KEYNOTES BY
Andrei Iancu
Director, USPTO
Under Secretary of Commerce for IP
Allen Lo
Head of IP, Facebook
Vice President & Deputy GC
Join us for a one day conference, co-hosted by Santa Clara University High Tech Law Journal and Unified Patents. Heads of IP from HPE, Vizio, Disney, Honda, Samsung, Intel, among others will speak on the latest court cases and changes by the USPTO, the impact of standard essential patents and patent pools, connected cars and LTE liabilities, and new tools and emerging models in the IP space. Registration is complimentary but seating is extremely limited. Priority is given to in-house counsel and sponsors. Full agenda is below.
November 13, 2018 | 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Santa Clara University Locatelli Center
500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053
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AGENDA
8:30-9:00
Light Breakfast
9:00-9:10
9:10 - 10:10
Keynote Interview: Latest developments at the USPTO
Andrei Iancu, Director, USPTO and Under Secretary of Commerce for IP
Interviewer: Jonathan Stroud, Chief IP Counsel, Unified Patents
10:10 - 10:30
Networking break
10:30 - 10:45
Experimentation in the Administration of Patent Law
Colleen Chien, Professor, Santa Clara University School of Law
10:50 - 11:45
11:45 - 12:45
Catered Lunch
12:45 - 1:15
Afternoon Keynote: Lessons learned from leading IP Strategy of Juniper, Google and Facebook
Allen Lo , Head of IP, Facebook
1:20 - 2:15
Panels 2: Connected Cars, LTE Liabilities, 5G
Moderator: Michael Summersgill, Partner, WilmerHale
Panelists:
Matt Kuipers, Senior IP Counsel, Uber
Yuichi Kamamura, Vice President, Honda
Chris Lubeck, Chief Patent Counsel, Tesla
Sharon Lai, IP Counsel, Volvo
2:15 - 2:35
Networking Break
2:35 - 2:50
Free Tools by Unified to Improve Patent Quality
Shawn Ambwani, COO, Unified Patents
2:55 - 3:50
Panel 3: How the latest rulings in the courts and USPTO have affected the tech industry?
Moderator: Mark Selwyn, Partner, WilmerHale
Panelists:
Patrick Zhang, Head of IP, Atlassian
George Simion, Senior IP Dir., Palo Alto Networks
Ken Korea, SVP and Head of Silicon Valley IP Office, US IP Center
Kimberly Schmitt, Head of IP Litigation, Intel
3:50 - 4:10
Networking Break
Legal Writing Competition Award Presentation 4:10 - 4:15
4:15 - 5:10
Panel 4: What's new in the IP space?
Moderator: Mitchell Rosenfeld, Director, Houlihan Lokey
Panelists:
Erich Spangenberg, CEO, IPwe Inc.
Brian Hinman, Chief Innovation Officer, Aon IP Solutions
Mark Kokes, Chief IP Officer, NantWorks
Brett Alten, Chief IP Counsel, HPE
5:10- 6:10
Closing Remarks
Cocktail Hour
6:15 - 9:00
Dinner - Adobe Lodge
Santa Clara University
Paul L. Locatelli, S.J. Student Activities Center
500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, California 95053
Parking available at Lot F - Leavey Center Lot
CLE MATERIALS
Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit is available for this event. Links to referenced materials are provided below:
Oil States Energy Servs., LLC v. Greene’s Energy Grp., LLC - 584 U. S. ____ (2018)
TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC - 581 U. S. ____ (2017)
Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee - 579 U. S. ____ (2016)
Who Should Own the Benefits of Standardization and the Value It Creates
A Survey of Legal Issues Arising From the Deployment of Autonomous and Connected Vehicles
