Library: 2018 Mid-Winter Institute
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2018 Mid-Winter Institute Papers & Audio
(The Forty Thousand Foot View – Leadership and Innovation) Leadership: What Is It and How Do You Get It?
January 24th, 2018
2018 Mid-Winter Institute
(1) Keynote; and (2) Panel Discussion: Developing Leadership & Leadership Skills from Private Practice, Corporate and Government Perspectives.
Leadership Training & Recognition of Bias
January 24th, 2018
2018 Mid-Winter Institute
(1) Leadership Training: Choosing High Performance Leadership; and (2) Recognition and Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession and Society: How Committed Leaders Can Achieve Greater Diversity and Inclusion.
Protecting Emerging Technologies in the World of the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Wearables, and GUIS
January 25th, 2018
2018 Mid-Winter Institute
(1) Obtaining Protection for Devices Involving AI: Deciding What to Protect; (2) Overlapping Protection Strategies, Weaving Together Trademarks, Trade Dress and Copyright for Good Coverage; and (3) Making Your Emerging Technology Patent Strategy Work: Incorporating Industrial Designs into Your Patent Portfolio.
From Drones to Rockets to Driverless Cars – IP is in the Air
January 25th, 2018
2018 Mid-Winter Institute
(1) Space: The Final Frontier for IP? The Limits of Patent Enforcement and Procurement in Orbit and Beyond; (2) The Drone Patent Land Rush – Clear Skies Ahead or Dot Com Bust Redux?; and (3) Driverless Secrets – The Ongoing Feud Between Uber and Waymo.
Life is a Game – IP Protection, Employment Law, Trade Secret and Merger Acquisition-Friendly Outbound Technology License Agreements
January 25th, 2018
2018 Mid-Winter Institute
(1) Using Intellectual Property to Protect Video Games of a Start-up; (2) Managing Business and Legal Risk in an IP-centric Video Game Start-up; and (3) Practical Tips and Business Considerations for Negotiating Video Game Start-up Agreements.
What Enforcement Action(s) and Why
January 25th, 2018
2018 Mid-Winter Institute
(1) Utility and Design Patent Litigation: Choosing the Right Patent for the Enforcement Job; (2) Enforcing Your Trademarks and Copyrights in the Online World: Take Down Notices and the Courts – Knowing What to Do When; and (3) Enforcement from Inside the House: Picking Your Battles.
Is That Prior Art? What is the Present and the Future Hold on the Global Stage
January 25th, 2018
2018 Mid-Winter Institute
(A) [What Does the Present Hold: Case Study and implications of the differences between US and foreign legislation on patent drafting and prosecution practice] A panel discussion of a case study between US, European and Japanese patent practitioners directed to highlight how the differences in the definition of what prior art is in their respective jurisdictions affect patent practitioners’ daily practice around the world -- (1) Introductions and Presentation of the Fact Pattern of the Case, (2) Prior Art According to Current EP Practice, (3) Prior Art According to Current US Practice, and (4) Prior Art According to Current JP Practice; and (B) [Panel Discussion: What Does the Future Hold: A Perspective on the Harmonization Process On “Prior Art”] One-on-one session on the EPO position on what prior art is and the issues that remain to be solved for a global harmonization on the definition of prior art as well as on harmonizing how the different offices define and consider prior art will improve efficiency by facilitating work sharing.
How to Win-Win with a Unitary Patent System and Innovation in Europe
January 25th, 2018
2018 Mid-Winter Institute
The Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court aims to strengthen and simplify the patenting procedure in Europe, thereby benefitting inventors and innovators seeking protection for their IP investment. The Unitary Patent will provide blanket protection across 26 EU member states – a unified market of around 400 million people. The Unified Patent Court will handle validity and infringement of these Unitary Patents and ultimately European patents too, in a single forum providing legal certainty and avoiding costly parallel litigation. This session will discuss the proposed operation of the new systems as well as providing an update of the latest status, including an explanation of the delays caused by Brexit in the UK and the constitutional complaint filed in Germany. Most importantly we will look into how the unitary systems will benefit the chemical industry and whether the aims of the systems are achievable. Also, what potential problems might arise with a unified patent regime? How might a unified system serve to promote innovation within Europe and outside of it?
Forum on FinTech: Blockchain, Crypto Currency, and Exporting Financial Markets
January 25th, 2018
2018 Mid-Winter Institute
This panel will address topics associated with the emergence of Financial Technology (“FinTech”) as a distinct and profitable field of technological endeavor. The speakers will introduce the basics of FinTech and its scope, issues in patenting FinTech inventions, FinTech innovations in China, and the legal issues and impact of exporting U.S. Financial market structures around the world. Topics: (1) From Crypto Currency to Market-Specific Hardware – What is Fintech?; (2) How to Claim FinTech and Claiming Strategies for Cloud Computing and Business Methods; (3) FinTech in China – Emerging Developments in Chinese FinTech Sector and Perspectives on Obtaining Patent Coverage in China; and (4) Importing and Exporting Financial Innovation – Other Legal Considerations.
Keeping Private Data Private – Law Firm Cybersecurity and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
January 26th, 2018
2018 Mid-Winter Institute
(1) Cutting Through the Hype – EU GDPR: What You Need to Know by May 2018; (2) Implications of the EU Privacy Directive for US Companies and US Data Protection Requirements; and (3) Law Firm Privacy – Have You Been Hacked?
Start-Up Stock Ownership: How to Contribute IP for Equity with Insights and War Stories
January 26th, 2018
2018 Mid-Winter Institute
(1) Equity and Capitalization with IP in Mind; (2) Coming to Terms with an IP Contribution Agreement; and (3) Motives of the Deal.
New Frontiers: Advancing Technology and the Evolving IP Landscape
January 26th, 2018
2018 Mid-Winter Institute
(1) Lexmark and its Implications for Patent Exhaustion; (2) Robo-Farmers: The Melding of Farming and IT; and (3) From Incubation to Capitalization and Beyond – IP Tips for Working with Start-ups.
The Legacy of the Supreme Court: Is Anyone Listening?
January 26th, 2018
2018 Mid-Winter Institute
(1) What’s Protectable Now?; (2) IP Lawyers Are Now Singing a Song About the Heartland; (3) The Halo Effect.
Not Just Blowing Smoke: The Pitfalls and Opportunities for Protecting IP In the Emerging US Cannabis Industry
January 26th, 2018
2018 Mid-Winter Institute
As federal and state governments battle it out over the legality of plants of the genus Cannabis for medical and recreational purposes, businesses in decriminalized states find themselves in a bind when it comes to the largely federal body of intellectual property law. A panel of distinguished experts will discuss developments on what can and cannot be protected, and the risks and benefits of seeking such protection. Topics: (1) Patenting Cannabis Plants, Cannabinoids, and Processes; (2) Trademark Protection Over Cannabis-Related Goods and Services; and (3) The Future of Cannabis IP and the Direction of the Industry.
Laches and Equitable Estoppel in Patent Litigation
January 26th, 2018
2018 Mid-Winter Institute
Presentation on equitable estoppel defense followed by business meeting. Though SCA Hygiene Products eliminated laches, equitable estoppel will likely continue to be an available defense where the parties had a preexisting relationship giving rise to an inference that the patentee authorized an accused infringer’s conduct.
Litigation and Ethics: Litigation Finance, Overly Zealous Litigation, and Failing to Timely Produce Discovery
January 27th, 2018
2018 Mid-Winter Institute
(1) Ethical Considerations and Funding in Litigation; (2) Ethical Risks of Overly Zealous Litigation; and (3) Ethical and Practical Risks for Failing to Timely Produce Discovery.
Litigation and Ethics: Privilege for Patent Agents & Storing Confidential Information in the Cloud
January 27th, 2018
2018 Mid-Winter Institute
(1) Overcoming Ethical Hurdles: Is There Privilege for Patent Agents? If So, What Is the Current Scope of the Waiver?; and (2) The Ethical Risks Involved with Storing Confidential Information in the Cloud.