American University Washington College of Law, Federal Circuit Bar Association, & Unified Patents present:

 

13th Annual
Patent Administrative Law Conference

Thursday, April 10th

American University (AU) Washington College of Law
4300 Nebraska Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
Claudio Grossman Hall

Join leading in-house counsel to discuss IP policy and best practices at the 13th Annual Patent Administrative Law Conference co-hosted by American University, Federal Circuit Bar Association, and Unified Patents.


Agenda

 

12:00 - 1:00 Catered Lunch

1:00 - 1:30 Keynote Speaker - Farheena Rasheed — Acting Vice Chief Administrative Patent Judges (APJs) at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)

1:30 - 2:00 Networking Break

2:00 - 2:30 Patent Litigation Financing and Disclosure - Jonathan Stroud — General Counsel, Unified Patents

2:30 - 3:15 Panel 1: Patent Damages - Recent Trends and Analysis in IP Litigation

Moderator: Rachael Bacha - Counsel, Ropes & Gray LLP

Speakers: Russell Blaise - Senior VP & Associate General Counsel, Truist

Raymond Gabriel - Senior IP Counsel, Ciena Corporation

Chris Storm - IP Legal Director, Uber

Emily Terrell - Associate General Counsel, Litigation, Cloudflare

3:15 - 3:45   Networking Break

3:45 - 4:15   Patent Tools for IP Strategy - Shawn Ambwani - Co-Founder & COO, Unified Patents

4:15 - 5:00 Panel 2: Wi-Fi and the SEP Battlefield

Moderator: Theodoros Konstantakopoulous - Partner, Goodwin

Speakers: Phong T. Dinh - Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft

Earl Nied - Founder/CEO, Veracity IP Consulting

David Soucy - Sr. IP Counsel, Global Lead Patent Counsel, SimpliSafe

5:00 - 6:00 Closing Remarks & Cocktail Hour

6:00 - 9:00 Dinner


Sponsors

Sponsorship opportunities available. Click HERE to learn more about the different sponsorship packages and advertising opportunities available for Washington, Munich, and Santa Clara in 2025.

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Location

 
 

American University (AU) Washington College of Law
4300 Nebraska Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
Claudio Grossman Hall