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The Sedona Conference WG9 and WG10 Joint Annual Meeting 2021

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Location: Online (Zoom)

Registration is now open for the 2021 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) to be held online on Thursday, November 18, and Friday, November 19.

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 the following draft commentaries toward publication for public comment:

  • Streamlining Lower-Value Patent Cases
  • The Evolving Relationship Between Federal Courts and Administrative Agencies
  • Strategic and Tactical Considerations in Selecting Venues for Global Patent Litigation
  • Cross-Border Discovery in U.S. Patent and Trade Secrets Cases – "Stage Two"
  • SEP/FRAND Licensing and Royalty Issues - "Global Edition"

And also to form and launch the following commentary drafting team efforts:

  • The Role of Patents in Biopharma v. High-Tech Industries: Can One Patent System Effectively Accommodate Both?
  • Patent Litigation Best Practices in Europe before the Forthcoming Unified Patent Court

At the end of the first day of the meeting, the Hon. Kathleen O'Malley will provide her thoughts on the current state of the patent system and ways it might be improved. And we will close day two of the meeting with a 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 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
Plano, TX, USA
Newport Beach, CA, USA
Washington, DC, USA
Irvine, CA
Hopkinton, MA, USA
Düsseldorf, Germany
Wilmington, DE, USA
Washington, DC, USA
Washington, DC, USA
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Redwood City, CA, USA
Dallas, TX, USA
Washington, DC, USA
San Jose, CA, USA
New York, NY, USA
Düsseldorf, Germany
Denver, CO, USA
Hong Kong
Wilmington, DE, USA
Washington, DC, USA
Wilmington, DE, USA
Washington, DC, USA
Paris, France
Philadelphia, PA, USA
McLean, VA, USA
Washington, DC, USA
Rossmoor, CA, USA
New York, NY, USA
Philadelphia, PA, USA
San Francisco, CA, USA
Washington, DC, USA
London, United Kingdom
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
New York City, NY, USA
Rome, Italy
London, United Kingdom
Ottawa, ON Canada
Pleasanton, CA, USA
London, United Kingdom
Munich, Germany
DAY 1 - Thursday, November 18 (all times ET)
Time Session Panelists
11:15 — 11:25 Check-in       
11:25 — 11:30 Welcome and Introductions Hutz, Powers, ReaWeinlein
11:30 — 1:00 [Panel 1] Unique Problems and Opportunities Posed by Global Patent Litigation - Part I (Unified Patent Court & Global SEP/FRAND) Buchinski, DelgadoGrzimek*, Huang, Jarosz, Marshall, Oliva, Singh (J)Stark, Whiting
1:00 — 1:15 Break  
1:15 — 2:45

[Panel 2] Streamlining Lower-Value Patent Cases

Albright (J), Burke (J), Ferguson, Powers*, Saunders, Vladescu

2:45 — 3:00 Break  
3:00 — 4:15

[Panel 3] The Evolving Relationship Between Federal Courts and Administrative Agencies

Armond, Banowit, Cheney (J), Conti (J), Haapala (J)Munoz, Nathan*, Patnaik
4:15 — 5:00 Interview: Judge O'Malley - Reflections on the Current State of the Patent System and Ways It Might Be Improved  O'MalleyPowers
      
DAY 2 - Friday, November 19 (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 — 12:45 [Panel 4] Unique Problems and Opportunities Posed by Global Patent Litigation - Part II (Global Venue Selection & Cross-Border Discovery)  Antush, BuseyCooper*, MetierMuller-StoySan Martin*, Sterpi, Trenton, Wuttke
12:45 — 1:00 Break  
1:00 — 2:30

[Panel 5] The Role of Patents in Biopharma v. High-Tech Industries: Can One Patent System Effectively Accommodate Both? 

Blake, Brown*Groombridge*, Pearson, Whitaker 

 

2:30 — 2:45 Break  
2:45 — 4:15 [Panel 6] Judicial Roundtable Burke (J)Cheney (J), Freeman (J)Jordan (J)Rea*
4:15 — 4:20 Closing Statements Weinlein
     
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