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2015 Annual Meeting Papers & Audio
[Joint Session of Emerging Technologies & Trade Secret Law Committees] The Information Security Breach: Corporate Legal Considerations Before, During and After
October 22nd, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting
(1) Board of Director Oversight, Security Breach Detection and Response, Working with Law Enforcement Agencies, and Information Sharing; and (2) Corporate Standard of Care, Working With Regulatory Agencies, and Privilege Considerations.
- Board of Director Oversight, Security Breach Detection and Response, Working with Law Enforcement Agencies, and Information Sharing — Mark Schildkraut, Worldwide Cybersecurity Counsel, BD, Franklin Lakes, NJ
- Corporate Standard of Care, Working With Regulatory Agencies, and Privilege Considerations — Thomas F. Lebens, Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery, LLP, San Luis Obispo, CA
Patent Litigation
October 22nd, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting
(1) Induced Infringement: A Legal Review Including Suprema, Inc. v ITC and Cisco Systems v. Commil USA Cases; (2) The Evolution and Implications of §112(6) Jurisprudence at the Federal Circuit; (3) Claim Construction Post -Teva: Has Anything Actually Changed?; and (4) Practice Tips, Including Initial Case Management Conference, Initial Disclosures, Determination of Proportionality / Early Disclosure of Estimate of Valuation of the Case, Claim Construction, and Handling of Summary Judgments.
- Moderator — Brent Hawkins, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, Chicago, IL, Andrea Jefferies, Wilmer Hale, Los Angeles, CA
- Induced Infringement: A Legal Review Including Suprema, Inc. v ITC and Cisco Systems v. Commil USA Cases — Tanuja Garde, BASF Corporation. Florham Park, NJ
- The Evolution and Implications of §112(6and Jurisprudence at the Federal Circuit — Heidi Martinez, Xerox Corporation, Rochester, NY
- Claim Construction Post -Teva: Has Anything Actually Changed? — Scott Pivnick, Alston & Bird, Washington, DC
- Practice Tips, Including Initial Case Management Conference, Initial Disclosures, Determination of Proportionality / Early Disclosure of Estimate of Valuation of the Case, Claim Construction, and Handling of Summary Judgments — Patrick Arenz, Robins Kaplan LLP. Minneapolis, MN, Hon. Hildy Bowbeer, Magistrate Judge, District of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, Monte Cooper, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, Menlo Park, CA, Hon. Faith S. Hochberg, US District Judge for the District of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, Hon. John Koeltl, US District Judge for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Live: Live TTAB Oral Argument & Panel of TTAB Judges Discuss TTAB Practice and Procedures
October 22nd, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting
(1) Live Hearing: Balance Bar Company v. GFA Brands, Inc. [Opposition No. 91196954 to Serial No. 77864206, Opposition No. 91197748 to Serial No. 77864268, and Opposition No. 91212477 to Serial No. 85751520]; and (2) Q&A with TTAB Judges.
- TTAB Panel — Hon. Ellen J. Seeherman, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), Hon. Michael B. Adlin, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), Hon. Lorelei Ritchie, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)
- Attorneys — R. Glenn Schroeder, Schroeder Law PC, Babylon, New York, David R. Cross, Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, WI, Johanna M. Wilbert, Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, WI
Patent Prosecution Dos and Don'ts — Everything You Wanted to Know about the AIA and Then Some
October 22nd, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting
(1) The Broad Versus Narrow Debate Over the First–to–Disclose Period; (2) PTAB Practice? Tips and Tricks for Bolstering Patents Against the New Review Proceedings; (3) A New Glossary for Patent Attorneys—Language Changes Brought About by AIA; (4) Harmonization and the Way Forward—to the America Invents Act and Beyond; (5) Putting the FUN in FUNctional: The Status of Functional Claiming and Effects of Nautilus Re: Indefiniteness; and (6) Ethical Representation of Every Client: Paying or Pro Bono.
- Moderator — Brian Stanton, Stanton Consulting Services, Alachua, FL
- The Broad Versus Narrow Debate Over the First–to–Disclose Period — Ann Mueting, Mueting, Raasch & Gebhardt. PA, Minneapolis, MN
- PTAB Practice? Tips and Tricks for Bolstering Patents Against the New Review Proceedings — Brad Pedersen, Patterson Thuente Pedersen. PA Minneapolis, MN
- A New Glossary for Patent Attorneys—Language Changes Brought About by AIA — Greg Allen, 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul. MN
- Harmonization and the Way Forward—to the America Invents Act and Beyond — Alan Kasper, Sughrue Mion, PLLC, Washington, DC
- Putting the FUN in FUNctional: The Status of Functional Claiming and Effects of Nautilus Re: Indefiniteness — Bryan K. Wheelock, Harness, Dickey & Pierce, Clayton, MO
- Ethical Representation of Every Client: Paying or Pro Bono — Mark Privratsky, Lindquist & Vennum LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Jennifer McDowell, Deputy Director, US Patent & Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA
The Evolving Landscape of PTAB Proceedings
October 22nd, 2015
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(1) The Evolving Litigation Landscape: The Impact of PTAB Proceedings on the Litigation Environment; (2) The Evolving USPTO Rules: Best Practices Under the Rules and Procedures for PTAB Proceedings; and (3) The Evolving Appellate Landsape: The Impact of Federal Circuit Rulings of PTAB Proceedings.
- Moderator — Thomas Meloro, Willkie Far & Gllagher, LLP, New York, NY, Bio
- The Evolving Litigation Landscape: The Impact of PTAB Proceedings on the Litigation Environment — Joe Micallef, Sidley Austin, LLP, Washington, DC
- The Evolving USPTO Rules: Best Practices Under the Rules and Procedures for PTAB Proceedings — Terry Stanek Rea, Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington, DC
- The Evolving Appellate Landsape: The Impact of Federal Circuit Rulings of PTAB Proceedings — W. Karl Renner, Fish & Richardson PC, Washington, DC
Trademark/Copyright—Welcome to a New World
October 22nd, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting
(1) Users and Abusers—Features of Winning and Losing Strategies to Balance Public Interest with Respect for 3D IP Rights; (2) What Type of IP Do I Need? How to Figure Out How Best to Protect 3D Creations; (3) Soft IP for the Nonprofit Startup—Counseling New Not-for-Profit Organizations About Protecting Their Trademarks and Copyright Assets and Avoiding Problems With Offshoots and Local Affiliates; and (4) Copyright Protection for APIs—Google v. Oracle Cert Denied: Now What? A Review of the Details From Both Sides of the Table and an Assessment of Fair Use.
- Moderator — Kirk A. Damman, Lewis Rice & Fingersh, LC, St. Louis, MO, Bio
- Users and Abusers—Features of Winning and Losing Strategies to Balance Public Interest with Respect for 3D IP Rights — Paul Banwatt, Matter and Form Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- What Type of IP Do I Need? How to Figure Out How Best to Protect 3D Creations — Martin Schwimmer, Leason Ellis LLP, White Plains, NY
- Soft IP for the Nonprofit Startup—Counseling New Not-for-Profit Organizations About Protecting Their Trademarks and Copyright Assets and Avoiding Problems With Offshoots and Local Affiliates — Allison Strickland Ricketts, Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, PC, Alexandria, VA
- Copyright Protection for APIs—Google v. Oracle Cert Denied: Now What? A Review of the Details From Both Sides of the Table and an Assessment of Fair Use — Jonathan Band, policybandwidth, Washington, DC, Andrew Gass, Latham & Watkins, LLP, San Francisco, CA
Joint Session of Biotechnology & International Trade Commission Committees
October 22nd, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting
(1) Whether to Pursue Enforcement of Soteria Bioscience's Patents Before the ITC or District Courts; and (2) Preparing for PTAB Challenges to Soteria's Pre-AIA and Post-AIA Patents.
- Moderator — Kwame N. Mensah, Medimmune, Gaithersburg, MD, Vicki G. Norton, Duane Morris, LLC, San Diego, CA
- Whether to Pursue Enforcement of Soteria Bioscience's Patents Before the ITC or District Courts — Brian B. Koo, US International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, Maximilienne Giannelli, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC, Dallin Glenn, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, Washington, DC
- Preparing for PTAB Challenges to Soteria's Pre-AIA and Post-AIA Patents — Herbert D. Hart III, McAndrews Held & Malloy, Chicago, IL
Corporate—In or Out?—Issues Related to Outsourcing Legal Services
October 22nd, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting
(1) Worth it or Not Worth it? Metrics Measuring the Efficiency of Outsourcing Legal Services; (2) Local or Not Local? Benefits and Risks of Outsourcing Costs: Issues Faced By a Global Company; and (3) Do or Don't?
- Moderator — Arlene Neal, Neal Blibo, LLC, Washington, DC, Bio
- Worth it or Not Worth it? Metrics Measuring the Efficiency of Outsourcing Legal Services — Randi Karpinia, Motorola Solutions, Hypoluxo, FL
- Local or Not Local? Benefits and Risks of Outsourcing Costs: Issues Faced By a Global Company — Jessica Ergmann, Drägger, Andover, MA
- Do or Don't? — Nancy Klembus, Nielsen Ip Law, LLC, Houston, TX
[IP Practice in Europe Committee] Specialty Patent Courts in Europe and Comparison with US Proceedings
October 22nd, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting
On both the national and the European level there is a trend towards increasing specialization of patent jurisdictions. The EPO (Opposition Division, Boards of Appeal) and specialized Courts in most of the national Jurisdiction have gathered experience over decades. But there are also important changes on the national (German Federal Patents Court, IPEC in the UK) and European wide (UPC) level that implement new frameworks for deciding patent cases. The panel addresses the major factors that govern litigation in specialized European Courts as well as in the US: (1) European Patent Office; (2) United States; (3) United Kingdom; and (4) Germany.
- Moderator — Samir Pandya, SAP America, Newtown Square, PA
- European Patent Office — Heli Pihlajamaa, European Patent Office, Munich, Germany
- United States — Denise Kraft, DLA Piper, LLP, Wilmington, DE
- United Kingdom — Myles Jelf, Bristows, LLP, London, UK
- Germany — Martin Köhler, Reimannn Osterrieth Köhler Haft, Düsseldorf, Germany
Opening Plenary Session: Michelle K. Lee (USPTO)
October 22nd, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting
Welcome remarks, AIPLA Excellence Award, committee of the year announcement, and upcoming USPTO initiatives.
- Speakers — Sharon A. Israel, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Houston, TX, Hon. Richard Linn, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Lisa Jorgenson, AIPLA Executive Director, Michelle K. Lee, US Patent & Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA
Shine a Light: An Overview of the Impact of Alice Across Patent Preparation, Prosecution, Litigation, Legislation, and Post–Grant Proceedings
October 23rd, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting
(1) A Look at the Numbers: A Statistical Analysis and Overview of Metrics Including Allowance Rates and Filing Volumes Before and After Alice; (2) Legislative Logistics: What Can Be Done by the Legislature to Separate the Subject Matter Debate from Troll Concerns; (3) Allowed, but Enforceable? A Review of Case Law to See How Courts are Applying Alice and Progeny; and (4) The Details: Practical Advice on How to Work with the Current §101 Regime.
- Moderator — Paul Kitch, Nixon Peabody, LLP, Chicago, IL, Bio
- A Look at the Numbers: A Statistical Analysis and Overview of Metrics Including Allowance Rates and Filing Volumes Before and After Alice — Michael Chernoff, Capital Group, Dallas, TX
- Legislative Logistics: What Can Be Done by the Legislature to Separate the Subject Matter Debate from Troll Concerns — Hans Sauer, Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), Washington, DC
- Allowed, but Enforceable? A Review of Case Law to See How Courts are Applying Alice and Progeny — David Beck, JDS Uniphase Corporation, Germantown, MD
- The Details: Practical Advice on How to Work with the Current §101 Regime — Judy Yee, Microsoft, Redmond, WA, Valerie Calloway, Alltech, Nicholasville, KY
[Harmonization Task Force, International and Foreign Law, and Patent-Relations with the USPTO Committees] Developments in the Global Dossier and Harmonization—How They Will Affect Worldwide Patent Practice
October 23rd, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting
(1) Description of the Global Dossier, Global Dossier Implementation in the USPTO, and Global Dossier Tools; (2) Implementation of the Global Dossier in the European Patent Office; (3) Harmonization Task Force Update; and (4) Impact of Global Dossier and Harmonization on Patent System.
- Moderator — Esther M. Kepplinger, Wilson Sonaini Goodrich & Rosati, San Diego, CA
- Description of the Global Dossier, Global Dossier Implementation in the USPTO, and Global Dossier Tools — Mark Powell, USPTO, Alexandria, VA, Nelson Yang, USPTO, Alexandria, VA
- Implementation of the Global Dossier in the European Patent Office — Niclas Morey, European Patent Office, Germany
- Harmonization Task Force Update — Anthony Venturino, Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg, LLP, Washington, DC
- Impact of Global Dossier and Harmonization on Patent System — Lawrence T. Welch, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN
Copyright Panel
October 23rd, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting
(1) Fair Use Primer: Teaching and Legal Documents in Recent Case Law; (2) Copyright and the Cloud; and (3) Social Media and the DMCA: Latest Trends and Case Law.
- Moderator — Hetal Kushwaha, Marks & Clerk, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Bio
- Fair Use Primer: Teaching and Legal Documents in Recent Case Law — Brandon Butler, Glushko Samuelson IP Clinic, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, DC
- Copyright and the Cloud — Colette Vogele, Microsoft, Redmond, WA
- Social Media and the DMCA: Latest Trends and Case Law — Ian C. Ballon, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, East Palo Alto, CA
How to Maximize Global Patent Protection: Patent Filing Strategies and Antitrust Challenges
October 23rd, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting
(1) Global Patent Filing Strategies (Drafting Strategies for the US, Drafting Strategies for Europe, and Putting It All Together: the International Patent Portfolio); and (2) Antitrust Challenges: The Interface Between the Competition Law and IP Law (New Challenges in Europe and Recent IP-Related AML Matters in China).
- Moderator — Elisabetta Papa, Società Italiana Brevetti S.p.A., Piazza di Pietra, Roma, Bio
- Global Patent Filing Strategies (Drafting Strategies for the US, Drafting Strategies for Europe, and Putting It All Together: the International Patent Portfolio — Jeffry H. Nelson, Nixon & Vanderhye, PC, Arlington, VA, Susan Kirsch, Carpmaels and Ransford, LLP, London, UK, Subroto Bose, Dolby Laboratories, Inc., San Francisco, CA
- Antitrust Challenges: The Interface Between the Competition Law and IP Law (New Challenges in Europe and Recent IP-Related AML Matters in Chinaand — Mathew Heim, Qualcomm Inc., London, UK, Koren W. Wong-Ervin, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Office of International Affairs, Washington, DC
AIA and the Ascendancy of Trade Secrets
October 23rd, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting
(1) Prior Commercial User Rights Under §273(a) and the Case for Enhanced Reliance on Trade Secrets; (2) Can You Have Your Cake and Eat it Too? AIA §102(a)(1) May Permit Patenting a Long-Standing Trade Secret; (3) Practical Considerations in Deciding Whether to Use Secrecy or Patenting; (4) Everything You Need to Know About the Ex Parte Seizure Order, Its Interplay with State Remedies, and Other Key Procedural Provisions; (5) Anything but Uniform: A State–By–State Comparison of the Key Differences of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act; (6) A Bird's Eye View of the EU's New Trade Secret Rules; and (7) Trade Secret Developments in China and Taiwan.
- Moderator — Angie M. Hankins, Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center, Menlo Park, CA, Bio, Elizabeth A. Rowe, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville, FL
- Prior Commercial User Rights Under §273(aand and the Case for Enhanced Reliance on Trade Secrets — Robert D. Titus, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN
- Can You Have Your Cake and Eat it Too? AIA §102(aand(1and May Permit Patenting a Long-Standing Trade Secret — Hans P. Smith, Baker & Hostetler, Costa Mesa, CA
- Practical Considerations in Deciding Whether to Use Secrecy or Patenting — James Pooley, James Pooley, A Professional Law Corp, Menlo Park, CA
- Everything You Need to Know About the Ex Parte Seizure Order, Its Interplay with State Remedies, and Other Key Procedural Provisions — Danielle Vanderzanden, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC, Boston, MA
- Anything but Uniform: A State–By–State Comparison of the Key Differences of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act — Sid Leach, Snell & Wilmer, LLP, Phoenix, AZ
- A Bird's Eye View of the EU's New Trade Secret Rules — Robert Williams, Bird & Bird, LLP, London, UK
- Trade Secret Developments in China and Taiwan — Hsiu Ru Chien, Lee and Li, Taiwan, Republic of China
[Food and Drug & Patent Litigation Committees] Biosimilars are Off and Running: A Litigation and Regulatory Update
October 23rd, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting
(1) Regulation of Biosimilars; and (2) Biosimilars Litigation.
- Moderator — Daphne Lainson, Smart & Biggar/Featherstonhaugh, Ottowa, Ontario, Canada
- Regulation of Biosimilars — William Garvin, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Washington, DC, Ajaz S. Hussain, Insight Advice & Solutions, LLC, Frederick, MD
- Biosimilars Litigation — Michael A. Morin, Latham & Watkins, Washington, DC, Elizabeth S. Weiswasser, Weil Gotschal & Manges, LLP, New York, NY
Patent Licensing House of Horrors: Avoiding the Terror of Patent Licensing Issues With the Dos and Don'ts for Drafting and Negotiating License Agreements
October 23rd, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting
(1) The Tangled Web: Legal Issues in Licensing and the Lessons of Kimble v. Marvel; (2) Form over Substance: Troublesome Terminology and Strategies for Moving Beyond Form Language; (3) License Negotiations: The War Stories; and (4) Pen to Paper: Drafting Tips From Over 50 Years of Experience in Patent Licensing.
- Moderator — Mansi Shah, Valorem Law Group, San Jose, CA, Bio
- The Tangled Web: Legal Issues in Licensing and the Lessons of Kimble v. Marvel — Paul D. Margolis, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL
- Form over Substance: Troublesome Terminology and Strategies for Moving Beyond Form Language — Philip T. Petti, USG Corporation, Chicago, IL
- License Negotiations: The War Stories — Stanton D. Weinstein, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Moorestown, NJ
- Pen to Paper: Drafting Tips From Over 50 Years of Experience in Patent Licensing — Robert S. Bramson, Bramson & Pressman, Conshohocken, PA
Hot Topics in Litigation and Damages in IP
October 23rd, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting
A Full, Comparative Review of Major Issues Impacting Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets.
- Panel — Charles D. Ossola, Vinson & Elkins, LLP, Washington, DC, Michael Heinlen, Thompson & Knight, LLP, Dallas, TX, Alexandra Bistline, Pirkey Barber, PLLC, Austin, TX, Jason F. Hoffman, Baker and Hostetler, LLP, Washington, DC
[Mentoring, New Lawyers, Patent Agents, Patent Law, and USPTO Inter Partes Patent Proceedings Committees] Putting the New PTAB Rules and Regulations into Practice
October 23rd, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting
A mock trial in front of the PTAB involving post-allowance proceedings -- follow along with the parties as they discover and recover from common (and not-so-common) mistakes.
- Moderator — Angela Dallas Sebor, Globeimmune, Inc.,Louisville, CO, Ryan Alley, Ryan Alley Intellectual Property Law, Arlington, VA
- Panel — James R. Myers, Ropes & Gray, LLP, Washington, DC, Brandon M. White, Perkins Coie, LLP, Washington, DC, Hon. Justin T. Arbes, USPTO, Alexandria, VA, Hon. Joni Y. Chang, USPTO, Alexandria, VA, Hon. Grade Obermann, USPTO, Alexandria, VA
Closing Plenary: Year-in-Review
October 24th, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting
(1) Copyright; (2) Trademarks; (3) Trade Secrets and Licensing; (4) Patents; (5) Ethics at the USPTO; and (6) Trade Secrets and Legal Ethics.
- Moderator — Kim Schenck, Charles River Associates, Chicago, IL
- Copyright — Nancy J. Mertzel, Schoeman Updike Kaufman Stem & Ascher. LLP.,New York, NY
- Trademarks — Garfield Goodrum, Garfteld Goodrum, Design Law, Boston, MA
- Trade Secrets and Licensing — Ira J. Levy, Goodwm Proctor. LLP, New York, NY
- Patents — Jason Rantanen, University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, IA
- Ethics at the USPTO — Prof. David Hricik, Walter F George School of Law, Mercer University. Macon,GA
- Trade Secrets and Legal Ethics — Jerry Cohen, Bums & Levinson. LLP, Boston, MA
[President's Forum] Patent Eligible Subject Matter: The Search For Solutions to a Growing Problem
October 24th, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting
Panel discussion, including background on AIPLA Patentable Subject Matter Task Force.
- Moderator — Sharon Israel, AIPLA President, Alexandria, VA
- Panel — Jim Crowne, AIPLA, Marian Underweiser, IBM, Robert A. Armitage, AIPLA, Marc Hubbard, Hubbard Law