Nov. 4 & 5 | Global IP Issues

In the lead-up to our conference this week, I will be highlighting our panels. Here's our panel on "Global IP Issues." Looking forward to it! https://ipconference.law.uic.edu/ Topics include: · IP & popular culture: #US fair use and lessons from #Singapore’s legislative amendments. · The process and result of EU copyright harmonization and the role of the Court of Justice of the European Union. · Toward a global FRAND solution. · The World Trade Organization waiver and COVID19. · Recent innovation and IP policies in #China, their impact on companies and scientists. Moderator/Panelist: Mark Cohen (University of California, Berkeley - School of Law) Panelists: Dr. Ashish Bharadwaj (O.P. Jindal Global University) David Tan (NUS Faculty of Law) Eleonora Rosati (Stockholms universitet) Runhua Wang (University of Science and Technology Beijing)

Nov. 4 & 5 | Standard Essential #Patents

In the lead-up to our conference this week, I will be highlighting one or two panels a day. Here's our panel on "Standard Essential #Patents." https://ipconference.law.uic.edu/ Topics include: • Anti-suit injunctions: Time for a global #FRAND tribunal? • FRAND/licensing in the value chain. • SEP and FRAND: European developments. • SEPs and connected vehicle supply chains. • Wilder and Kanter and where the Biden DOJ Antitrust Division may be going. Moderator/Panelist: Cordula Tellmann-Schumacher (ARNOLD RUESS) Panelists: Ken Adamo (Law Office of Kenneth R. Adamo) Detlef von Ahsen (KUHNEN & WACKER IP Law Firm) Jorge Contreras (University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law) Dave Djavaherian (PacTech Law) Steven Geiszler (Huawei)

Nov. 4 & 5 | Thank you, sponsors and institutional partners!

In the lead-up to our 65th Annual IP Law Conference, I want to take a moment to say a special "thank you" to our sponsors and institutional partners. We appreciate your support and encouragement. Your partnership with our conference makes it even better. https://ipconference.law.uic.edu/

Nov. 4 & 5 | The Federal Circuit in Review

In the lead-up to our conference this week, I will be highlighting one or two panels a day. Here's our panel on "The Federal Circuit in Review." https://ipconference.law.uic.edu/ Topics include: o Procedure and Structure in #Patent Institutions o The impact of Arthrex o Discretionary denials under NHK-Fintiv o Avoiding the Patent Trial and Appeal Board via forum selection o Bio-Rad Laboratories v. U.S. International Trade Commission and ownership disputes in patent challenges o Patents and Health o Hatch-Waxman developments and the PTAB’s impact on drug patents and generic entry o GSK v. Teva Pharmaceuticals and skinny labeling Moderator/Panelist: Saurabh Vishnubhakat (Texas A&M University School of Law) Panelists: Jim Adduci (Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg LLP) Tiffany Gehrke (Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP) Laura Lydigsen (Crowell & Moring LLP) Adam Mossoff (George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School) Stefani Smith (TENSEGRITY LAW GROUP LLP)

Nov. 4 & 5 | Vaccines, Intellectual Property, and Global Equity

In the lead-up to our conference this week, I will be highlighting one or two panels a day. Here's our panel on "#Vaccines, #intellectualproperty, and #GlobalEquity." https://ipconference.law.uic.edu/ Topics include: · The current state of play in #vaccinewaiver negotiations. · Why aren’t the existing legal provisions on #compulsorylicenses enough? · The role of #IP in vaccine rollout to developing countries. · TRIPs and its contribution to global equity. · Shifting from polarisation of views to nuance and shaping the IP system to meet societal needs in a pandemic best. Moderator/Panelist: Gwilym Roberts (Kilburn & Strode) Panelists: Sapna Kumar (University of Houston Law Center) Bhanu Sadasivan (McDermott Will & Emery) Corey Salsberg (Novartis) Antony Taubman FRSA (World Trade Organization) Peter Yu (Texas A&M University School of Law)

Nov. 4 & 5 | Forces of Change

In the lead-up to our conference this week, I will be highlighting one or two panels a day. Here's our panel on "#Forces of #Change." https://ipconference.law.uic.edu/ Topics include: • #Inclusive job growth, opportunity, and access to #innovation through policy. • #Diversity/#womeninIP: Weighing the significance of Judge Cunningham’s appointment. • How big law can do more to tackle the lack of minority representation in the IP industry. • Trade-secret/know-how gap that is currently reflected in #vaccinenationalism. • #Patent working and disclosure requirements. • U.S Government federal R&D programs: Bringing new innovative players into the Government technology marketplace. Moderator/Panelist: Kira Alvarez (ViacomCBS) Panelists: Colleen Chien (Santa Clara University School of Law) Ann Liebschutz (USISTF) Joshua Sarnoff (DePaul University College of Law) Emer Simic (Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP) Ellisen Shelton Turner (Kirkland & Ellis)

65th Annual IP Law Conference | Thank you, Patent Docs!

Thank you, Patent Docs (https://lnkd.in/ddCrkT9C) for being a Silver Sponsor! Join us this Thursday and Friday for our 65th Annual #IP Law Conference and meet Patent Docs' Kevin Noonan. He will be participating in our "Global Patent Issues" plenary session. https://lnkd.in/d6aFSgtC Topics include: • Anti-suit injunctions and international comity. • UPC and UP: Now what? • Do American patents matter anymore? • The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)’s Renewing American Innovation Project • Developments and strategies in deploying IP-centric strategies for asset-based lending, debt and equity financing, and revenue factoring. • The state of the Federal Circuit: Change and continuity? • China’s great Federal Circuit experiment: Has it worked? University of Illinois Chicago School of Law

Nov. 4 & 5 | Technology & Privacy

In the lead-up to our conference this week, I will be highlighting one or two panels a day. Here's our panel on "#Technology & #Privacy." https://ipconference.law.uic.edu/ Topics include: · #ransomwareattacks, the #pandemic, the President, and #zerotrust networks. · #iplaw, #blockchaintechnology, and #smartcontracts. · Regulating #bitcoin and #blockchain derivatives · Counting the cost of cyber insurance · Data breach legislation · Changes in #dataresidency and its impact on global companies. · How is the shift in direction at the Federal Trade Commission going to affect #dataprivacy & #cybersecurity enforcement? Moderator/Panelist: Marta Belcher (Protocol Labs) Panelists: Charisse Castagnoli (InstaPay) Stuart Loh (Twingate) Ryan N. Phelan (Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP) Houman Shadab (New York Law School) Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid (Ono Academic College)

Nov. 4 & 5 | Copyright: The New Normal

In the lead-up to our conference this week, I will be highlighting one or two panels a day. Here's our panel on "Copyright: The New Normal." https://lnkd.in/d6aFSgtC Topics include: · #NFTs in #art and #esports · Exterritorial damages in copyright law. · Memes on Instagram: Fair use or no use? · Substantial similarity post-Skidmore: No “Stairway to Heaven? · Sidestepping synch rights and music covers on TikTok Moderator/Panelist: Sean O'Connor (George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School) Panelists: Tom Cotter (University of Minnesota Law School) James Gatto (Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP) Jonathan Jennings (Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP) Bill McGrath (Davis McGrath) Kevin Parks (Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.)

65th Annual IP Law Conference | Media Coverage

We are pleased that our annual #ipconference has become an event media outlets cover so their readers can learn about candid and sometimes unexpected insights from newsmakers springing from our moderated discussion format, with plenty of Q&A with the audience. This year, we are delighted to welcome back @Bloomberg Law IPWatchdog, Inc, The IPKat. For the first time, we will also have coverage from #China through JW Insights. Join us next week! https://ipconference.law.uic.edu/ University of Illinois Chicago School of Law