Wednesday, April 7, 2010

8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Committees Day

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Committee 601 – Trial and Appellate Rules and Procedure

Committee 603 – International Trade Commission

Committee 705 – Information Technology Legislation

Committee 711 – Online Data, Transactions, and Security

1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

Committee 202 – International Trademark Treaties and Laws

Committee 410 –
Trade Secrets and Interferences with Contracts
CLE ROUNDTABLE - Trade Secrets Case Law Update

Committee 412 – Industrial Design

Committee 463
Special Committee on Promotion and Marketing Law

Committee 701 – Software

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Committee 208 – Trademark Litigation

Committee 355 –
Special Committee on Copyrights and New Technology

Committee 603 – International Trade Commission

11:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Registration and Check-in

12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Committees Networking Luncheon

5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception: Let the Virtual Games Begin!
presented by the ABA-IPL Young Lawyers Committee

7:00 – 9:30 p.m.
Women’s Networking Dinner
presented by the ABA-IPL Committee on Women in the Profession

Thursday, April 8, 2010

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

8:30 – 10:00 a.m. TWO CONCURRENT SESSIONS

I. Patent Reform Legislation: Where Are We, How Did We Get Here and What Does the Future Hold in Store?

II. Texting, Toggling, Tagging, Tweeting: Copyright, Trademark and Advertising in New Media

10:15 – 11:45 a.m. TWO CONCURRENT SESSIONS

I. The Year in Patent Law

II. The Google Books Settlement: How Will It Change the Landscape?

12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Luncheon with Guest Speaker David Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (tickets required)

1:45 – 3:15 p.m. THREE CONCURRENT SESSIONS

I. Hot Topics in Foreign Patent Procurement and Enforcement

II. Of Courts & Copyists: The Most Recent Developments in the World of Copyright Law

III. Biosimilars 2010

3:30 – 5:00 p.m. THREE CONCURRENT SESSIONS

I. Best Practices for Selecting, Retaining and Working with Experts in Patent Cases

II. The Most Important Trademark Presentation of Your Career

III. The DMCA Revisited: Analyzing the First 12 Years of Case Law Under the Statute and its Application to UGC Sites

6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Special Evening Reception at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Tickets required, transportation provided)

Friday, April 9, 2010

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

8:30 – 10:00 a.m. THREE CONCURRENT SESSIONS

I. Litigating Validity: Obviousness and Collateral Challenges

II. Insurance Challenges: What Every Intellectual Property Lawyer Should Know About Legal Malpractice Insurance, Litigation, Sanctions and Ethical Violations

III. Corporate Counsel Track – Part I: The Use of Opinion of Counsel as Evidence in Patent Litigation

10:15 – 11:45 a.m. THREE CONCURRENT SESSIONS

I. Navigating Inter Partes Reexamination

II. Taking & Defending Depositions in Trademark Cases

III. Corporate Counsel Track – Part II: Getting Out of the Hot Seat: Mediation and Other Mechanisms for Early Termination of Section 337 Investigations

12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Luncheon with Guest Speaker Sarah T. Harris, Vice President & Chief IP Counsel, AOL LLC (tickets required)

1:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Westlaw Patent Demo

1:45 – 3:15 p.m. THREE CONCURRENT SESSIONS

I. The Future of Distribution of Entertainment Content

II. The Net Neutrality Debate: An IP Perspective

III. Ethics Track - Part I: Patent and Trademark Prosecution Ethics: Shifting Sands or New Directions?

3:30 – 5:00 p.m. FOUR CONCURRENT SESSIONS

I. IP Issues in Entertainment Industry Transactions

II. Patent Licensing for Standards: How the Deal is Done

III. Anatomy of an Infringement Claim: Analyzing and Responding to a Letter Asserting Trademark or Patent Infringement

IV. Ethics Track - Part II: Patent Practice Perspectives: Addressing Client and Subject Matter Conflicts

5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Corporate Counsel Reception (complimentary)

6:30 – 10:00 p.m.
25th Anniversary Gala Dinner with Cocktail Reception (tickets required)

Saturday, April 10, 2010

8:30 – 11:45 a.m.
Hot Topics in Copyright, Trademark and Patent Law

11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Conference Networking Buffet Luncheon
(tickets required)