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, Geiszler, Groombridge*, Johnson, Korea, Lieberman, 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, Barney, Cheney (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 Martin, Trenton |
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 | Geiszler, Giles, 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 | |