One-Day Patent CLE Seminar

Keynote Speaker
CHIEF JUDGE SCOTT R. BOALICK
Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM Welcome Remarks by NYIPLA President Robert J. Rando, Partner, Greenspoon Marder LLP

9:10 AM - 10:25 AM Pending Patent Legislation: What You Need to Know
Moderator: Colman Ragan, Vice President & General Counsel, North America IP Litigation, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA 

• Andrei Iancu, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
• Chris Israel, Senior Partner, ACG Advocacy
• David J. Kappos, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
• Laura Sheridan, Head of Patent Policy, Google

10:25 AM - 11:15 AM A Conversation with Drew Hirshfeld (Former USPTO Commissioner of Patents)
Moderators: Joy Goudie, Principle, Goudie PLLC and Clint Mehall, Partner, Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

• Drew Hirshfeld, Principal, Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

11:15 AM - 11:35 AM Morning Refreshment Break

11:35 AM - 12:50 PM Recent Supreme Court Decisions & Hot Issues
Moderator: Jeffrey H. Price, Special Counsel, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

• Dorothy R. Auth, Partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
• Paul Coletti, Vice President MedTech IP Strategy and Associate Patent Counsel, Johnson & Johnson
• Larry Coury, Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• William J. Thomashower, Counsel, Pryor Cashman LLP 

12:50 PM - 01:30 PM Lunch Break

01:30 PM - 02:20 PM Professional Responsibility and Practice before the USPTO

• Dahlia A. Girgis, Staff Attorney, USPTO

02:20 PM - 03:10 PM Artificial Intelligence in Patents and in Practice
Moderator: Mark T. Doerr, Partner, Greenspoon Marder LLP

• Kathryn DeBord, Vice President, DISCO
• Joshua L. Simmons, IP/Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

03:10 PM - 03:30 PM Afternoon Refreshment Break

03:30 PM - 04:20 PM Keynote Fireside Chat with Chief Judge Scott R. Boalick, Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)
Moderator: Charles R. Macedo, Partner, Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP

04:20 PM - 05:10 PM What Every Multi-National Corporation Needs to Know About Trade Secrets
Moderator: Kevin C. Ecker, Sr. IP Counsel, Koninklijke Philips N.V.

• Laura Hidalgo, Managing Counsel - Latin America, Merck & Co., Inc.
• Robert Isackson, Partner, Leason Ellis LLP
• Adam P. Samansky, Member, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
• Ksenia Takhistova, Chief Legal Officer, LCM Biosensor Technologies, LLC

05:10 PM - 05:20 PM Closing Remarks

05:20 PM - 06:00 PM Post-Program Reception

Attendees will earn up to 8.0 CLE Credits (Including 1 Ethics)

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Materials: 

Pending Patent Legislation: What You Need to Know || A Conversation with Drew Hirshfeld || Recent Supreme Court Decisions & Hot Issues || Professional Responsibility and Practice before the USPTO || Artificial Intelligence in Patents and in Practice || Keynote Fireside Chat || What Every Multi-National Corporation Needs to Know About Trade Secrets

Speaker Biographies: 

Pending Patent Legislation: What You Need to Know || A Conversation with Drew Hirshfeld || Recent Supreme Court Decisions & Hot Issues || Professional Responsibility and Practice before the USPTO || Artificial Intelligence in Patents and in Practice || Keynote Fireside Chat || What Every Multi-National Corporation Needs to Know About Trade Secrets