October PTAB CLE
A reminder that an exciting PTAB related CLE program is a week away. Don’t miss the Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Power of the PTAB: The New Authority in Patent Law on Friday October 20th. (agenda below)
Part I: Navigating the PTAB
8:35–9:35 am
Reasonable Error Correction or Death Squads — Is the PTAB’s Invalidation Rate Too High or Just Right?
Moderator: Paul Henkelmann (Fitch Even)
Speakers: Alison Baldwin (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP), David Killough (Microsoft); Jay Knobloch (Trading Technologies); Daniel Ravicher (Miami); David Schwartz (Northwestern)
9:35–10:35 am
PTAB Repetition — Multiple, Duplicative, and Sequential PTAB Challenges
Moderator: Erick Palmer (Mayer Brown)
Speakers: Christen Dubois (Facebook); Joshua Goldberg (Finnegan); Judge William Saindon (PTAB); Mark Stewart (Eli Lilly); Jonathan Stroud (Unified Patents)
10:35–10:50 am
Coffee break
10:50–11:05 am
Interlude: Presentation by the Chicago-Kent Patent Hub
11:05 am–12:05 pm
Convincing the PTAB — Developing and Presenting Evidence in PTAB Proceedings
Moderator: Steven Jedlinski (Holland & Knight)
Speakers: Judge Chris Kaiser (PTAB); Scott McKeown (Ropes & Gray); Judge William Saindon (PTAB); Melissa Wasserman (Texas)
12:05–12:10 pm
Announcement of the Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property as the official publication of the PTAB Bar Association.
12:10–1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00–1:45 pm
A View from the Bench with PTAB Judges Chris Kaiser and William Saindon
Part II: The PTAB’s Role in the Patent System
1:45–2:45 pm
Stopping at the PTAB — The Estoppel Effect of PTAB Decisions
Moderator: Edward Lee (Chicago-Kent)
Speakers: Megan LaBelle (Catholic); Sara Tonnies Horton (Jenner & Block); Andrew Moshirnia (Chicago-Kent); Karen Sandrik (Willamette)
2:45–3:00 pm
Interlude: Presentation by Tim Moore, Lex Machina
3:00–4:00 pm
The PTAB’s Effect on Patent Law — The Example of Section 101
Moderator: Greg Reilly (Chicago-Kent)
Speakers: Kate Gaudry (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton); Kristen Osenga (Richmond); Jason Rantanen (Iowa); Eric Sutton (Oracle)
4:00–5:00 pm
The PTAB at the Supreme Court — Oil States and SAS Institute
Moderator: Stephanie Nelson (Perkins Coie)
Speakers: Greg Dolin (Baltimore); Dmitry Karshtedt (George Washington); John Golden (Texas); Dean Harold Krent (Chicago-Kent); Greg Reilly (Chicago-Kent)
5:00–6:00 pm
I hope to see you there.