Spring Seminar 2024
May 3-5, 2024
Coronado, CA
LAIPLA is proud to welcome back its flagship Spring Seminar Retreat — a nationally-renowned intellectual property conference — at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort in Coronado, CA from May 3-5, 2024! Earn up to 9 MCLE credits! Panels of distinguished IP leaders will review the key developments in copyright, trademark, trade secret, and patent law and provide insights moving forward. Program topics presently include:
- “The State of the Entertainment Industry” fireside chat with keynote speaker Tania Kricfalusi, Sr. Vice President, Litigation – Head of Television and Feature Film Litigation at NBC Universal Media, LLC, and Erica Van Loon, Partner at Nixon Peabody LLP
- The Five Recent Federal Circuit Decisions You Need to Know About for Patent Law presented by Armond Wilson
- Supreme Court Advocacy presented by Stris Maher
- Latest Trends and Techniques in Settlement of IP Cases from Patent to Privacy Class Actions presented by JAMS
- UPC and Developments in the FRAND Space presented by Powell Gilbert
- Defending Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Breach Class Actions and Mass Arbitrations presented by Greenberg Traurig
- Recent Developments in Trade Secrets Matters presented by Signature Resolution
- USPTO Developments and Best Practices presented by Maynard Nexsen
The program will also include panels sponsored by Cypress LLP. Additional details for all the panels will be added over the next several weeks.
LAIPLA’s Spring Seminar combines high-quality and in-depth legal content with an abundance of networking opportunities and social activities. We hope to see you there! Continue to watch for schedule panel and speaker updates.
Sponsorship opportunities are still available!
PRICING
LAIPLA Members: $1295
Non-Members: $1495
Registration Fee includes admission for registrant to the following:
- Friday, Saturday, and Sunday MCLE credit for up to 10 hours including one hour of ethics credit;
- Friday reception;
- Saturday breakfast, lunch, reception, and dinner;
- Sunday breakfast; and
- Saturday Karaoke Night
Spouse/Guest Add-On ($250) includes admission for a guest to the following:
- Friday reception; and
- Saturday Cocktail Reception and Dinner and Saturday Karaoke Night
Please note additional activities may be arranged and are not reflected in the registration rates and add-on fees above.
Registration is due by April 30th to guarantee meals.
Hotel Reservations: A link to make your hotel reservation will be provided. In order to receive the special discount hotel room rate of $299 per night plus taxes and fees, you must use the reservation link provided and make your hotel reservations directly with The Loews Coronado Resort. Only registered attendees will be able to access this special reduced rate. Hotel Room reservations must be made by April 11, 2024 with The Loews Coronado Resort to receive the rate. The reservation link can be obtained in your Spring Seminar 2024 Confirmation email. Questions, please email office@laipla.net.
LAIPLA has negotiated special discounts, available only to registered LAIPLA attendees and their guests. This includes:
- Reduced Resort Fee from $39.00 per night to $19.50
- Complimentary Internet in all LAIPLA Guest Rooms
- Overnight self-parking reduced from $47.00 per night to $25.00 per night
For more information on The Loews Coronado Resort, please visit www.loewshotels.com
CANCELLATION POLICY
Cancellation Policy – By registering for this event you are guaranteeing your reservation. There are no cancellation refunds for this event. Registrations may only be transferred to someone at the Registrant’s Firm or Company. All transfers must be made through the LAIPLA office at office@laipla.net.
SCHEDULE
General LAIPLA Spring Seminar Schedule
Friday, May 3, 2024 – Preliminary
Noon – Registration & Sponsor Showcase in Constellation Foyer
1:00 pm – General Session
5:00 pm – Welcome Reception
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Breakfast 8:00 am – 9:00 am
General Session & MCLE Credit 9:00 am – Lunch
Free time 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Reception 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Dinner 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Casino Night 9:00 pm – midnight
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Breakfast 8:00 am – 9:00 am
MCLE Sessions 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Additional Hotel Information:
Check-in time at The Loews Coronao Resort is 4:00 p.m.
Check-out time at The Loews Coronado Resort is noon.
Cancellation Policy – By registering for this event you are guaranteeing your reservation. There are no cancellation refunds for this event. Registrations may only be transferred to someone at the Registrant’s Firm or Company. All transfers must be made through the LAIPLA office at office@laipla.net.
DATE AND TIME
Friday, May 3 – Sunday, May 5, 2024
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LOCATION
Loews Coronado Bay Resort
4000 Loews Coronado Bay Road, Coronado, CA 92118
QUESTIONS?
Contact the LAIPLA office at office@laipla.net or call 323-285-1654.
SPEAKERS
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Tania Kricfalusi, Senior Vice President, Litigation at NBCUniversal
Tania is Senior Vice President, Litigation at NBCUniversal and is the head of television and filmed entertainment litigation for the company. She represents and advises the company in pre-litigation and litigation matters relating to NBCUniversal television, film, and digital properties, including Universal Pictures, Focus Features, Working Title, Dreamworks Animation, NBC network, Universal Studio Group, Bravo, USA, Oxygen, Syfy, E!, Telemundo, Peacock, Fandango, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, and NBCUniversal-owned stations. She has handled cases for NBCUniversal in a wide variety of areas, with particular experience in First Amendment, reporter shield issues, idea theft, copyright, trademark, defamation, broadcast liability, and contract disputes. In her time at NBCUniversal, she has also served as NBC’s West Coast media lawyer, overseeing news media pre-production and legal issues for the San Diego, Los Angeles, and Bay Area NBC stations, and has handled day-to-day production issues and contracts as part of the television Legal Affairs group.
Michelle Armond, Founding Partner, Armond Wilson LLP
Michelle Armond is an intellectual property trial attorney litigating patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. IAM 1000 lauded her as “brilliant” and an “outstanding lawyer who ranks among the best PTAB specialists nationwide.” Her “winning formula fuses her Caltech electrical engineering education with her natural talent for writing” (Daily Journal).
Ian C. Ballon, Co-Chair, Global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice Group, Greenberg Traurig
Ian Ballon (JD, LLM, CIPP/US) is an Internet litigator in Greenberg Traurig’s Los Angeles, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. offices and co-chair of the firm’s Global Intellectual Property Practice Group. Ian represents companies in intellectual property and technology-related litigation and in the defense of data privacy, security breach and AdTech class action suits. He is also the author of the leading treatise on Internet law, E-Commerce and Internet Law: Treatise with Forms 2d edition, the 5-volume set published by West (www.IanBallon.net). In addition, he serves as Executive Director of Stanford University Law School’s Center for the Digital Economy.
Elizabeth Brannen, Managing Partner, Stris & Maher
Elizabeth Brannen is the Managing Partner of Stris & Maher, a trial and appellate litigation boutique based in Los Angeles that represents clients in complex, high-stakes, and high-profile business disputes throughout the country. Liz leads the firm’s intellectual property litigation practice and handles a wide range of matters in patent and other technology-related litigation. She has tried high-stakes business cases to judgment and obtained countless successes for clients at the trial and appellate levels.
Raymond T. Chen, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Circuit Judge Raymond T. Chen was appointed to the United States Court of Appealsfor the Federal Circuit by President Barack H. Obama in 2013, confirmed by the Senate on August 1, 2013 and assumed his office on August 5, 2013. Judge Chen served as Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property Law andSolicitor at the United States Patent and Trademark Office from 2008 to 2013. He was an Associate Solicitor in that office from 1998 to 2008.
Greg Derin, Esq., Signature Resolution
For over 20 years, Greg has successfully assisted parties in resolving more than a thousand complex matters. At Signature, he concentrates on matters involving complex business, contract, fraud, entertainment, intellectual property, trade secret, right of publicity, unfair business practices, employment, class actions, partnership, real estate, and legal malpractice.
Honorable Philip S. Gutierrez, United States District Court, Central District of California
U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez attended the University of Notre Dame from 1977 to 1981. He then attended the UCLA School of Law from 1981 to 1984. After graduating from law school, Judge Gutierrez entered private practice. In 1988, he joined the law firm of Cotkin & Collins, where he became the managing partner of the Santa Ana offices. His practice concentrated in complex business litigation, professional malpractice liability, and insurance coverage issues.
Rebekah S. Guyon, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
Rebekah S. Guyon is a privacy and intellectual property attorney whose practice focuses on copyright, trademark, right of publicity, First Amendment, data privacy, security, behavioral advertising, Internet-related, commercial contract, and business disputes and class action defense. Rebekah is an experienced litigator before both state and federal courts and domestic and international arbitration panels. Rebekah regularly advises clients in the e-commerce and Internet space on novel areas of intellectual property, data privacy, and California law. Rebekah is fluent in cutting edge communications platforms and all aspects of eDiscovery.
Prior to joining the firm, Rebekah was a law clerk for the Honorable James O. Browning in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico.
Before practicing law, Rebekah taught high school U.S. History and New Mexico History in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
John W. Holcomb, U.S. District Judge, Central District of California
John W. Holcomb is a U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California, Southern Division, in Santa Ana, California. Judge Holcomb was nominated for that position by President Donald J. Trump in November 2019 and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in September 2020.
Judge Holcomb earned his S.B. in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984. For the next five years, Judge Holcomb served as a commissioned officer in the United States Navy, including assignments aboard the battleship U.S.S. New Jersey (BB-62) and to the Joint Staff at the Pentagon.
Dr. Bethan Hopewell, Partner, Powell Gilbert LLP (UK)
Dr. Bethan Hopewell is a partner at Powell Gilbert LLP. Her background in molecular biology has led her to specialise in advising clients in the life sciences sector. Bethan has represented clients in some of the largest and most complex life sciences disputes to come before the UK courts in recent years including the leading UK case on the validity and infringement of second medical use patents. Bethan’s recent work includes cases in the areas of DNA sequencing, molecular diagnostics and pharmaceutics. She also frequently acts for clients in patent licence disputes.
Jessica Hudak, Lead Counsel, Edwards Lifesciences
Jessica Hudak is currently Lead Counsel at Edwards Lifesciences where she serves as General Counsel for its Advanced Technology Business Unit. Jessica sits on the leadership teams for the Advanced Technology business and for Edwards’ Global Law Department. Jessica previously worked for Gibson Dunn as a member of the Appellate and Constitutional Law group where she represented clients in the Supreme Court, Circuit Courts of Appeals, and district courts. Jessica was part of the team representing Smith & Nephew in U.S. v. Arthrex before the Supreme Court. Prior to Gibson Dunn, Jessica was a law clerk to then-Chief Judge Sharon Prost of the Federal Circuit and has been a lecturer at Stanford for over 17 years. Jessica earned her J.D. from Stanford Law School, M.S. in Biomechanical Engineering from Stanford, and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Michigan.
Michael A. Jacobs, JAMS
Michael A. Jacobs is a mediator and arbitrator at JAMS following decades of experience working as a trial attorney at the international law firm Morrison Foerster.
As a litigator, Mr. Jacobs tried numerous high-profile cases to juries, judges and arbitrators, and co-founded and led his firm’s intellectual property litigation group. Throughout his years in private practice, he handled cases across a variety of practice areas, including intellectual property, life sciences, and business and commercial. He has also served as a recurring speaker for the Practising Law Institute and faculty member for the annual FJC-BCLT IP Education Program for Federal Judges.
Milan Kapadia, Sr. IP Counsel, Palo Alto Networks
Milan currently is Senior IP Counsel at Palo Alto Networks and manages all aspects of the company’s IP strategy. Previously Milan was at Boeing, where he had been a Patent Portfolio Strategist for Boeing’s software-related innovations since 2014. Milan was also previously corporate counsel at a real estate software products company, a Patent Attorney for multiple national law firms, and worked for more than two years as a Patent Examiner at the US Patent & Trademark Office. Milan was also a 2007-2008 Fulbright Scholar researching developments in Indian software patent law.
Stephen Kelly, Cypress LLP
Ever since his older brother took credit for naming their first Dalmatian, Spot, Stephen has understood the value of protecting and defending a good idea. He has done some impressive things like defend the design of Volkswagen cars and seen the joy of nine different juries judge his capabilities in a courtroom. Clients enjoy Stephen for being authentic, confident, and able to engage in profoundly entertaining discussions on how a tall man lives in a world not designed for him.
Stephen focuses his practice on counseling web3 developers and IP creators of all kinds. He gives the added benefit of being able to respond and enforce those protections through litigation and trial, if necessary.
Siddharth Kusumakar, Partner, Powell Gilbert (UK)
Siddharth Kusumakar is a partner at Powell Gilbert (www.powellgilbert.com). Siddharth specializes in multi-jurisdictional patent litigation in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical devices fields, and has considerable experience in coordinating pan-European litigation strategies.
As a UPC legal representative, he is currently acting in some of the first cases to be brought before the new Court and appeared in the first preliminary injunction hearing to be conducted in English. Siddharth has represented clients in litigation before the UK Patents Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court as well as in European Patent Office proceedings. He has successfully acted for clients in some of the most high-profile patent cases to come before the UK courts in recent years, including the landmark UK Supreme Court decisions in Warner-Lambert v Actavis and Regeneron v Kymab (in relation to the law of sufficiency and the infringement of second medical use patents), as well as cases shaping the current UK landscape on the availability of injunctions where the public interest is engaged.
Before qualifying as a solicitor advocate, Siddharth graduated from McGill University (BSc microbiology and immunology) and Imperial College London (MSc immunology).
Patrick Maloney, Senior Associate, Armond Wilson LLP
Patrick Maloney is an IP litigator at Armond Wilson LLP. Patrick is nationally recognized for his experience representing clients before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Patrick has an impressive track record of successfully navigating patents through the PTAB, arguing hearings, and obtaining favorable decisions either by denying institution outright or confirming patentability after a full trial. To date, Patrick has handled over 150 post-grant proceedings, including inter partes reviews (IPRs) and covered business method reviews (CBMs), spanning a wide variety of technologies including telecommunications, networking, electronics, antennas, streaming media, and medical devices.
Bryce Matthewson, Partner, Powell Gilbert
Bryce Matthewson is a Partner at Powell Gilbert, a specialist European IP firm.
Bryce is a UK Solicitor, Irish Solicitor, UPC representative and qualified South African Patent Attorney. He is an experienced patent litigator before the UK courts, having represented clients in the pharma, biotech, FMCG, and medical devices sectors. In addition, Bryce has been involved in a number of the early cases before the UPC, in relation to both infringement and revocation actions across various divisions.
Bob Muller, Cypress LLP
Bob Muller, a member of the New York, California, and Washington state bars, is a founding partner of Cypress LLP. He has defended and prosecuted trade secret cases in state and federal trial courts across the United States. He argued and won seminal trade secret cases before the California State Court of Appeal (e.g., Angelin v. Brescia, California Court of Appeal, Case No. B213088, 2012; and Leadfactors, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc., 2018).
Bob, a frequent lecturer on trade secret law among other IP fields, was named a Top Trade Secret Lawyer in 2019 by the Daily Journal. He is a member of the Sedona Conference Trade Secret Working Group, whose mission is to develop consensus and nonpartisan principles for managing trade secret litigation and guidelines for protecting trade secrets, and the Los Angeles
Copyright Society.
Ashe Puri, Partner, Maynard Nexsen
Ashe is a recognized trial attorney whose practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, including cases involving patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, and unfair competition. From startups to major corporations, Ashe helps companies resolve their IP disputes.
Technology and innovation is not only Ashe’s passion, it is what drove him to become an engineer and brings him into close and frequent contact with other innovators. His success in the courtroom has enabled him to negotiate many settlements.
Sasha Rao, Partner, Maynard Nexsen
Widely recognized as one of Silicon Valley’s leading intellectual property lawyers, Sasha Rao has an established record of success for some of the world’s top companies.
Chair of Maynard Nexsen’s nationwide Intellectual Property Practice, Sasha regularly leads intellectual property and commercial litigation for her clients, including cases involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition, and complex commercial disputes. Sasha also advises her clients, ranging from tech start-ups to the largest multinational companies, on a wide range of legal issues including, corporate, transactional, policy, regulatory, IP strategy, patent and trademark prosecution, and IP aspects of mergers and acquisitions.
Hon. Suzanne Segal (Ret.), Signature Resolution
Judge Segal served as a United States Magistrate Judge for 18 years in the Central District of California, including 4 years as the Chief Magistrate Judge. She joined Signature in 2020, serving as a mediator, arbitrator, and Special Master. During her tenure on the federal bench, Judge Segal presided over numerous trials, evidentiary hearings, motions, and discovery disputes. Judge Segal served as the settlement judge in hundreds of cases, settling business and insurance disputes; patent, trademark, and copyright actions; and employment, civil rights, and tort cases.
Peter Stris, Founding Partner, Stris & Maher LLP
Peter Stris is one of the most prominent business litigators of his generation. He serves as a lead strategist and presenter in must-win trials, landmark appeals, and rapid media-response campaigns. Chambers USA has identified Peter as a leading advocate in multiple nationwide categories. Reuters has
recognized him as one of the nation’s most influential lawyers before the U.S. Supreme Court, where he has argued 10 cases. And the Daily Journal has repeatedly named him to its annual list of the Top 100 California Lawyers.
Hon. Mary Strobel, (Ret.), Signature Resolution
Judge Strobel served as a Superior Court Judge in Los Angeles for more than 20 years. For the past eight years, she presided over a specialized department focused on challenges to governmental action, handling over 200 writ trials. Her caseload included complex matters such as CEQA and Coastal Act challenges, land use disputes, public employment issues, and public office candidacy claims. Judge Strobel was also assigned to rule on requests for temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, and receivership appointments for more than 30 civil courtrooms. These involved a variety of matters, including corporate governance, trade secrets, and real property conflicts.
Hon. Eddie C. Sturgeon (Ret.), Signature Resolution
Judge Sturgeon began his career as an associate in a San Diego-based civil law firm, where he swiftly ascended to the position of partner. For 14 years, Judge Sturgeon honed his craft, navigating civil and criminal cases with finesse. His reputation for fairness and expertise caught the attention of former Governor George Deukmejian, who appointed him to the El Cajon Municipal Court in 1988. The appointment marked the beginning of Judge Sturgeon’s tenure on the bench, a role he fulfilled with distinction and continued with his elevation to the Superior Court of San Diego County in 1998, following the unification of Superior and Municipal courts.
Erica Van Loon, Partner, Nixon Peabody
Erica J. Van Loon is a Partner at Nixon Peabody in Los Angeles, California. She is an experienced IP trial lawyer and has a winning track record litigating copyright, trademark, patent, rights of publicity, trade secrets, invasion of privacy, defamation, business interference, and other media and entertainment claims. Erica was named the 2019 Intellectual Property Attorney of the Year by the Los Angeles Business Journal. She has successfully represented a wide range of clients in IP litigation matters including Bally Gaming, VIZIO, British Broadcasting Corporation, Target Corporation, Walmart, Conan O’Brien, Morgan Creek Productions, Lionsgate Films, Topson Downs of California, Red Bull, ASCAP, Abbott.
Judge Michael Wilner, Magistrate Judge, Central District of California
The Hon. Michael R. Wilner was appointed as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Central District of California in 2011.
Judge Wilner previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and a Deputy Chief in the Major Frauds Section of the United States Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. As a federal prosecutor, Judge Wilner specialized in corporate and white collar criminal cases in the district court and the Ninth Circuit.
Earlier in his career, Judge Wilner served as a civil enforcement attorney and Senior Counsel with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Los Angeles. Before entering federal service, he was a litigator at the Proskauer Rose law firm.
Emily Yu, Senior Director, Head of Product Counsel, Roblox
Emily Yu is the Senior Director and head of the product counsel function at Roblox, where she evaluates proposed product features for regulatory compliance. Emily currently teaches Advertising and Marketing Law at Santa Clara Law and was recently the former chair of the Intellectual Property section for the California Lawyers Association. Prior to joining Roblox, Emily was Senior Corporate Counsel of Global Privacy at Seagate Technology and a Global Privacy Manager at TRUSTe. Emily enjoys traveling, taking snapshots of delicious food, and snuggling her two delightful cats.
Arka Chatterjee, Leap IP Counsel, Natera
Matt Farber, Ph.D., Intensity
Michael Finn, Partner, Bird & Bird (Ireland)
Honorable Andrew Guilford
Ben Herbert, Law Finance Group
Bruce Isaacs, Esq., Signature Resolution
Jacqui Lowy, Co-Founder, Sourced Intelligence
Kellin Chatfield Nicoletti , Vice President, Dexcom, Inc.
David A. Randall, Managing Partner, Orbit IP
Daniel S. Stringfield, Partner, Nixon Peabody
Scott Boalick, Chief Judge, Patent Trial & Appeal Board; USPTO
Andrew Choung, Partner, Nixon Peabody
Sam Desai, Esq., Former IP Counsel at TherapeuticsMD, Inc.
Alexander Feil, Co-Founder, Sourced Intelligence
Russell Genet, Director, Longford Capital
Shawn Hansen, Partner, Nixon Peabody
Taylor King, Associate General Counsel, Western Digital
Chris Lawless, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Morag Macdonald, Partner, Bird & Bird (UK)
Nathan Miller, Founder and CEO, Miller Ink
Tim Powell, Partner, Powell Gilbert LLP (UK)
Ehab Samuel, Partner, Orbit IP
Jill R. Sperber, Judicate West
Christy Von der Ahe Rayburn, Partner, Hueston Hennigan
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