2026 Seminar Agenda

New York City Bar Association,  42 West 44th Street,  New York, NY 10036
June 9th, 2026

Earn 6.5 NY/ NJ (6.0 PA) CLE credits including 1 Ethics 

Featured Speakers

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Program Opening

Welcome Remarks by 2026 JPPCLE Chair
8:55 - 9:00 AM EST
Weihong Hsing, Ice Miller LLP

Featured Morning Speaker
9:00 - 9:30 AM EST
Hon. Kalyan Deshpande
​Chief Judge for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), USPTO

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Panel 1 

USPTO & PTAB Practice
 9:30 - 10:30 AM EST
Moderator: Stephen E. Murray, Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel, LLP

9:30 - 9:40 AM	Design Patent Updates:  Smartrend Mfg. Grp. V. Opti-Luxx, Inc. No. 24-1616 (Fed. Cir., Nov. 13, 2025) Top Brand LLC v. Cozy Comfort Co., No. 2024-2191 (Fed. Cir., July 17, 2025) Range of Motion Products, LLC v. Armaid Company Inc. (Fed. Cir., Feb. 2, 2026)
9:40 - 9:50 AM	Prosecution History Estoppel:  Barrette Outdoor Living v. Fortress Iron (Fed. Cir., Oct. 17, 2025)  Colibri Heart Valve LLC v. Medtronic, LLC (Fed. Cir., July 18, 2025) Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Alkem Laboratories Ltd. (Fed. Cir., April 8, 2025)
9:50 - 10:00 AM	IPR Estoppel: Ingenico v. IOEngine (Fed. Cir., May 7, 2025) In re: Gesture Technology Partners (December 1, 2025)
10:00 - 10:10 AM	Anticipation, Inherency: Sigray, Inc. v. Carl Zeiss X-Ray Microscopy, Inc. (Fed. Cir., May 23, 2025) Restem, LLC v. Jadi Cell, LLC (Fed. Cir., Mar. 4, 2025)
​​10:10 - 10:20 AM	Patent Eligibility in Biologics: RegenxBio, Inc. v. Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (Fed. Cir., Feb. 20, 2026)
​​10:20 - 10:30 AM	​Q & A Session

Panel 2

Biotech & Pharma
 10:50 - 11:50 AM EST
Moderator: Ian J. Lodovice, Tessera Therapeutics

10:50 - 11:10 AM	§112 Written Description & Enablement Standards for Biotech & Chemical Genus/Subgenus Claims:  Seagen Inc. v. Daiichi Sankyo Co. (Fed. Cir., December 2, 2025) Duke University, Allergan Sales, LLC v. Sandoz Inc. (Fed. Cir., November 18, 2025) Agilent Technologies, Inc., v. Synthego Corp. (Fed. Cir., June 11, 2025)
11:10 - 11:20 AM	Clinical Dosing Regimens in Pharma Patents: Obviousness, Functional Limits, and Prior Art Range Challenges:  Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. ( Fed. Cir., September 23, 2025) Merck Serono S.A. v. Hopewell Pharma Ventures, Inc. (Fed. Cir., October  30, 2025) Jannsen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals (Fed. Cir., July 8, 2025)
11:20 - 11:30 AM	Skinny Labels and Induced Infringement:  Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Amarin Pharma, Inc., et al.
11:30 - 11:40 AM	ITC Enforcement & Biotech Importation Patents:  Wuhan Healthgen Biotechnology Corp. v. ITC, Ventria Bioscience Inc. (Fed. Cir., Feb. 7, 2025)
​​11:40 - 11:50 AM	​Q & A Session

Morning Break
10:30 - 10:50 AM EST

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Featured Speaker: Fireside Chat
11:50 - 12:20 PM
Moderator: Dorothy R. Auth, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

Hon. Leonard P. Stark 
Circuit Judge,  U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

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Lunch Break
12:20 - 1:00 PM EST

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Featured Afternoon Speaker
1:00 - 1:30 PM EST
Introduction by: Ian J. Lodovice, Tessera Therapeutics

​Hon. MaryJoan McNamara
Administrative Law Judge, U.S. International Trade Commission

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Panel 3

Litigation
 1:30 - 2:30 PM EST
Moderator: Dorothy R. Auth, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

1:30 - 1:40 PM	Fed Cir. en banc re: damages expert testimony held improper: EcoFactor v. Google  (Fed. Cir., May 21, 2025) Mark A. Barry v. DePuy Synthes Companies (Fed. Cir., Jan. 26, 2026)
1:40 - 1:50 PM	First Fed Cir review of derivation proceeding: Global Health Solutions v. Marc Selner (Fed. Cir., August 26, 2025)
1:50 - 2:00 PM	Prosecution Laches; raised the standard for proving prosecution laches if an application has published: Google, LLC v. Sonos, Inc. (Fed. Cir., Aug. 28, 2025)
2:00 - 2:10 PM	Infringement; Reverse Doctrine of Equivalents: Steuben Foods, Inc. v. Shibuya Hoppmann Corp. (Fed. Cir., Jan. 24, 2025)
​​2:10 - 2:20 PM	Equitable Estoppel; based on a lapsed license agreement:  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft v. Sirius XM Radio Inc. (Fed. Cir., Jun. 9, 2025)
2:20 - 2:30 PM	​Q & A Session

Panel 4

High Tech
 2:50 - 3:50 PM EST
Moderator: Lou Budzyn, Budzyn IP Law LLC

2:50 - 3:00 PM	Review of ISP Liability Under the DMCA: Sony Music Entertainment, et al., Petitioners v. Cox Communications, Inc., et al. Athos Overseas Limited Corp. v. YouTube, Inc.
3:00 - 3:10 PM	AI and Inventorship: Patent Office Revised Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions: USPTO’s Revised Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions, November 2025
3:10 - 3:30 PM	AI Section 101 Eligibility: Review of Recent Court & PTAB Decisions: Recentive Analytics v. Fox Corp. (Fed. Cir., April 18, 2025) PowerBlock Holdings, Inc. v. iFit, Inc. (Fed Cir., Aug. 11, 2025)  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute v. Amazon.com Inc., case number 24-1725 Ex parte Desjardins
3:30 - 3:40 PM	AI Discovery Related Issues (including discovery of prompts): Discovery of Artificial Intelligence Prompts
​​3:40 - 3:50 PM	Q & A Session

Afternoon Break
2:30 - 2:50 PM EST

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Panel 5

Ethics
3:50 - 4:50 PM EST
Moderator: Jenny Lee, Haug Partners LLP

3:50 - 4:00 PM	Award of attorney’s fees for frivolous suit of patent infringement: EscapeX IP, LLC v. Google LLC, No. 24-1201 (Fed. Cir., Nov. 25, 2025) Future Link Systems, LLC v. Realtek Semiconductor Corp. (Fed. Cir.,  Sept. 9, 2025)
4:00 - 4:10 PM	Cautionary tales for use of AI in litigation:  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman criticizes Federal Judge’s use of AI, October 2025 California Prosecutor Says AI Caused Errors in Criminal Case, November 2025 AI Hallucination Cases (database)
4:10 - 4:20 PM	Ethical obligations for using AI tools in patent practice management: Lawyer’s duty to maintain confidentiality in view of evolving technologies – cybersecurity, AI, remote work, cloud computing Will AI become so useful that it will be an ethical violation to not use AI?
4:20 - 4:30 PM	Discovery Issues; appropriateness of evidence introduced at trial: MAGĒMĀ Technology LLC v. PHILLIPS 66 (Fed. Cir., Sept. 8, 2025)
4:30 - 4:40 PM	Whether AI-Generated Documents Are Subject to Privilege Protections: US v. HEPPNER, Case 1:25-cr-00503-JSR Document 27 Filed 02/17/26​
4:40 - 4:50 PM	Q & A Session

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Program Closing
4:50 - 5:00 PM EST

Program Conclusion
4:50 - 5:00 PM
Stephen E. Murray, Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel, LLP

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