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