2023 Corporate IP Strategy Conference was a success!

The 2023 Corporate IP Strategy Conference (CIPSC) was attended by over 200 IP professionals, attorneys, and consultants with several presentations and discussions on the most thought-provoking IP issues of our current times. Find the presentations below over Brattle Groups recently concluded Wi-Fi 6 expert economic report, the meteoric rise of litigation finance and exotic insurance products, Portal updates, and slides regarding international patent strategy topics.

• Wi-Fi Economic Report

  • Presented by Craig Thompson & Samuel Baird

• The Rapid Rise of Patent Litigation Finance and Judgment Insurance

  • Presented by Jonathan Stroud

• New Tools for Patent Strategy

  • Presented by Shawn Ambwani

• Panel 3 - International Patent Strategy

  • Moderator: Dr. Andrew McGettrick Speakers: Dr. Jason Hannon, Ken Korea, Keith Newburry, & Samuel Baird

Our next event will be the 12th Annual Patent Administrative Law Conference (PALC) on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Washington, DC. We will have more information soon!

GW Law to host PTAB Roundtable Discussion, September 28

GW Law is pleased to invite you to our in-person annual PTAB roundtable. Please join us on Thursday, September 28, 2023, for a dynamic discussion on recent PTAB and IPR developments. Join patent leaders for a half-day program discussing the post-grant practice at the PTAB, recent developments, proposed rules and legislation, trends, policy considerations, and more. A casual lunch will be provided before the program and a reception will follow afterwards. The event is complimentary.

EVENT INFORMATION

Thursday, September 28, 2023

Lunch: 11:30 am ET
Program: 1:00 - 5:00 pm ET
Reception: 5:00 - 6:30 pm ET

2000 H Street, NW., Washington, DC 20052

PANELISTS INCLUDE:

• Honorable Robert W. (Trey) Schroeder III, U.S. District Court Judge, Eastern District of Texas

• Honorable Christopher J. Burke, U.S. Magistrate Judge, District of Delaware

• Honorable Bryan Moore, Administrative Law Judge, USITC

• Honorable Jacqueline Bonilla, Deputy Chief Administrative Patent Judge and Senior Legal Advisor, USPTO

• Honorable Kal Deshpande, Vice Chief Administrative Patent Judge, USPTO

• Teresa Rea (former Acting Director / Deputy Director, USPTO), Partner, Crowell & Moring

• David Cavanaugh, Chair, Post-Grant Proceedings Group and Partner, WilmerHale

• Sarah Geers, Co-Chair of PTAB Litigation Practice and Partner, Jones Day

• Charles Haake, Vice President and General Counsel, Alliance for Automotive Innovation

• Gabrielle Higgins, Partner, Desmarais

• Kevin Laurence, Partner, Laurence & Phillips IP Law

• Naveen Modi, Global Co-Chair of Intellectual Property and Partner, Paul Hastings

• Lissi Mojica, Managing Director, Answers IP

• Courtney Quish, Managing Director, Intellectual Property, Fortress Investments Group

• Corey Salsberg, Vice President, Global Head of IP Affairs, Novartis

• Hans Sauer, Deputy General Counsel and Vice President for Intellectual Property, BIO

• Laura Sheridan, Head of Patent Policy, Google

• Jonathan Stroud, General Counsel, Unified Patents

• Jay Thomas, Professor of Law, Georgetown University

• John Whealan, Associate Dean for IP, George Washington University

USPTO Commissioner for Patents, Vaishali Udupa, added as keynote speaker for April conference

11th Annual Patent Administrative Law Conference

Tuesday, April 11 at 12p ET

American University (AU) Washington College of Law

Unified is happy to have newly appointed USPTO Commissioner for Patents, Vaishali Udupa, join as our featured keynote speaker in April at the 11th Annual Patent Administrative Law Conference in Washington, DC. As Commissioner for Patents, Ms. Udupa will manage and lead the Patents organization as its chief operating officer. She will oversee the agency’s commitment to fostering the U.S. innovation system by providing patent protections to inventors.

Along with our keynote, hear firsthand from IP thought leaders — Vishal Amin - Head of IP Policy at Intel, Raymond Gabriel - Senior IP Counsel at Ciena, and Timothy Jezek - Principal Legal Counsel at Samsung — among others on the latest strategy concepts in patent litigation funding and SEP patent pools. Registration is complimentary but space is limited and priority given to in-house counsel.

For sponsorship opportunities, please email info@unifiedpatents.com.

New speakers announced - Wiesn IP Forum 2022

We are delighted to announce our latest speakers for our much-anticipated Wiesn IP Forum 2022, in collaboration with Adamson & Partners.

Our first panel session will discuss Patent Litigation in Europe – Impact of the UPC and will feature the leading speakers Dr. Christine Kanz – Partner, Hoyng Rokh Monegier, and Dr. Marco Rau – General Counsel, CureVac with the acting moderator, Andreas von Falck – Partner, Hogan Lovells.

Willem Hoyng – Chairman of the UPC Advisory Committee and Beat Weibel – Chief IP Counsel, Siemens will be leading our centrepiece panel, What’s UPComing? New Developments in the United Patent Court, which will offer essential insights on the Unified Patent Court.

Our final panel will discuss Standard Essential Patents and Patent Pools and will be led by key speakers Gabriele Mohsler – VP Patent Development, Ericsson, Tim Pohlmann – CEO, IPLytics, and Clemens Heusch – VP Head of Global Litigation, Nokia.

This free event will take place Monday 19th – Tuesday 20th September 2022 in Munich, and will bring together revered IP leaders to network and share the latest industry insights.

Places are limited, so to further information or to RSVP, please visit Wiesn IP Forum 2022 or email info@unifiedpatents.com. For sponsorship opportunities, please visit HERE.

We look forward to seeing you there!