Convention

5th Annual GW Law Post-Grant Roundtable

Thursday, September 12 1:00 PM EDT to 6:00 PM EDT

Please save the afternoon of Thursday, September 12th, 2019, for our 5th Annual GW Law Post-Grant Roundtable event, where patent leaders from academia, industry, and government will discuss the post-grant practice at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and how post-grant proceedings continue to change the practice of patent law.

Topics Include:

• Statistics and Trends in AIA Post-Grant Proceedings

• Real Parties in Interest and Privies

• Public Availability of Prior Art

• Multiple Petitions and Discretionary Denials

• Motions to Amend

• Update to Trial Practice Guide

• Remand Practice

• Protective Orders

• Discovery

• Precedential Opinions, the POP, What Deference Should Be Given to POP Decisions and Agency Rule Making

• Fed. Cir. and S. Ct. Review at the PTAB (Click-to-Call)

• Guidance on 101 – Interplay Between the S. Ct., Alice, and Fed. Courts and PTO

• Legislative Activity

• Suggestions For Improving Post-Grant Process

• The Road Ahead

Confirmed Speakers Include:

• The Honorable Scott R. Boalick, USPTO (pending approval)

• The Honorable Jackie Bonilla, USPTO (pending approval)

• The Honorable Paul Michel, U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals (retired)

• Erika Arner, Finnegan

• Srikala Atluri, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

• Lori Gordon, King & Spalding

• Kevin Laurence, Laurence & Phillips

• Steven Lieberman, Rothwell & Figg

• Naveen Modi, Paul Hastings

• Lissi Mojica, Answers IP

• Karin Norton, Samsung

• Kimberly Schmitt, Intel

• Ami Shah, Fortress Investment Group

• Jamie Simpson, U.S. House of Representatives

• Steven Spears, Baker Hughes

• Jonathan Stroud, Unified Patents

• Lori Unt, Apple

• Philip Warrick, U.S. Senate

• Paula Wittmayer, Boehringer Ingelheim

• David Cavanaugh, WilmerHale (co-moderator)

• John Whealan, GW Law (co-moderator)