WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6
- VIRTUAL SESSIONS IN THE MORNING -
- IN-PERSON OUTDOOR SESSIONS IN THE AFTERNOON -
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Managing Multi-Jurisdictional Litigation - Global Litigation and Rocket Dockets - VIRTUAL
- If you have litigation in several jurisdictions, how did those jurisdictions get selected?
- If you are on the offensive side, what are the top jurisdictions and how do you strategize when you are going into the litigation?
- If you get an injunction in Germany, how does that impact litigation in the U.S.?
- Are there any changes in the global rocket dockets outside of Texas? - What is happening in China and Germany? China just had a change in their patent filing laws. What are the immediate and longer term changes? As the process changes in 3-5 years, what impact will we see on its litigation forum?
Speakers:
NICK ARIES
Partner
Bird & Bird
PETER O’ROURKE
Managing Counsel
Oracle
LUCKY VIDMAR
Associate General Counsel, IP Litigation
Microsoft
NIKKI VO
Director & Associate General Counsel, IP Litigation
Facebook
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Intersection of IP & Data: Best Practices for Data Privacy and Complying with a Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) - VIRTUAL
As companies grapple with increasing amounts of data, they face competing interests such as data monetization and data privacy. What must IP Counsel do to effectively serve their clients? California will soon have regulations similar to DSAR, which is mandated by Europe’s GDPR. How do you comply with it? What are best practices around privacy as companies manage their increasing amounts of data.
Speakers:
SUVASHIS BHATTACHARYA
Senior Product Counsel
Pure Storage
NICOLE COWELL
Senior Legal Director - Data Privacy and Employment
Kohler Co.
DOUG LUFTMAN
VP & Deputy General Counsel, Product, Chief Privacy Officer
DocuSign, Inc.
MICHAEL MOORE
VP, Privacy & IP
Lacework
JENNIFER URBAN
Partner
Foley & Lardner
- IN-PERSON MEETING BEGINS -
11:45AM - 12:15PM
Check in for In-Person Meeting
12:15 - 1:15 PM
Patent Portfolio Development As We Move Past Covid19 - IN PERSON & LIVE STREAMING
As we move past the pandemic and fear of an economic downturn, some companies are re-evaluating decisions made at the start of the pandemic. How did companies manage their portfolios during the pandemic, and are they making adjustments as we move past the pandemic? Companies have had a year to evaluate measures that they took last year in response to Covid19. We thought certain things would happen. Were we right? What observations can you make, a year later?
- How are companies looking at next year and the near future?
- How much are companies spending on their portfolios and how do they calculate return on investment?
- How do you manage resource allocation for budgeting to make sure it aligns with business strategy?
- Should companies file a lot or focus on licensing and deals?
- If you are a startup trying to scale, but you have no historical data, how do you articulate budget for IP portfolio development to the C-suite?
- How are companies developing and utilizing their portfolios as we move past the pandemic?
- How are companies modeling to determine the number of patents that they need?
- How to think proactively about risk so that you are balancing the needs of counter assertion vs. cross licensing?
Speakers:
DAVID DUTCHER
Chief IP & Licensing Counsel
Western Digital
SCOTT LANE
Cellular Standards Portfolio Manager
Intel Patent Group
MARIA SWIATEK
Partner
DLA Piper
NIGEL SWYCHER
CEO
Cipher
GILBERT WONG
Associate General Counsel, Patents
Facebook
1:15 - 2:15 PM
Networking Lunch
2:15 - 3:15 PM
Trends in Standard Essential Patents - IN PERSON & LIVE STREAMING
- What are the emerging trends in SEPs, especially extraterritorially?
- The UK imposed FRAND rates on SEPs that were global rather than just on UK products. What is the impact?
- Should you participate in standard formation?
- How do you frame the risk analysis for encumbering your IP through participating in standard formation? There has not been a lot of litigation enforcing alliance membership terms that impose SEP terms. How do you frame the risk analysis?
- What is the impact of patent pools?
Speakers:
CRAIG BURNETT
Director of Patent Licensing
Dolby Labs
(to be confirmed)
THOMAS CHIA
Sr. Director, Patents & Corporate Development
Via Licensing
FABIAN GONELL
SVP, Licensing Strategy & Legal Counsel
Qualcomm
JASON LANG
Partner
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
GAIL SU
Senior Counsel, Patent Transactions
Google
JYOTI UPPULURI
Associate General Counsel, Patents
Facebook
3:15 - 4:15 PM
The Current State of Patent Transactions - IN PERSON & LIVE STREAMING
- What impact has Covid had on transactions?
- Are companies seeing more interest in licensing?
- Have budgets gone up or down for licensing?
- Are licensing negotiations moving more quickly due to virtual meetings during the pandemic, and do we foresee this continuing beyond the pandemic?
- What patents should you maintain?
- Is there a shorter time frame from patent to implementation?
Speakers:
JASON CROFT
Partner
Maschoff Brennan
LORIE GOINS
IP Business Development Executive
IBM
JOSEPH KUCERA
Director, IP Strategy
Pure Storage
SCOTT POJUNAS
Sr. Patent Counsel, Head of Patent Engagement Readiness
Google
GRANT RITZ
Director & Associate General Counsel, IP Transactions
HPE
4:15 - 4:30 PM
Coffee Break
4:30 - 5:30 PM
Patent Portfolio Development and European Considerations - IN PERSON & LIVE STREAMING
What is allowable in Europe but not in the US? How can you work effectively with your law firms? US firms are very familiar with what's patentable in the US. European firms are very familiar with what's patentable in Europe. Finding a firm with expertise in both can be challenging. How can you work with your firms to streamline the portfolio building process?
Speakers:
ATOLANI AKINKUOTU
Lead Patent Counsel
Facebook
MICHAEL CHERNOFF
Managing Director
Murgitroyd
DIANE GABL KRATZ
Senior IP Counsel, Manager
Dolby Labs
PETER JOVANOVIC
Legal Director, IP
Dell