Agenda
8:30 – 9:00 am
Registration and continental breakfast — sponsored by McAndrews, Held & Malloy Ltd.
9:00 – 9:05 am
Welcoming remarks — Dean Harold J. Krent, Chicago-Kent College of Law
9:05 – 11:00 am — Review of Supreme Court Cases
WesternGeco v. ION Geophysical
Moderator: David Clough, Partner, Polsinelli PC
Panelists: John O’Quinn, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, counsel to WesternGeco; Professor Sapna Kumar, University of Houston Law Center; Professor Bernard Chao, University of Denver Sturm College of Law; Professor Stephen Yelderman, Notre Dame Law School
Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC
Moderator: Robert Surrette, Partner, McAndrews, Held & Malloy Ltd.
Panelists: George Quillin, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP, counsel to Greene’s Energy Group; Ruthanne Deutsch, Founding Partner, Deutsch Hunt PLLC, counsel to amici curiae 3M Co. et al.; Professor Tejas Narechania, UC Berkeley School of Law; Professor Greg Reilly, Chicago-Kent
SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu
Moderator: Grantland Drutchas, Partner, McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
Panelists: Gregory Castanias, Partner, Jones Day, counsel to SAS Institute; Professor Arti Rai, Duke Law School; Professor Saurabh Vishnubhakat, Texas A&M University School of Law
11:00 – 11:15 am
Coffee break
11:15 am – Noon — Analytics and Preview of 2018 Term
Supreme Court Analytics on the Past Term
Professor Edward Lee, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Preview of the Upcoming Term: IP cert. grants and cert. petitions to watch
Moderator: Professor Carolyn Shapiro, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com
Helsinn Healthcare S.A., v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., et al.
Panelists: Gregory A. Castanias, Partner, Jones Day; Ruthanne Deutsch, Founding Partner, Deutsch Hunt PLLC; Kathryn Kayali, Associate, Williams & Connolly LLP, counsel to Helsinn Healthcare SA; John C. O’Quinn, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Aaron Panner, Partner, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick PLLC, counsel to Fourth Estate Public Benefit
Noon – 1:00 pm
Lunch — sponsored by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
1:00 – 1:45 pm — Supreme Court IP Review Address
Introduction: Scott Schutte, Partner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
“Huge Numbers of Patent Cases: How One District Judge Manages Them”
The Honorable William Alsup, District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
1:45 – 2:00 pm
Coffee break
2:00 – 2:45 pm — Staying on Top of Recent Developments at the PTAB
Moderator: Joshua Goldberg, Partner, Finnegan
Panelists: Judge William Saindon, PTAB; William Beckman, Caterpillar Inc., Corporate Counsel, Law, Security & Public Policy; Professor Sapna Kumar, University of Houston Law Center; Gary Matz, NOVA Chemicals, VP Legal and Chief IP Counsel; Timothy McAnulty, Partner, Finnegan; Professor Saurabh Vishnubhakat, Texas A&M University School of Law
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm — PTAB Strategy in a Changing Environment: Claim Construction, Amendments and Section 112(6)
Moderator: Catherine Taylor, Associate, Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
Panelists: David Killough, Microsoft, Assistant General Counsel, Litigation, Competition and Compliance Group; Joshua Landau, Patent Counsel, Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA); David Newman, Partner, Gould & Ratner LLP; Professor Joshua Sarnoff, DePaul University College of Law; Jim Sherwood, Google, Litigation Counsel
3:30 – 3:45 pm — Coffee break
3:45 – 4:30 pm — Litigating Under the Revised Trial Practice Guidance
Moderator: Vincent Smolczynski, Associate, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Panelists: Judge William Saindon, PTAB; Christen Dubois, Facebook, Director and Associate General Counsel, IP Litigation; Alison Baldwin, Partner, McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP; Joshua Goldberg, Partner, Finnegan
4:30 – 5:15 pm — PTAB Perspectives from In-House Counsel
Moderator: Professor Greg Reilly, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Panelists: William Beckman, Caterpillar Inc., Corporate Counsel, Law, Security & Public Policy; Christen Dubois, Facebook, Director and Associate General Counsel, IP Litigation; David Killough, Microsoft, Assistant General Counsel, Litigation, Competition and Compliance Group; Gary Matz, NOVA Chemicals, VP Legal and Chief IP Counsel; Jim Sherwood, Google, Litigation Counsel
5:15 – 6:15 pm
Reception — sponsored by Polsinelli PC