​2024 Seminar Agenda

New York City Bar Association,  42 West 44th Street,  New York, NY 10036
September 10th, 2024
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Earn 7.5 NY/ NJ (6.5 PA) CLE credits including 1 Ethics 

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Keynote Speakers

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​Program Opening​

Welcome Remarks by 2024 JPPCLE Chair
8:35 - 8:40 AM
​​Jenny Lee, Haug Partners LLP 

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Panel 1
USPTO and PTAB Practice
 8:40 - 10:10 AM ET 
​​Moderator: Stephen E. Murray, Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel, LLP

8:40 - 9:10 AM (Featured Speaker)	Hon. Jacqueline Wright Bonilla, Deputy Chief Administrative Patent Judge and Senior Legal Advisor, USPTO ​
9:10 - 9:20 AM	Director Review Reigns in Discretionary Denials of Follow-On Petitioners - Clint Mehall​, Davidson Kappel LLC
9:20 - 9:30 AM	LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC - Standard for Design Patent Obviousness - Diane D. McKay, Calderone McKay LLC
9:30 - 9:40 AM	USPTO Guidance on Artificial Intelligence - Benjamin J. Lehberger, Dilworth IP
9:40 - 9:50 AM	Overview of Terminal Disclaimer Practice and Contingent Terminal Disclaimers - Fabian M. Koenigbauer, Ice Miller LLP
​​9:50 - 10:00 AM	Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. - Survey of Cases Construing the Term "A" - Bindu Donovan, Morrison & Foerster LLP
10:00 - 10:10 AM	​Q & A Session

Panel 2
BIOTECH and PHARMA
10:30 - 11:30 AM ET
Moderator: Weihong Hsing, Ice Miller LLP

10:30 - 10:40 AM	In re: XENCOR, Inc. - The standard for written description requirements for MPF and Jepson claims in the context of antibody claims. - Patrice P. Jean​, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
​10:40 - 10:50 AM	Giving a Wide Berth - Interpreting the Scope of Hatch-Waxman's Safe Harbor, Edwards Lifesciences Corp. v. Meril Life Sciences Pvt. - Thomas J. Germinario, The Law Office of Thomas J. Germinario
10:50 - 11:00 AM	Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. v. Norwich Pharmaceuticals Inc. - ​ANDA Litigation over Rifaximin​ - Ian J. Lodovice, Tessera Therapeutics ​
11:00 - 11:10 AM	Fifth Amendment Takings in ANDA Reviews - VANDA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. United States - Christopher Loh, Venable LLP
​11:10 - 11:20 AM​	Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., v. Eli Lilly and Company - Written description and enablement for antibody method of treatment claims - Jason Weil,  ​Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
11:20 - 11:30 AM ​	​Q & A Session

Morning Break
10:10 - 10:30 AM ET

Keynote Fireside Chat 
11:30 - 12:00 PM
Moderator: Dorothy R. Auth, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

Hon. Kathleen O'Malley
Former Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

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Lunch Break
12:00 - 12:40 PM ET

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Panel 3
LITIGATION
12:40 - 2:10 PM ET
​Moderator: Timothy A. Johnson, Getz Balich LLC

12:40 - 1:00 PM (Featured Speaker)	Nicholas Leefer, Attorney, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission
1:00 - 1:10 PM	Beyond Borders: Foreign Patent Damages Within Reach After Brumfield v. IBG - Jeffrey Coleman, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
1:10 - 1:20 PM	Cracking Down on IP Holding Companies: Fee Awards and Ethical Sanctions in Dragon IP v. DISH and Nimitz v. CNET - Donald J. Cox, Jr., Law Offices of Donald Cox, LLC
1:20 - 1:30 PM	Sumitomo Pharma Co. v. Vidal - "You can't spell Sumitomo without moot" - Mark Abate, Goodwin Procter LLP
1:30 - 1:40 PM	An explanation of the Federal Circuit’s holding in the Hip, Inc. v Hormel Foods Group litigation regarding when an inventive contribution is significant enough to warrant qualification as a joint inventor - Brian Auerbach, Ballard Spahr LLP
​1:40 - 1:50 PM ​​​	ChromaDex, Inc. v. Elysium Health, Inc. - Awarding attorneys’ fees in 101 ineligibility finding where Myriad precedent clearly applied - Brian McGuire, Ruggiero IP
​1:50 - 2:00 PM ​	Sonos v. Google - Breathes New Life into Prosecution Latches Doctrine - Mario T. Milano, The Law Office of Mario T. Milano LLC
​2:00 - 2:10 PM	​Q & A Session

Panel 4
HIGH TECH, LEGISLATION & POLICY
2:30 - 4:00 PM ET
​Moderator: Jenny Lee, Haug Partners LLP

2:30 - 2:50 PM (Featured Speaker)​	David J. Kappos, Former Undersecretary of Commerce and Director, USPTO; Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
2:50 - 3:00 PM	U.S. Judicial Conference Policy on Judge Shopping​ - Leslie Spencer, Desmarais LLP
3:00 - 3:10 PM	From Chevron Deference to Respectful Consideration Under Skidmore - Michael I. Chakansky, Hoffmann & Baron, LLP
3:10 - 3:20 PM	Pitfalls in Claim Drafting for AI Inventions - David Bomzer, Cantor Colburn LLP
3:20 - 3:30 PM	EU AI Act​ - Stephen Duffield, Carpmaels & Ransford LLP
3:30 - 3:40 PM ​	Sepi et al. v. Netflix et al. - 10th Circuit decision in the Tiger King case as a Warhol follow-up - Timothy A. Johnson, Getz Balich LLC
3:40 - 3:50 PM ​	Appian Corporation v. Pegasystems, Inc. - Trade secret case relating to misappropriation of software​ - Kevin Ecker, Koninklijke Philips N.V.
3:50 - 4:00 PM ​	Q & A Session

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Afternoon Break
2:10 - 2:30 PM ET

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Panel 5
ETHICS
4:00 - 5:00 PM ET
​Moderator: Lou Budzyn, Budzyn IP Law, LLC

4:00 - 4:10 PM	Crocs, Inc. v. Effervescent, Inc. - whether advertising that a product is patented is false advertising - Camille Y. Turner, Haug Partners LLP
4:10- 4:20 PM	Survey of cases where GenAI was used inappropriately in litigation and in the patent office - Heather M. Schneider, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
4:20 - 4:30 PM	Luv n' Care, Ltd., v. Eazy-PZ, LLC: How Misrepresentations to the PTO Can Lead to Inequitable Conduct- Jennifer Rea Deneault, Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP
4:30 - 4:40 PM	Staton Techiya, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co. - unclean hands based on former employees stealing trade secrets - Anthony F. Lo Cicero, Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP
4:40 - 4:50 PM​​​	Robinson v. CPA Global Support Services, LLC - CPA Docketing Case - Jon Chiodo, Johnson & Johnson
4:50 - 5:00 PM	​Q & A Session

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Closing Program
5:00 - 6:00PM ET

Program Conclusion
5:00 - 5:10 PM
Dorothy R. Auth, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

Post Program Networking Reception
5:15 - 7:00PM
Croton Reservoir Tavern (108 W 40th St, New York, NY 10018 - 4 blocks from NYC Bar)