Detection of AI-Based Medical Device Patents; and (2) Best Practices for Patenting AI-Based Medical Devices for Enforcement.
- Moderator — Tony Beasley, Microsoft, Redmond, WA
- Best Practices for Infringement Detection of AI-Based Medical Device Patents — Hilary Reinhardt, Johnson & Johnson, Cincinnati, OH
- Best Practices for Patenting AI-Based Medical Devices for Enforcement — Scott McBride, McAndrews Held & Malloy, Ltd., Chicago, IL
Concurrent Track 1 - Trademark [Part 2]: Trademark Enforcement
May 11th, 2023
2023 Spring Meeting
(1) Brand Protection in the Metaverse; and (2) Trademark and the Use of AI Tools.
- Moderator — Susan Stearns, PayPal, Seattle WA
- Brand Protection in the Metaverse — Michael Kasdan, Wiggin, New York, NY
- Trademark and The Use of AI Tools — Andrea Shannon, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Houston, TX
Concurrent Track 1 - International [Part 1]: International Protection - Part 1 (Patent)
May 11th, 2023
2023 Spring Meeting
(1) Guidelines in European Patent Prosecution; and (2) Guidelines and Updates in Chinese Patent Prosecution. Hosted by the IP Practice in China Committee, IP Practice in Europe Committee, and AIPPI-US.
- Moderator — William (Skip) Fisher, DLA Piper, Seattle, WA
- Guidelines in European Patent Prosecution — Yelena Morozova, Finnegan, London, United Kingdom
- Guidelines and Updates in Chinese Patent Prosecution — Binxin Li, Fenxen Partners, Shanghai, China
Concurrent Track 1 - Trademark [Part 1]: Hot Topics for Trademark Owners: Parodies and Denials
May 11th, 2023
2023 Spring Meeting
(1) New Evidentiary Standards Muddy Opportunities; (2) for Generic Marks; and (3) Doghouse for Parody or Whiskey Tears for Trademark Owners?
- Moderator — Laurie Young, Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, Minneapolis, MN
- New Evidentiary Standards, Muddy Opportunities for Generic Marks — Tayah Woodard, Seed IP Law Group, Seattle, WA
- Doghouse for Parody or Whiskey Tears for Trademark Owners? — Gulio Yaquinto, Pirkey Barber, Austin, TX, Lisa Tittemore, Sunstein, LLP, Boston, MA
Concurrent Track 2 - Patent Litigation [Part 1]: Creative Uses and Forms of Injunctive Relief
May 11th, 2023
2023 Spring Meeting
(1) Preliminary Injunctions in Patent Litigation; and (2) Participation Trophies: the Federal Circuit and the Presumption of Damages.
- Moderator — Ali Anoff, Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH
- Panel — Grant Kinsel, Perkins Coie, Seattle, WA, Doug Grady, Baker & Hostetler, Seattle, WA
Concurrent Track 1 - International [Part 2]: International Protection - Part 2 (Trade Dress)
May 11th, 2023
2023 Spring Meeting
(1) Trade Dress Development and Trends in Europe; and (2) Trade Dress Protection in China: Time to Get Creative. Hosted by the IP Practice in China Committee, IP Practice in Europe Committee, and AIPPI-US.
- Moderator — Shui Li, Microsoft, Seattle, WA
- Trade Dress Developments and Trends in Europe — Elisa Huusko, Berggren Oy, Helsinki, Finland
- Trade Dress Protection in China: Time to Get Creative — Mai Lin, Simone Intellectual Property, Hong Kong and Los Angeles, CA
Morning Plenary: Ethics
May 11th, 2023
2023 Spring Meeting
Ethics and Espresso: Ethics Training Focused on Practice Before the USPTO and PTAB. Hosted by the Committee on the Profession.
- Panel — Dahlia George, Office of Enrollment and Discipline, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, Judge Jacqueline Wright Bonilla, USPTO PTAB, Alexandria, VA
Concurrent Track 2 - Patent Litigation [Part 2]: A New Universe for Patent Litigation: Are You Ready for the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Lift Off?
May 11th, 2023
2023 Spring Meeting
Incorporating UPC Into Your Litigation and Globalization Strategy. Hosted by the PTAB Trial and Patent Litigation Committees.
- Moderator — Ali Anoff, Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH
- Incorporating UPC Into Your Litigation and Globalization Strategy — Elisabetta Papa, Societa Italiana Brevetti S. p. A., Rome, Italy, Martin Köhler, Hoyng Rokh Monegier, Düsseldorf, Germany
Closing Plenary: A Look Forward to Next Year
May 12th, 2023
2023 Spring Meeting
(1) Artificial Intelligence (AI) as the Inventor; (2) Trends in Trade Dress, Trademark, and Copyright; and (3) Patent Litigation Trends: Focus on PTAB, Western District of Texas, and the District of Delaware.
- Moderator — Elise Selinger, Caterpillar, San Diego, CA
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) as the Inventor — Ryan Abbott, University of Surrey, Pacific Palisades, CA, Elizabeth Rothman, The Cantellus Group, Los Angeles, CA
- Trends in Trade Dress, Trademark, and Copyright — Daniel Schnapp, Dentons, New York, NY
- Patent Litigation Trends: Focus on PTAB, Western District of Texas, and the District of Delaware — Mark Lezama, Knobbe Martens, Irvine, CA
Closing Plenary: Diversity
May 12th, 2023
2023 Spring Meeting
DEI in Action: A conversation about real world programs to advance diversity.
- Panel — Judy Yee, Microsoft, Seattle, WA, Jessica Nguyen, Lexion, Seattle, WA
Closing Plenary: President's Forum [USPTO PTAB and Fees Proposals - Overview and Discussion]
May 12th, 2023
2023 Spring Meeting
We heard from Director Vidal at the Opening Plenary session on some USPTO initiatives, including an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on PTAB Reforms and a new proposal on Patent Fees. Our panelists, who are helping coordinate AIPLA's responses to these USPTO initiatives, will provide an overview of pending proposals and facilitate a discussion about them.
- Moderator — Brian H. Batzli, AIPLA President, Merchant & Gould, Minneapolis, MN
- Panel — Sharon Israel, Shook Hardy & Bacon, Houston, TX, Christal Sheppard, University of Nebraska College of Law, Lincoln, NE, Brian Stanton, Stanton Consulting Services, LLC, Alachua, FL