Keynote Speaker
Hon. Cynthia M. Hardman, Administrative Patent Judge, USPTO

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

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM Welcome Remarks by NYIPLA President Patrice P. Jean, Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

9:10 AM - 10:00 AM AI IP Guidelines (Including 1.0 Cybersecurity)
Moderators: Stephanie Casino, Contract Specialist, Emory University - Office of Technology Transfer

• Thomas Hart, Associate, Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP
• Richard F. Kurz, Partner, Haug Partners LLP
• Mitchell Stein, Partner, Patrick Doerr PLLC

10:00 AM - 10:50 AM IP & Antitrust with the FTC
Moderators: Joy Goudie, Principle, Goudie PLLC; and Clint Mehall, Partner, Davidson Kappel LLC

• Gail F. Levine, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
• Anu Sawkar, Special Counsel for Intellectual Property, Federal Trade Commission
• Christine Wilson, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

10:50 AM - 11:10 AM Morning Refreshment Break

11:10 AM - 12:00 PM Hot Issues and Appeals: Regenxbio, Post-Amgen 112 and Cellect/Allergan
Moderator: Irena Royzman, Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

• Hon. Paul R. Michel (Ret.), former Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Paul Coletti, Vice President MedTech IP Strategy and Associate Patent Counsel, Johnson & Johnson
• Larry Coury, Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

12:00 PM - 12:50 PM Pending and Proposed IP Legislation
Moderator: Anthony F. Lo Cicero, Partner, Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP

• Hon. Roslynn R. Mauskopf (Ret.), former Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York; current Partner, Bracewell LLP
• Chris Israel, Senior Partner, ACG Advocacy, LLC

12:50 PM - 01:30 PM Lunch Break

01:30 PM - 02:20 PM Keynote Presentation

• Hon. Cynthia M. Hardman, Administrative Patent Judge, USPTO

02:20 PM - 03:10 PM Best Practices in Drafting ADR Clauses in IP Contexts
Moderator: Patrick J. Murphy III, Mediator and Arbitrator, JAMS

• Hon. Garrett E. Brown, Jr. (Ret.), former Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey; JAMS
• Hon. Gregory M. Sleet (Ret.), former Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Delaware; JAMS
• Mary E. Bartkus, Special Counsel, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
• Thomas L. Creel, Mediator and Arbitrator, JAMS

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

03:30 PM - 04:20 PM Legal Changes to Design Patents Post-LKQ Decision
Moderator: Ryan Schneer, Managing Member, Schneer IP Law PLLC

• Joshua M. Herman, Of Counsel, Greenberg Traurig LLP
• Robert M. Isackson, Partner, Leason Ellis LLP
• Joseph V. Micali, Partner, Pryor Cashman LLP

04:20 PM - 05:10 PM AI and the Practice of Law: Ethical and Practical Issues of Using GenAI (Including 0.5 Ethics)
Moderator: Laura Chubb, Director, IP Litigation, Organon

• Tim Campbell, Sr. Director of Commercial Product Management - Patent Intelligence, Clarivate
• Hanna Madbak, Senior Director of IP Management, Adeia
• Carla Sereny, Senior Legal Counsel - DX AI/ML, Adobe Inc.
• Christopher A. Suarez, Partner, Steptoe LLP

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 1.0 Cybersecurity & 0.5 Ethics)

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Materials:

AI IP Guidelines || IP & Antitrust with the FTC || Hot Issues and Appeals || Pending and Proposed IP Legislation || Keynote Presentation || Best Practices in Drafting ADR Clauses in IP Contexts || Legal Changes to Design Patents Post-LKQ Decision || AI and the Practice of Law

Speaker Biographies:

AI IP Guidelines || IP & Antitrust with the FTC || Hot Issues and Appeals || Pending and Proposed IP Legislation || Keynote Presentation || Best Practices in Drafting ADR Clauses in IP Contexts || Legal Changes to Design Patents Post-LKQ Decision || AI and the Practice of Law