8:45 - 8:50 a.m.
OPENING REMARKS
Melanye K. Johnson, Senior Counsel, E.I. duPont
de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE.
8:50 - 9:00 a.m.
WELCOMING REMARKS
Richard C. Litman, Litman Law Offices Ltd,
Arlington VA.. Co-Chair, The District of
Columbia Bar Intellectual Property Law Section.
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
PRE-LITIGATION MATTERS
Opinions of Counsel, notice to infringers, responding to notices of infringement, pleadings, creative claim drafting with a view toward litigation.
Steven Gardner, Kilpatrick Stockton, Winston-Salem, NC
George F. Wheeler, McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., Chicago, IL
10:00 - 10:05 a.m.
BREAK
10:05 - 11:05 a.m.
TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
New Decisions, opposition and cancellation proceedings.
Jennifer Elgin, Wiley Rein & Fielding,Washington, DC
Hon. Gerard F. Rogers, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA
11:05 - 11:10 a.m.
BREAK
11:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
IP protection against imported products at the U.S. International Trade Commission under §337–perspectives and insights from private and government counsel
Steven E. Lipman, Darby & Darby, New York, NY
T. Spence Chubb, Supervisory Attorney, Office of Unfair Import Investigations, International Trade Commission, Washington, DC
12:15 - 1:30 p.m.
BUFFET LUNCHEON
Guest Speaker: Sean Carter, Humorist at Law, Mesa AZ
1:45 - 3:15 p.m.
DISCOVERY
Written discovery, depositions of parties and non-parties, third party discovery, protective orders, experts
James R. Kyper, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA
Patrick McElhinny, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA
3:15 - 3:30 p.m.
BREAK
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
MOTION PRACTICE
Summary judgment motions, motions in limine, other dispositive motions.
Douglas N. Masters, Loeb & Loeb, LLC, Chicago, IL
Paul R. Garcia, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL
5:00 - 5:05 p.m.
CLOSING REMARKS / ADJOURN
Shannon V. McCue, Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber, LPA, Akron, OH |
