DETAILED AGENDA
9:30 AM
Registration & Networking Breakfast
10:00 AM
Welcome Remarks
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM
Developing a Robust AI Policy
The emergence of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools has created risks and opportunities for companies across different industries. We are discovering that many of our teams, not just engineering, are using various AI tools. While these tools can create efficiencies, there is also great risk. It is tempting to simply ban the use of these tools, but is this the best way forward?
How are AI tools being used, and by whom?
How are legal departments using AI tools? Which tools are others departments using?
Which AI tools are various teams using?
Is it practical to ban the use of AI tools completely?
How are companies developing their AI policies?
In which categories are AI tools clearly ok to use? In which categories are AI tools clearly not ok to use?
What are the potential risks and rewards of using AI tools?
What is the impact of various use cases?
Companies are commingling content with sales presentations and products. What are the IP implications?
Customers are asking about AI use. What types of representations and/or warranties should you provide?
CLARE COLLINS
Patent Attorney
Murgitroyd
DIANE FERGUSON
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel
Precisely
SHEEMA KHAN
Patents
Kinaxis
JASON HARRIER
Lead Counsel, IP
Plaid
DAVID LISSON
Partner
Davis Polk & Wardwell
JOHN ZHU
Director, Associate General Counsel - IP
Cisco Systems
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM
AI Tools: Dealing with the IP, Data, Privacy and Open Source Implications
When you incorporate AI generated content into a product, you cannot own the content because it is AI generated. The content could also potentially include third-party content that the AI tool found, in which case you could potentially be infringing.
What are the IP implications?
What are the Data, Privacy and Open Source issues?
Do you have the right to use the content? Do you need a license?
How do you conduct risk assessments? What regulatory and compliance issues do you need to be aware of?
JARED ENSTROM
Senior Director, IP Strategy
Crowdstrike
ELAINE HARWELL
Partner & Privacy Officer
Procopio
ELIZABETH MORRIS
Legal Director of IP & Product
Pure Storage
RODGER SADLER
Managing Counsel
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America
NICOLE SPENCE
Counsel - Data & AI
IBM
TEARRA VAUGHN
Associate General Counsel
Meta
KEVIN WANG
CEO
FOSSA
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM
Networking Lunch
1:10 PM - 2:00 PM
Wearing the Business Hat as Senior Corporate Counsel: How to Bring the Most Value in Challenging Times
Legal is often viewed as a cost center, but when utilized properly, legal can greatly support and improve the business. We will discuss:
How to bring value to the business?
How to demonstrate value to the business?
“Don’t solve for litigation”: How to align legal interests ith business interests?
How to build out your team to bring the most value to the business, especially in challenging economic times when budgets are lean?
How do you integrate your IP department with the business team to ensure smooth processes in various contexts, such as M&As where you have to do due diligence and post-merger IP integration?
MICHEAL BINNS
Head of Patents and Trade Secrets
Meta
BRANDON BLUDAU
Director & Assistant General Counsel - Chief Patent Counsel
Capital One
DAVID FOSTER
Principal Counsel
The Walt Disney Company
BENJAMIN HSING
Partner
Venable
MIKE TURNER
Director of IP
Yokogawa
NAOMI WALTMAN
Executive Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Litigation
Paramount
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Best Practices for Promoting Business Engagement in the Company’s IP Program
What kinds of data and reporting can IP departments provide to the business?
What kinds of competitive intelligence can you obtain and maintain?
How do you keep the business and inventors engaged in the patenting process?
What Strategies work in small vs. mid vs. large companies?
What are some challenges around working with universities or businesses that accept federal funding?
STEVEN CAPELLA
Patent Portfolio Manager - Physical Sciences & Semiconductors
IBM
KULSOOM HASAN
Senior Manager, IP Counsel
Vishay Intertechnology
JENNIFER LANGENBERGER
Executive Director of IP & COO, Penn Center for Innovation
University of Pennsylvania
LINZY MCCARTNEY
IP Counsel - Patents, Licensing & Open Source
Meta
MIKE ROSS
Senior Manager, Senior Counsel - IP
Capital One
RALPH SCHROEDER
President, North America
RightHub
TARIANNA STEWART
Manager, Technology Licensing & BD
NYU Technology Opportunities & Ventures
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Networking Coffee Break
3:30 PM - 4:20 PM
The Rising Importance of Trade Secrets
How do you manage the flow of trade secrets and confidential information in various contexts?
When you interview different companies in the same space to find the best partner for a joint development, how do you manage the flow of trade secrets and confidential information to avoid claims of trade secret misappropriation?
What processes should you put in place to prevent trade secret misappropriation?
How do you choose between trade secrets and patenting?
How does trade secret litigation differ from patent litigation?
How do you incentivize inventors to submit trade secrets?
STEVEN BALCOF
Partner
Desmarais
LORIE GOINS
Head of IP Strategy
Kyndryl
KHURRAM NASIR GORE
Director, Managing Associate General Counsel
Verizon
LANCE HOCHHAUSER
Senior IP Counsel
Prove Identity
4:20 - 5:10 PM
Changing Litigation Strategies
What trends are we seeing in IP litigation?
How is NPE litigation evolving?
What are the proposed changes at the PTAB to increase transparency?
HON. JACQUELINE BONILLA
Deputy Chief Judge, PTAB
USPTO
ROBERT GRAVOIS
Assistant General Counsel, IP
ADT
BRYAN SINCLAIR
Senior Director, IP Litigation
Cisco Systems
MARGARET (MAGGIE) WELSH
Partner
Baker Botts
5:10 PM - 6:10 PM
Cocktail Reception
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