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The Sedona Conference WG9 and WG10 Joint Annual Meeting 2020, Online

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Location: Online (Zoom)

The 2020 Joint Annual Meeting of The Sedona Conference Working Group 9 on Patent Damages and Remedies (WG9) and Working Group 10 on Patent Litigation Best Practices (WG10) will be held online on Thursday, November 19, and Friday, November 20.

Please join us virtually from 11:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET each day. The primary focus of this Meeting will be for our numerous current WG9/10 drafting teams to lead a document-based dialogue to obtain member comment and advance their draft commentaries toward publication for public comment, thru the following six panels:

  • The Role of Patents in Biopharma v. High-Tech Industries: Can One Patent System Effectively Accommodate Both?
  • Unique Problems and Opportunities Posed by Global Patent Litigation
  • The Global Implications of Standard-Essential Patent (SEP) and Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) Litigation
  • The Evolving Relationship Between Federal Courts and Administrative Agencies
  • Streamlining Lower-Value Patent Cases
  • and our ever popular Judicial Roundtable

We will maintain our dialogue-based format in moving this Meeting online and carefully design our program to maximize the level of participation for each of our Meeting participants.

Please help us ensure that each of our forthcoming publications reflect the consensus, nonpartisan approach of The Sedona Conference, and join the dialogue!

The complete agenda, with timeframes and dialogue leaders, will be finalized in the coming weeks.

The Sedona Conference will seek CLE accreditation in accordance with rules and regulations set forth by individual jurisdictions for virtual meetings. Various state MCLE authorities require that we verify your live, active participation throughout the program.

Waco, TX, USA
Newport Beach, CA, USA
Washington, DC, USA
Washington, DC, USA
Mill Valley, CA, USA
San Diego, CA, USA
St. Paul, MN, USA
Wilmington, DE, USA
Washington, DC, USA
San Francisco, CA, USA
Washington, DC, USA
Redwood City, CA, USA
Washington, DC, USA
Alexandria, VA, USA
Menlo Park, CA, USA
San Jose, CA, USA
Dallas, TX, USA
San Diego, CA, USA
New York, NY, USA
Düsseldorf, Germany
Denver, CO, USA
Hong Kong
Wilmington, DE, USA
Alexandria, VA, USA
New Hope, PA, USA
Wilmington, DE, USA
Alexandria, VA, USA
Mountain View, CA, USA
Washington, DC, USA
Washington, DC, USA
Princeton, NJ, USA
Oak Hill, VA, USA
Dallas, TX, USA
Washington, DC, USA
Berkeley, CA, USA
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Washington, DC, USA
Philadelphia, PA, USA
San Francisco, CA, USA
Washington, DC, USA
London, United Kingdom
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Los Angeles, CA, USA
New York City, NY, USA
Washington, DC, USA
Chicago, IL, USA
London, United Kingdom
Reston, VA, USA
London, United Kingdom
Alexandria, VA, USA
DAY 1 - Thursday, November 19 (all times ET)
Time Session Panelists
11:15 — 11:25 Check-in       
11:25 — 11:30 Welcome and Introductions Hutz, Powers, Weinlein
11:30 — 12:45 [Panel 1] The Role of Patents in Biopharma v. High-Tech Industries: Can One Patent System Effectively Accommodate Both?  Bencivengo (J), Fishman, GeiszlerGroombridge*, Johnson, KoreaLieberman, Liu, Menell, Pearson, Udupa
12:45 — 1:00 Break  
1:00 — 2:30

[Panel 2] The Evolving Relationship Between Federal Courts and Administrative Agencies

Armond, Banowit, BarneyCheney (J), Fink (J), Haapala (J), Kim (J), Munoz, Smith, Stroud*, Thompson
2:30 — 2:45 Break  
2:45 — 4:15

[Panel 3] Streamlining Lower-Value Patent Cases

Albright (J), Beard, Burke (J), Chatterjee, Ferguson, Freeman (J), Powers, Saunders, Vidal*
4:15 — 4:35 Keynote Address: The Importance of Balance in the IP System by USPTO Director Andrei Iancu Iancu
4:35 — 5:05 Open discussion: What's next for WG9&10? How can I get more involved? Hutz, Powers, Rea
      
DAY 2 - Friday, November 20 (all times ET)
Time Session Panelists
11:15 — 11:25 Check-in       
11:25 — 11:30 Welcome and Introductions Hutz, Powers, Rea, Weinlein
11:30 — 1:00 [Panel 4] Unique Problems and Opportunities Posed by Global Patent Litigation Bowbeer (J), Busey, Cooper, Grzimek, Huang, Jordan (J)Powers, Rea*, San MartinTrenton
1:00 — 1:15 Break  
1:15 — 2:45 [Panel 5] The Global Implications of Standard-Essential Patent (SEP) and Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) Litigation GeiszlerGiles, Grzimek, Huang, Hutz*, Long, Lynn (J), Marshall, O'Malley (J), Selwyn, Stark, Vary
2:45 — 3:00 Break  
3:00 — 4:30 [Panel 6] Judicial Roundtable Burke (J), Freeman (J), Jordan (J)Lynn (J)Powers*, Standish (J)
4:30 — 4:35 Closing Statements  
       
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