WG9/10 Annual Meeting 2020 Agenda

DAY 1 - Thursday, November 19 (all times ET)
Time Session Panelists
11:15 — 11:25 Check-in       
11:25 — 11:30 Welcome and Introductions Hutz, Powers, Weinlein
11:30 — 12:45 [Panel 1] The Role of Patents in Biopharma v. High-Tech Industries: Can One Patent System Effectively Accommodate Both?  Bencivengo (J), Fishman, Geiszler, Groombridge*, Johnson, Korea, Lieberman, Liu, Menell, Pearson, Udupa
12:45 — 1:00 Break  
1:00 — 2:30

[Panel 2] The Evolving Relationship Between Federal Courts and Administrative Agencies

 Armond, Banowit, Barney, Cheney (J), Fink (J), Haapala (J), Kim (J), Munoz, Smith, Stroud*, Thompson
2:30 — 2:45 Break  
2:45 — 4:15

[Panel 3] Streamlining Lower-Value Patent Cases

 Albright (J), Beard, Burke (J), Chatterjee, Ferguson, Freeman (J), Powers, Saunders, Vidal*
4:15 — 4:35 Keynote Address: The Importance of Balance in the IP System by USPTO Director Andrei Iancu Iancu
4:35 — 5:05 Open discussion: What's next for WG9&10? How can I get more involved? Hutz, Powers, Rea, 
      
DAY 2 - Friday, November 20 (all times ET)
Time Session Panelists
11:15 — 11:25 Check-in       
11:25 — 11:30 Welcome and Introductions Hutz, Powers, Rea, Weinlein
11:30 — 1:00 [Panel 4] Unique Problems and Opportunities Posed by Global Patent Litigation Bowbeer (J), Busey, Cooper, Grzimek, Huang, Jordan (J), Powers, Rea*, San Martin, Trenton
1:00 — 1:15 Break  
1:15 — 2:45 [Panel 5] The Global Implications of Standard-Essential Patent (SEP) and Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) Litigation Geiszler, Giles, Grzimek, Huang, Hutz*, Long, Lynn (J), Marshall, O'Malley (J), Selwyn, Stark, Vary
2:45 — 3:00 Break  
3:00 — 4:30 [Panel 6] Judicial Roundtable Burke (J), Freeman (J), Jordan (J), Lynn (J), Powers*, Standish (J)
4:30 — 4:35 Closing Statements