Day Two - Friday, March 14, 2014

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Patent Agenda

Chair: Esther H. Lim, Partner - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Co-Chair: Lateef Mtima, Director of IIPSJ and Professor of Law - Howard University School of Law
Administrative Chair: Tashia Bunch, IIPSJ Chair of Professional and Public Programs - Howard University School of Law
Administrative Co-Chair: Dr. John R. Whitman, Visiting Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship and Leadership - College of Business Administration of The University of Alabama in Huntsville

Morning Program
8:45 - 9:00 Introduction and Welcome
Esther H. Lim, Partner - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

9:00 - 10:15 Remarks from the Bench on Effective Advocacy in Patent Cases
Moderator:
Donald R. Dunner, Partner - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Panelists:
Honorable Susan G. Braden - United States Court of Federal Claims
Honorable Ruben Castillo - United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Honorable Dana Sabraw - United States District Court for the Southern District of California

10:15 - 11:00 AIA and Related Strategies
Moderator:
Jennifer M. Hayes, Partner - Sughrue Mion PLLC

Panelists:
Thomas L. Irving, Partner - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Paul M. Sykes, Partner - Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Morning Break 11:00 - 11:15

11:15 - 12:00 Recent Developments in Patent Law
Moderator:
Brie Buchanan, Attorney - McGuireWoods

Panelists:
Bryan C. Diner, Partner - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
W. Keith Robinson, Assistant Professor of Law - Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law

Sughrue Mion IP Professional Diversity and Community Empowerment Luncheon 12:00 - 2:00 (Program Presentation: 12:30-1:30)
Keynote Presentation: Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship: Inclusive IP Development and Dissemination
Holly Meadows, Director, Operations and Compliance - University of Alabama Birmingham Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (UAB IIE)

2:00 NASA Space and Rocket Center Tours
Program participants are invited to visit the Space and Rocket Center as our Guests (the Space and Rocket will remain open until 5:00)

Program Sponsors: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP; Google, Inc.; Manatt, Phelps & Phelps, LLP; Microsoft Corporation; and Sughrue Mion PLLC

Institute for Intellectual Property & Social Justice