SECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

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	Practical Tips On Enforcing and Defending Patents American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law Young Lawyers Committee in cooperation with Suffolk University Law School and The Boston Patent Law Association
October 22, 2004 Suffolk University Law School Boston, Massachusetts

Friday, October 22, 2004

8:45 - 8:50 a.m.
ADMINISTRATIVE REMARKS
Susan Barbieri Montgomery, Foley Hoag LLP,
Boston, MA. Vice-Chair, ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law.

8:50 - 9:00 a.m.
WELCOMING REMARKS
Robert H. Smith, Dean and Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA

9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE USPTO
Reexaminations, Reissues, Interferences
George F. Wheeler, McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., Chicago, IL
Todd R. Walters, Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis, LLP, Alexandria, VA

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
PRE-LITIGATION MATTERS
Opinions of Counsel, Notice to Infringers, Responding to a Notice of Infringement, Pleadings
Steven Gardner, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP,
Winston-Salem, NC
Jeanne M. Gills, Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago, IL

11:00 - 11:15 a.m.
BREAK

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
DISCOVERY
Written Discovery, Depositions of Parties and Non-Parties, Third-Party Discovery, Protective Orders, Experts
James R, Kyper, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA
Gregory S. Norrod, Foley & Lardner LLP,
Chicago, IL

12:15 - 1:30 p.m.
BUFFET LUNCHEON
Introduction of Guest Speaker:
Susan Barbieri Montgomery
Guest Speaker: Hon. Nathaniel M. Gorton,
District Judge, United States District Court
for the District of Massachusetts, Boston, MA

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
PRE-TRIAL MATTERS
Dispositive Motions, Pre-trial Conference, Motions in Limine, Proposed Jury Instruction
Denise W. DeFranco, Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA
Edward V. Filardi, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
& Flom LLP, New York, NY

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
MARKMAN HEARINGS
Markman Practice, Procedures and Tactics
Philip C. Swain, Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA
Steven M. Bauer, Proskauer Rose LLP, Boston, MA

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
BREAK

3:45 - 4:45 p.m.
TRIAL AND POST-TRIAL MATTERS
Trials and Post-Trial Proceedings, Interlocutory Appeals, Stays Pending Appeals, Preparing the Record, Briefing and Oral Argument, Requests for Rehearing, Petitions for Writ of Certiorari
Richard L. Rainey, Fish & Neave, Washington, DC
Kenneth R. Adamo, Jones Day, Cleveland, OH

4:45 - 5:00 p.m.
CLOSING REMARKS AND ADJOURNMENT
Susan Barbieri Montgomery

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