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May 2014
Segment 1 of 12th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute
Track 1 - Patents & Patent Litigation
Accreditation Information:
To claim CLE credit for this segment you MUST use the following title on your homestudy affidavit 12th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute.
Presentation:
Day 1
8:45 am - 10:00 am
Judicial Panel - Trends in IP Litigation
Judge Jimmie V. Reyna, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Judge Phillip A. Brimmer, US District Court for the District of Colorado
Judge Faith S. Hochberg, US District Court for New Jersey
Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn, US District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Moderated by Judge Andrew Hartman, 20th Judicial District, Colorado
10:15 am - 11:05 am
2014 PTAB Update
- Everything you need to know about the last year
Robert Greene Sterne, Sterne Kessler Goldstein Fox
11:10 am - 12:00 pm
Coordinating Litigation and Post-Grant Review Processes
- How IPRs are being used with litigation
- Types of litigation that do and don't benefit from IPRs
- IPRs and district court schedules
- Best practices for coordination
Greg Gardella, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt LLP
Natalie Hanlon-Leh, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
Molly Kocialski, Oracle Corporation
12:25 - 1:15 pm
Only in Colorado: IP Issues Related to the Burgeoning Marijuana Industry
Margaret Polson, Oppedahl Patent Law Firm
Erich Veitenheimer, Cooley LLP
Christian Sederberg, Vicente Sederberg LLC
Moderated by Ian Saffer, Kilpatrick Townsend
1:15 pm - 1:35 pm
A Seat in the Gallery: A Look at the Players and Alliances in Three Upcoming Patent Cases Before the Supreme Court
Craig Mueller, Sheridan Ross, PC
Craig Mueller, Sheridan Ross, PC
1:35 pm - 1:55 pm
Trends for Standard Essential Patents: Enforcement and Licensing
Judson Cary, Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
Judson Cary, Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
2:00 - 2:20 pm
Crowdsourcing of Prior Art Searches
Cheryl Milone, Article One Partners
2:35 pm - 3:25 pm
Relevant Again? Opinions of Counsel and New Uses
- Use of opinions for willfulness - for the case likely to go to trial
- Opinions to offset indirect infringement
- Best practices in opinions
Dion Messer, Limelight Networks, Inc.
Timothy Scull, Merchant & Gould
William Sloan Coats, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
3:30 - 3:55 pm
Recent Trends in Patent Aggregation?
Kevin Jakel, Unified Patents
George Simion, NetApp
4:00 - 4:20 pm
Inventorship, Ownership, Business Partners, and Customer Suggestions
Heath Briggs, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Day 2
9:00 am - 10:30 am
The Great American Story: Protection or Innovation?
Panelists:
Aaron Brodsky, Trimble Navigation, Inc.
Pamela Samuelson, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
Michael Fleming, Cray Inc.
Bernard Chao, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Ryan McIntyre, Foundry Group
Moderator:
Ian Ballon, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
10:45 am - 11:35 am
2014 Patent Law Update
- Everything you need to know about the last year
Mark Lemley, Stanford University Law School, Durie Tangri, LLP
11:40 am - 12:30 pm
Patent Strategies in Light of New Post-Grant Proceedings, Evolving Damages Law, and Limited Injunctions - a Litigator's View
- Declining value of U.S. patents
- Declining protection against competitors
- Best practices to regain value
Wayne Stacy, Cooley LLP
Sara Guske, Cooley LLP
12:45- 12-55 pm
10 - Minute Update on Patent Local Rules
Jane Michaels, Holland & Hart LLP
12:55 - 1:45
Attorney Ethics and Money (1 Ethics Credit)
David Hricik, Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law
1:45 pm - 2:35 pm
European Patent Prosecution, Oppositions and Post-Grant Procedures
- Key jurisdictions for European enforcement
- Best practices for creating valuable enforceable patents in Europe
Maureen Kinsler, Marks & Clerk
Stacey Farmer, Grund Intellectual Property Group
Martin Grund, Grund Intellectual Property Group
2:40 - 3:30 pm
Attack on Patent Claim Drafting: Divided Infringement, Dependent Claims, Damages
- Update on case law attacking claim style
- Best practices for addressing these attacks
William Daley, Kilpatrick Townsend
Thomas Franklin, Kilpatrick Townsend
3:50 pm - 4:40 pm (1 Ethics Credit)
Why are IP Practitioners Getting Sued for Malpractice? How to Avoid the Key Mistakes
Kevin Rosen, Gibson Dunn