Morning Featured Speaker:

• Coke Stewart, Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

9:30 AM - 10:20 AM

Legislative and Administrative Patent Law Update

The panel will discuss the status and general substance of several proposed patent law bills in Congress as well as a summary update on new policy initiatives at the USPTO under the administration. 

• Chris Israel, Senior Partner, American Continental Group
• John Lee, Chief Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary 
• Robert Rando, Partner, Patrick Doerr (Moderator)

10:20 AM - 11:10 AM

Update on Patent Eligibility at the Federal Circuit and the USPTO

So far this year, the Federal Circuit has issued two important decisions on Patent Eligibility, Recentive Analytics Inc. v. Fox Corp. and PowerBlock Holdings Inc. v. IFIT Inc., the PTAB has reversed over 40 patent eligibility rejections, and the Office issued its August 4, 2025 “Reminders on evaluating subject matter eligibility claims under 35 U.S.C. 101”.  Our panels will provide a review of these important developments and provide guidance to patent practitioners on how to use these developments in patent prosecution before the office and on appeal to the PTAB.

• Robert Frederickson III, Partner, Goodwin Procter
• Joshua A. Hartman, Partner, Merchant & Gould P.C.
• Clint Mehall, Partner, Davidson Kappel LLC
• Charles R. Macedo, Partner, Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP (Moderator)

11:10 AM - 11:25 AM

Morning Refreshment Break

11:25 AM - 12:15 PM

Practice Pointers on Trade Secrets Verdicts- Options for Relief and Their Fate on Appeal

This panel will focus on trade secret damages, lessons learned from the Insulet Corporation v. EOFlow Co., Ltd., et al case and how notable Trade Secret damage awards fare on appeal.  Stay tuned for some practice pointers from the Insulet case as well as pointers to minimize the chances that an award will be reduced, or even worse, thrown out on appeal.

• Dana Trexler, Managing Director, Stout
• Robert D. Carroll, Partner, Goodwin Procter
• R.J. McLaughlin, Associate, Pryor Cashman
• Rachel Blitzer, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP (Moderator)

12:15 PM - 1:05 PM

Data Rights in AI - Navigating Cybersecurity, Privacy, and IP Risks in Generative AI

• Amanda Weare, General Counsel, Collibra
• Boris Segalis, Partner, Morrison Foerster LLP (Moderator)

1:05 PM - 1:40 PM

Luncheon

1:40 PM - 2:30 PM

Luncheon Speaker:

• Vaishali Udupa, Previous Commissioner for Patents, USPTO, and Counsel, McDermott Will & Schulte

2:30 PM - 3:20 PM

The Road Ahead: Key 2025 Federal Circuit Decisions and Cases to Watch in Patent Litigation

This panel will examine recent Federal Circuit decisions and upcoming cases poised to shape key aspects of patent litigation, such as Ecofactor v. Google, Lashify v. ITC and Roku v. Access Advance.

• Antony Pfeffer, Vice President and General Counsel, Tractable AI
• Joe Sherinsky, Assistant General Counsel, Litigation & Intellectual Property, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings
• Angie Verrecchio, Assistant General Counsel, Johnson & Johnson
• Christopher Cariello, Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe (Moderator)

3:20 PM - 3:35 PM

3:35 PM - 4:25 PM

Ethical Considerations when using AI

• Melvin Garner, Partner, Leason Ellis LLP
• Audrey Trace, Associate, Leason Ellis LLP
• Stephanie L. Casino, Contract Specialist, Emory University (Moderator)

4:25 PM - 5:15 PM

Shop Local: Trends in District Court Litigation Rules

The 2020s have seen more divergence in local rules for patent litigation among federal district courts than at any time before. Litigating in the District of Delaware, District of New Jersey, Eastern District of Texas, Eastern District of Virginia, and Central and Northern Districts of California, requires careful attention to the guidelines of particular judges, only some of which are memorialized as rules. This session will explore case scheduling, Markman practice, fact and expert discovery, dispositive motion practice, and narrowing of claims and contentions in advance of trial across these patent-heavy jurisdictions, with a special focus on Hatch-Waxman and design patent litigation.

• Jennifer R. Deneault, Partner, Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone
• Elizabeth D. Ferrill, Partner, Finnegan
• Preston K. Ratliff II, Partner, Paul Hastings
• Andrew Roper, Partner, Haug Partners
• Annie Bolton, Associate, Haug Partners