: Wednesday, April 13

: Thursday, April 14

: Friday, April 15

: Saturday, April 16


  

Program at a Glance

  
  WEDNESDAY APRIL 13, 2005

  
  8:45 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.   Practical Tips on Intellectual Property Law
Separate registration required. See www.abanet.org/intelprop/2005ptips_dc/home.html for further details on this one-day program and to register online.

  
  5:00 – 8:00 p.m.   Open Registration and Check-in
For the 20th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference, with special Chili Reception.

  
  THURSDAY APRIL 14, 2005

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

  
  8:30  – 10:00 a.m.
Two General Sessions		   I Getting Quick Relief Against an Infringer: The ITC, A Preliminary Injunction, or a Rocket Docket?

II Recent Developments in the Protection and Use of Databases


  
  10:15  – 11:45 a.m.
Three Concurrent Breakout Sessions		   I The Patent System in Transition– Lots of Moving Parts
This session will be available via ABA-CLE Teleconference from 10:15 - 11:45 a.m.

II Open Standards—The Coming Storm In Information Technology and Bioinformatics
Co-sponsored by the ABA Section of Science & Technology Law

III Corporate Identity Value -- The Valuation of Goodwill and Trademarks


  
  12:00  – 1:30 p.m.   LUNCHEON (tickets required)
Guest Speaker: George Galt, Director of Business Affairs, The Associated Press, Washington, DC

  
  1:45  –  5:00 p.m.
General Sessions

   Hot Topics in Trademark Law and TTAB Year in Review  
  1:45 – 2:45 p.m.   Trademark Trial and Appeals Board: Year in Review

  
  2:45 – 2:50 p.m.

   Break  
  2:50 – 3:50 p.m.   Fair Use and Initial Interest Confusion: Key Issues for the Future
This portion of the Trademark Hot Topics panel, on Fair Use, will be available via ABA-CLE Teleconference from 1:45-2:45 p.m.

  
  3:50 – 4:00 p.m.   Break

  
  4:00 – 5:00 p.m.   The Use and Misuse of "Use in Commerce"

  
  1:45 – 2:45 p.m.
Three Concurrent
Breakout Sessions		   I Political Parody: IP Owners Aren't Laughing

II The Exploding European Practice

III The Party is Not Over: Intellectual Property Exclusions in CGL Policies May Not Limit Coverage as Drastically as Insurers Contend


  
  3:00  –  5:00 p.m.
Breakout Session

  IV  Trade Secret Law

  
  3:00  –  5:00 p.m.
General Session

  Current Trends in Patent Law, Litigation, Prosecution, Licensing and Settlement

  
  5:30 – 7:00 p.m.   RECEPTION

  
     
 
  Thursday's Coffee Breaks are co-sponsored by BNA Books, Inc.

  
 


 
  FRIDAY APRIL 15, 2005

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

  
  8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
General Session

  The Inside View on Judicially Assisted ADR

  
  8:30 – 11:45 a.m.
General Session 		  Intellectual Property and Virtual Worlds

  
 

10:45 – 11:45 a.m.
Three Concurrent
Breakout Sessions

  

I Latest Developments in Electronic Filing

II Mining Uncle Sam's IP Portfolio: Strategies for Commercializing Government IP

III Using Intellectual Property to Combat Bioterrorism
Co-sponsored by the ABA Section of Science & Technology Law


  
  12:00 – 1:30 p.m.  

LUNCHEON (tickets required)
Guest Speaker: Stephen M. Pinkos
Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce and Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA

 
  Friday's Luncheon is sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis LLP.


  
 


 
  1:45  –  5:00 p.m.
General Session
  Procuring and Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights in the People's Republic of China  
 

1:45 – 3:15 p.m.
Three Concurrent
Breakout Session

  

I IP Litigation 101– Financing and Budgeting

II Privacy, Copyright, Security, Advertising– The Perfect Storm
Co-sponsored by the ABA Section of Science & Technology Law

III Liabilities on the Internet: Congress Grapples with P2P Technology
This session will be available via ABA-CLE Teleconference from 1:45-3:15 p.m.


  
  3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
General Session

 		  Improving Your Markman-ship: Hitting the Bullseye on Claim Construction  
  6:30 – 7:15 p.m.   RECEPTION

  
  7:15 – 9:30 p.m.   IP LAW DINNER (included in registration fee)
Guest Speaker: Sarah B. Deutsch
Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Verizon Communications, Arlington, VA

 
  Friday's Dinner is sponsored by
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP.


  
 

 
     
 
  Friday's Coffee Breaks are co-sponsored by Dechert, LLP.


  
 


 
  SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2005

  
  8:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.   Registration and Check-in

  
 

8:30 – 11:45 a.m.
Four Concurrent
Breakout Sessions

  

I Maximizing the Return on Your IP Assets

II Knorr-Bremse: The Federal Circuit Puts the Brakes on the Willfulness Game

III Preparing to Prevail:  Preliminary Injunction Practice Pointers

IV Conflicts of Interest and Ethics for the Intellectual Property Lawyers in the post-Enron Era (ethics credit available)


  
  12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.   BUFFET LUNCHEON (tickets required)