8:45 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Practical Tips on Intellectual Property Law
(separate registration required)

5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Open Registration and Early Check-in

7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Registration and Check-in

8:30 – 11:45 a.m.
Two Concurrent Program Tracks
I. What Works? Best Practices for an IP Trial as Viewed from the Bench and Bar
II. Anti-Counterfeiting Strategies, Legal Remedies and Government Initiatives

12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.
Luncheon with guest speaker Tommy Warlick (tickets required)

1:45 – 5:00 p.m.
Three Concurrent Program Tracks
I. Patent Politics: Issues and Implications of Patent Law Reform
II. Grants, Restrictions, and Circumventions: Strategies for the Distribution and Use of Digital Content
III. (1:45 – 3:15 p.m.) Hot Topics and Recent Developments in Licensing and Franchising
(3:30 – 5:00 p.m.) Patent Infringement at the Borders

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Conference Reception

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Registration and Check-in

8:30 – 11:45 a.m.
Three Concurrent Program Tracks

I. Interference Issues in a First-Inventor-to-File World
II. Ethics: IP Lawyers Under Attack—Why So Many Disqualification Motions, Malpractice Suits and Discipline Investigations Are Aimed At Us (ethics credit available. This program will be repeated on Saturday morning)
III. (8:30 – 10:00 a.m.) Hot Topics in Antitrust and Intellectual Property Law (10:15 – 11:45 a.m.) Internet Law and Litigation Strategy

12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Luncheon with guest speaker Oliver C. Mitchell, Jr. (tickets required)

1:45 – 5:00 p.m.
Two Concurrent Program Tracks

I. Copyright and the Digital Revolution
II. (1:45 – 3:45 p.m.) Markman Marks Ten Years– Are We Better Off?: The Bench, the Litigator and the Client Weigh In (4:00 – 5:00 p.m.) The Doctrine of Equivalents: what’s left, how best to preserve, and how best to defeat

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Cocktail Reception

8:45 – 11:30 a.m.
Two Concurrent Program Tracks

I. Ethics: IP Lawyers Under Attack-- Why So Many Disqualification Motions, Malpractice Suits and Discipline Investigations Are Aimed At Us

II. Corporate Counsel `

12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.
Buffet Luncheon (tickets required)