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Agenda - Friday, March 13, 2015
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Chair: Esther H. Lim, Partner - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Co-Chair: Tashia Bunch, Chair of Professional and Public Programs - IIPSJ
Administrative Chair: Lateef Mtima, Professor of Law Howard, University School of Law and Director of IIPSJ
8:45 - 9:00 Introduction and Welcome
Lateef Mtima, Director - IIPSJ
Esther H. Lim, Partner - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Morning Program
9:00 - 9:45 Patent and Trademark Year In Review
Thomas L. Irving, Partner - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Douglas A. Rettew, Partner - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
9:45 - 10:45 Adjudicating Intellectual Property Claims in the United States Court of Federal Claims
Moderator: Hon. Susan G. Braden - United States Court of Federal Claims
Panelists:
Hon. Trevor Jefferson - United States Patent and Trademark Office
Vincent J. Colatriano, Partner - Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
John Fargo, Director, Intellectual Property Staff, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division - Department of Justice
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00 Remarks from the Bench
Moderator: Donald R. Dunner, Partner - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Panelists:
Hon. Susan G. Braden - United States Court of Federal Claims
Hon. Sharon Prost - United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Hon. Dana Sabraw - United States District Court for the Southern District of California
12:00 - 2:00 Intellectual Property and Social Justice Luncheon
Sponsored by Sughgrue Mion PLLC
(Program Presentations: 12:15 - 1:45)
12:15 - 1:00 A View from the Academy: How IP Scholars Can Impact the Law
Shubha Ghosh, Professor of Law - University of Wisconsin Law School and Inaugural AAAS Law, Science, and Policy Fellow, Federal Judicial Center
Greg Vetter, Professor of Law - University of Houston Law Center
John R. Thomas, Professor of Law - Georgetown University
1:00 - 1:45 Issues in Intellectual Property and Social Justice
Trolls or Great Inventors: Case Studies of Patent Assertion Entities
Ryan T. Holte, Professor of Law - Southern Illinois University School of Law
IP and Social Justice: Getting the Point
Victoria F. Phillips, Professor of Law - American University, Washington College of Law
Afternoon Program
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2:00 - 2:30 Overview of Recent Developments at the World Intellectual Property Organization
Lucinda Longcroft, Head
WIPO New York Office
2:30 - 3:15 Latest 101 Developments and Corporate Strategies
Moderator: Jennifer M. Hayes, Partner
Sughrue Mion PLLC
Panelists:
Michael Chernoff, Chief IP Officer
MDB Capital Group
Matthew Golden, Chief Counsel
Global Patents at Mondelez International
Idris N. McKelvey, Associate Patent Counsel
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Ankur Shah, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property
Freddie Mac
3:15 - 4:15 Conflicting Claim Construction Standards at the District Court and PTAB: Realities and Implications
Moderator: Bryan C. Diner, Partner
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Panelists:
Hon. Sue L. Robinson
United States District Court for the District of Delaware
Hon. Susan L.C. Mitchell
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Sharon A. Israel, Partner
Mayer Brown LLP
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2:00 - 2:45 Image Advertising and Rights of Publicity in Corporate Sponsorships & Promotional Marketing
Jonathan Goins, Partner
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Mason P. Ashe, Founder & CEO
Ashe Sports & Entertainment Consulting, Inc.
2:45 - 3:30 Trademark Bullying Update
Philip Hampton, Partner
Haynes & Boone LLP
3:30 - 4:15 The Copyright Year in Review
Kenneth M. Kaufman, Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Lita Rosario, President & CEO
WYZ Girl Entertainment Consulting, LLC
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4:15 - 4:30 Break
4:30 - 5:30 Ethics in IP
Ethical and Practical Update on Attorneys’ Fee Awards in Patent Cases: A High Octane Solution for Unfit Cases by Trolls, NPE’s and Others
William Thomashower, Partner - Schwartz & Thomashower, LLP
Ethics in IP Representation and Litigation
Loren Mulraine, Associate Professor of Law - Belmont University College of Law
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Presented by: Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice and Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Program Sponsors: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP; Google, Inc.; Manatt, Phelps & Phelps, LLP; and Sughrue Mion PLLC
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