8:25-8:30 |
Opening Remarks
Deborah Miron, President, Federal Circuit Bar Association |
8:30-9:20 |
Innovation, Patents, and Trade: Tools and Techniques
Moderator: Kevin LaRoche, Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais
Timothy Stanceu, Chief Judge, United States Court of International Trade
Scott Kieff, Principal, McKool Smith
Brian Pomper, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Emma Start, Senior Patent Agent, Bombardier |
9:20-9:30 |
Networking Break |
9:30-10:30 |
Trade and Cross-Sector Industry Perspectives
Moderator: Jonathan Spadt, CEO & President, RatnerPrestia
Ambassador Miriam Sapiro, Managing Director, Sard Verbinnen & Co
Minister Karl Matthias Klause, Head of Economic Department, German Embassy
David Geanacopoulos, Senior Executive Vice President, Public Affairs and Public Policy, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Peter Selfridge, Global Head of Digital Government, SAP
Angela Ellard, Chief Trade Counsel, House Committee on Ways and Means |
10:30-11:25 |
Patent and Competition Law
Moderator: Patrick Coyne, Partner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Steven Maslowski, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
William MacLeod, Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Benoit Strowel, Managing Partner, Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Beverley Moore, Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais |
11:25-11:55 |
A Chat With the Undersecretary of Commerce
Ron Dimock, Partner, DLA Piper
Sarah Harris, General Counsel, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office |
11:55-12:45 |
Lunch |
12:45-1:40 |
Global Patenting Strategies
Moderator: Patrick Keane, Executive Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Nathan Kelley, Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office
John Norman, Partner, Gowling WLG
Tom Wong, Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation
Laura Masurovsky, Partner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP |
1:40-2:45 |
The Global Trial Adjudication
Moderator: Sandra Kuzmich, Partner, Haug Partners
Kathleen O’Malley, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Virginia Kendall, Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Christopher Burke, Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the District of Delaware
Michael Phelan, Justice, Federal Court of Canada
John Allcock, Partner, DLA Piper (US) LLP
Ron Dimock, Partner, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP |
2:45-3:40 |
The Unified Patent Court: Promise and Challenge
Moderator: Klaus Haft, Partner, Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Penny Gilbert, Partner, Powell Gilbert
Claudia Frost, Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Ute Kilger, Patent Attorney, Boehmert & Boehmert |
3:40-3:50 |
Networking Break |
3:50-4:45 |
Global Patent Adjudication: Administrative Levels
Moderator: Otto Licks, Partner, Licks Attorneys
David Ruschke, Chief Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Charles Bullock, Chief Judge, United States International Trade Commission
Daniele Semino, Chairman, Technical Board of Appeal - Chemistry, European Patent Office
Anne Goalwin, Supervisory Attorney, Office of Unfair Import Investigations, United States International Trade Commission
Christopher Bullard, Attorney-Advisor, IPR Branch, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection |
4:45-5:25 |
The Shape of Things to Come: AI, Machine Learning, Big Data and the Legal Systems
Moderator: James Brookshire, Executive Director, Federal Circuit Bar Association
Corey Salsberg, VP, Global Head IP Affairs, Novartis
Julien Lachere, Partner, BCF Business Law
Robert DeBerardine, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Johnson & Johnson |
5:25-6:05 |
The Global Series Roundtable
Moderator: Nick Groombridge, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Ed Haug, Managing Partner, Haug Partners
Michael Sandonato, Partner, Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Seongsoo Park, Attorney, Kim & Chang |
6:05-6:10 |
Closing Remarks
Robert Huffman, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP |
6:10-7:00 |
Reception |