​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

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

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

Morning Break
10:30 - 10:50 AM ET

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Featured Speaker
11:50 - 12:20 PM
Moderator: 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

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

Featured Afternoon Address
2:00 - 2:30 PM ET
To be announced

Afternoon Break
2:30 - 2:50 PM ET

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Panel 5
ETHICS
3:50 - 4:50 PM ET
​Moderator: Lou Budzyn, Budzyn IP Law, LLC

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Closing Program
4:50 - 6:00PM ET

Program Conclusion
4:50 - 5:00 PM
Dorothy R. Auth, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

Post Program Networking Reception
To be Announced