​2025 Seminar Agenda

New York City Bar Association,  42 West 44th Street,  New York, NY 10036
June 5th, 2025
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Earn 6.5 NY/ NJ (6.0 PA) CLE credits including 1 Ethics 

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Featured Speakers:

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​Program Opening​

Welcome Remarks by 2025 JPPCLE Chair
8:55 - 9:00 AM
Diane Dunn McKay, Calderone McKay LLC

Featured Morning Address
9:00 - 9:30 AM​
Hon. Jacqueline Wright Bonilla
Deputy Chief Administrative Patent Judge and Senior Legal Advisor, USPTO ​

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Panel 1
USPTO and PTAB Practice
 9:30 - 10:30 AM ET 
​​Moderator: Diane Dunn McKay, Calderone McKay LLC

9:30 - 9:40 AM	Lynk Labs, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Effective prior art date for published patent applications in Inter Parties Review proceedings  - Michael I. Chakansky, Hoffmann & Baron, LLP
9:40 - 9:50 AM	Converter Manufacturing, LLC v. Tekni-Plex, Inc. - burden of proving enablement of a prior art reference - Ben White, Barclay Damon LLP
9:50 - 10:00 AM	DDR Holdings v. Priceline - changes between provisional to non-provisional impacting claim construction - Richard F. Kane, Howson and Howson, LLP
10:00 - 10:10 AM	LG USA LLC v. Gesture Technology Partners LLC - jurisdiction in IPRs over patents after their expiration - Paul A. Bondor, Desmarais LLP
​​10:10 - 10:20 AM	Allergan USA Inc. v. MSN Laboratories Private Ltd. - scope of obviousness-type double patenting - Roy Issac, Bristol-Myers Squibb
​​10:20 - 10:30 AM	​Q & A Session

Panel 2
BIOTECH and PHARMA
10:50 - 11:50 AM ET
Moderator: Ian J. Lodovice, Tessera Therapeutics

10:50 - 11:00 AM	What patents are eligible for listing in the Orange Book? - Teva v. Amneal - Peter McFadden, Cantor Colburn LLP
11:00 - 11:10 AM	The use of skinny labels in the wake of - Hikma v. Amarin - Alyssa R.M. Pugh, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
11:10 - 11:20 AM	Novartis v. MSN – crystalline vs amorphous forms - Eric Greenwald, Merck & Co., Inc.
11:20 - 11:30 AM	Written description requirement for antibody patent claims – In re Xencor - Hassen A. Sayeed, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
​​11:30 - 11:40 AM	USPTO processing of Patent Term Extensions for reissue patents - Mary C. Till & Li Zhang, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
​​11:40 - 11:50 AM	​Q & A Session

Morning Break
10:30 - 10:50 AM ET

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Featured Speaker
11:50 - 12:20 PM
Introduction by: Dorothy R. Auth, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

Hon. Stanley R. Chesler
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

Lunch Break
12:20 - 1:00 PM ET

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Panel 3
LITIGATION
1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
​Moderator: Jenny Lee, Haug Partners LLP

1:00 - 1:10 PM	Honeywell International Inc. v. 3G Licensing – Standard for obviousness - Julie Pinette, Hurwitz Sagarin Slossberg & Knuff LLC
1:10 - 1:20 PM	Can sale of a product made by a secret process prevent later patenting of the process? - Celanese v. ITC - Domingos J. Silva, Saul Ewing LLP
1:20 - 1:30 PM	Can an offer for sale from a foreign country trigger the on-sale bar in the US - Crown Packaging Technology, Inc. v. Belvac Production Machinery - Ashley Ross, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
1:30 - 1:40 PM	Importance of identifying corporate entities in determining damages for trademark infringement - Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers Inc. - Keith J. McWha, Lerner David LLP
​​1:40 - 1:50 PM	Domestic Industry Requirement before ITC: Lashify v. ITC and Wuhan Healthgen Biotech Corp. v. ITC  - Jennifer Cieluch, Alston & Bird LLP
​​1:50 - 2:00 PM	​Q & A Session

Panel 4
HIGH TECH, LEGISLATION ​& POLICY
2:50 - 3:50 PM ET
​Moderator: Stephen E. Murray, Panitch Schwarze ​Belisario & Nadel, LLP

2:50 - 3:10 PM	Copyright Infringement Issues Relating to Artificial Intelligence Model Training and Usage - Lauren Emerson, Leason Ellis LLP
3:10 - 3:20 PM	Broadband ITV, Inc. v. Amazon.com - Patent Eligibility of User Interface Inventions - Eamon J. Wall, Meagher Emanuel Laks Goldberg & Liao, LLP
3:20 - 3:30 PM	Contour IP Holding LLC v. GoPro, Inc. - Proper Claim Characterization for Patent Eligibility Analysis - Robert J. Mauri, McCarter & English, LLP
3:30 - 3:40 PM	Mobile Acuity Ltd. v. Blippar Ltd. - Burdens of Proof and Production on Representative Claims in 101 Analysis - Josh Schmid, Volpe Koenig
3:40 - 3:50 PM​​	​Q & A Session

Featured Afternoon Address
2:00 - 2:30 PM ET
Moderator: Paul Bettridge, Carpmaels & Ransford LLP
Hon. Edger Brinkman
Judge, Court of First Instance, Unified Patent Court​

Afternoon Break
2:30 - 2:50 PM ET

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Panel 5
ETHICS
3:50 - 4:50 PM ET
​Moderator: Dorothy R. Auth, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

3:50 - 4:00 PM	Judicial Bias and Judicial Reassignment on Remand from Appeal: Trudell Medical Intl., Inc. v. D R Burton Healthcare, LLC - Lesley Grossberg, Ice Miller LLP
4:00 - 4:10 PM	Survey of rules and guidelines regulating AI and use of AI in court​ - Dorothy R. Auth, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
4:10 - 4:20 PM	Ethical Considerations of using AI in Patent Prosecution​ - Barry J. Schindler, Greenberg Traurig LLP​
4:20 - 4:30 PM	Update on non-attorney ownership of law firms, including KPMG entry into law​ - Justin Durelli, McCormick, Paulding, & Huber, PLLC
​​4:30 - 4:40 PM	Proper signature requirements at the PTO and review of disciplinary actions resulting from violations of the requirements​ - Jon Chiodo, Johnson & Johnson
​​4:40 - 4:50 PM	​Q & A Session

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Closing Program
4:50 - 5:00PM ET

Program Conclusion
4:50 - 5:00 PM
Diane Dunn McKay, Calderone McKay LLC

Join Us for Social Drinks Following the Program!
To be Announced