TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5
- VIRTUAL SESSIONS -
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Foreign Filing Trends in Response to Covid19 - VIRTUAL
Foreign filing is often driven by business decisions. When determining where to file, companies consider factors such as the products they sell, their licensing agreements, and supply chains. Business trends have been changing and some trends were accelerated by Covid19. How did business trends shift during the pandemic and how did foreign filing respond?
- Did you file differently during Covid19? And as we move past the pandemic, were those the right decisions?
- As we move past the pandemic, will we return to pre-pandemic filing patterns, continue the current course, or shift to a new direction?
- What demographic and market changes will drive foreign filing strategies in years to come?
- How do you landscape on a global level to make your filing decisions?
- How are laws evolving in different countries such as China?
- How are international patent regimes changing?
- How are companies thinking about international patent filing programs?
- How do you decide where and how much to file in specific countries?
Speakers:
MICHEAL BINNS
Associate General Counsel, Patents
Facebook
MARK COHEN
Professor
UC Berkeley School of Law
MIKU MEHTA
Partner
Procopio
DEV NARASIMHAN
Patent Portfolio Manager
CoMotion at University of Washington
RODGER SADLER
Senior Counsel
Mercedes-Benz R&D NA
TARA STUART
Senior Counsel II
Gilead Sciences
BRUCE WU
VP, Partnerships & IP
Nutcracker Therapeutics
10:00 - 11:00 AM
How to Optimize Inventor Engagement to Improve Patent Quality and Global Patent Prosecution on a Limited Budget - VIRTUAL
Innovation is a company’s lifeblood and successfully engaging your inventors is key to your company’s innovation. As we shifted to remote work during Covid19, companies went to great lengths to ensure their inventors were able to continue working safely, but there are old and new challenges. Facing limited budgets, what can you do to optimize inventor engagement to improve patent quality and global patent prosecution?
- How do you stay tapped into what is happening if you are not in the same office as your inventors?
- How do you maintain inventor interest and engagement?
- How do you work with inventors around the world to increase invention disclosures despite language and cultural differences, especially when you are remote?
- How can in-house counsel and outside counsel collaborate to efficiently collect all necessary technological details from inventors to maximize prosecution success for a global filing program?
- What tools are companies using for managing invention disclosures and docketing?
Speakers:
DIANE FERGUSON
VP & Deputy General Counsel
Precisely
AAMIR HAQ
VP & Associate General Counsel, Patents
HPE
RUSSELL LATHAM
IP Counsel
Lumentum
SHINGO MISAKI
Patent Practitioner
KYOCERA Document Solutions
FREDDY THIEL
VP, San Francisco Liaison Office
Kilburn & Strode
REBECCA UNRUH
Head of IP
EagleView
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Women's Program - Career and Mentoring - VIRTUAL
Over a year since Covid upended our lives, how are women attorneys faring in the work place?
XIAO CHANG
Senior Corporate Counsel
Cisco
DIANE FERUGSON
VP & Deputy General Counsel
Precisely
TARANEH MAGHAME
Vice President
Via Licensing
MINDY MORTON
Partner
Procopio
JODIE WILLIAMS
Senior Legal Counsel
Qualcomm
SUE XIA
Senior Counsel - Patents and Open Source
Walmart