Program – Small Style – IPWatchdog LIVE

Day 1

12 Sep 2021

Day 2

13 Sep 2021

Day 3

14 Sep 2021

Registration & Networking

2:00 pm

Texas Foyer

Gene Quinn

Welcome

4:00 pm

AddyHart Ballroom

Gene Quinn

David G. Henry

Conference Kickoff: Welcome to Texas

4:05 pm

AddyHart Ballroom

David G. Henry

Hon. Alan D. Albright

Erick Robinson

The Future of Monetization

4:30 pm

AddyHart Ballroom

Gene Quinn

The Future of the PTAB Post Arthrex

5:30 pm

AddyHart Ballroom

Gene Quinn

Scott McKeown

Sharon Israel

Gene Quinn

The Paul Michel Award: David Kappos

6:30 pm

AddyHart Ballroom

Gene Quinn

Hon. Paul R. Michel

David J. Kappos

Opening Reception

7:00 pm

Texas 6-7-8

David J. Kappos

Registration & Breakfast

7:00 am

Texas Ballroom

Michael Wilson

Litigating Patents in Texas Courts: Trends and Best Practices

8:30 am

Texas Ballroom

John White

The TRIPS IP Waiver: Separating Fact & Fiction

9:45 am

Texas Ballroom

Networking Break

10:45 am

Texas Foyer

Wesley McMichael

A Holistic Approach to Patent Strategy for C-Suite Executives

11:15 am

AddyHart Ballroom

Sarah Spires

Strategies and Tactics for Winning at the PTAB

11:15 am

Knowles IP Strategies Ballroom

Chad Rutkowski

The Impact of Google v. Oracle on Fair Use

11:15 am

McKool Smith Ballroom

Chad Rutkowski

Van Lindberg

Llewellyn Gibbons

Mark Snyder

Lunch & Keynote

12:15 pm

Texas Ballroom

Mark Snyder

Gene Quinn

Surviving and Thriving in IP Due Diligence in Life Science Transactions

2:00 pm

Knowles IP Strategies Ballroom

Gene Quinn

Brian W. Nolan

Brent R. Bellows, Ph.D.

Kim Jessum

The Growing Importance of Trade Secrets at the ITC

2:00 pm

AddyHart Ballroom

Scott Weingust

Intangible Assets and IP Rights: Do They Matter for Valuation and Success?

2:00 pm

McKool Smith Ballroom

Networking Break

3:00 pm

Texas Foyer

Daniel Papst

Implementing a Successful Licensing Strategy in an Age of Efficient Infringement

3:30 pm

AddyHart Ballroom

Katharine Wolanyk

Moving Beyond Words: Solutions for Closing the Gender Gap

3:30 pm

Knowles IP Strategies Ballroom

Reginald Ratliff

Winning at §112: The Language of Patents

3:30 pm

McKool Smith Ballroom

Reginald Ratliff

Megan McLoughlin

Robert Leonard

Networking Break

4:30 pm

Texas Foyer

Kevin Post

SEPs: The Changing Global Landscape

5:00 pm

AddyHart Ballroom

Mark Leonard

International Trademark Rights: Best Practices for a Trademark Global Presence

5:00 pm

McKool Smith Ballroom

Mark Leonard

Jayne Durden

Heather Antoine

Cocktail Reception

6:00 pm

Texas Ballroom

Networking Breakfast

7:30 am

Texas Ballroom

Vishal Amin

Keynote: Vishal Amin, Head of IP Policy for Intel

9:00 am

Texas Ballroom

Vishal Amin

Changhae Park

Managing IP Risk to Grow Business: A Conversation with C-Suite Executives

9:45 am

Texas Ballroom

Networking Break

10:45 am

Texas Foyer

James Warden

The Nexus of IP and R&D: Creating Collaborative Processes to Accelerate Innovation

11:15 am

McKool Smith Ballroom

Robert Stoll

Is the Federal Circuit Killing Software Patents?

11:15 am

Knowles IP Strategies Ballroom

Alaina van Horn

Cross Border Intellectual Property

11:15 am

AddyHart Ballroom

Alaina van Horn

Hon. Randall R. Rader

Thomas Moga

Patrick J. Coyne

Makan Delrahim

Lunch & Keynote

12:15 pm

Texas Ballroom

Makan Delrahim

David Yurkerwich

Law and Economics of Calculating Patent Damages

2:00 pm

McKool Smith Ballroom

David Yurkerwich

Christine Yun Sauer

Chad Pannell

John White

Jurassic Patents: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Life Science Innovation

2:00 pm

Knowles IP Strategies Ballroom

John White

Kae Gruner

Rachel Elsby

Douglas J. Bucklin, Ph.D.

Jon Putnam

Patent Pools, Licensing and Antitrust Enforcement: Current Trends and Political Tension

2:00 pm

AddyHart Ballroom

Networking Break

3:00 pm

Texas Foyer

Marylauren Ilagan

The Growing Problem of Counterfeits

3:30 pm

AddyHart Ballroom

Marylauren Ilagan

Megan Carpenter

Joseph Cammiso

Robert Taylor

How U.S. Entrepreneurs Are Navigating an Increasingly Unpredictable Patent System

3:30 pm

Knowles IP Strategies Ballroom

Networking Break

4:30 pm

Texas Foyer

Connie Powell Nichols

The Ethics of Discovery

5:00 pm

Knowles IP Strategies Ballroom

Connie Powell Nichols

David G. Henry

Jill Bindler

John White

Professional Responsibility and Practice Before the USPTO

5:00 pm

AddyHart Ballroom

John White

Gene Quinn

Closing Reception

6:00 pm

Texas Ballroom