Washington in the West Schedule 2024

SCHEDULE JANUARY 25, 2024

LUXE SUNSET BOULEVARD HOTEL, LOS ANGELES

8:30 – 8:55 A.M.

REGISTRATION/BREAKFAST

8:55 – 9:00 A.M.

OPENING REMARKS

PATENT TRACK

9:00 – 10:00 A.M.

Top 5 New Developments in IPR Trials at the Patent Office
Keep up with the latest changes at the busiest patent court in the nation—the PTAB! Our featured panel will update you on the most important recent decisions and guidance from the Patent Office on inter partes review.

Moderator: Josepher Li (Armond Wilson)
Panelists: Chief Judge Scott R. Boalick (Chief Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board)
Michelle Armond (Armond Wilson)
Jamie Duncan (Associate General Counsel, HID Global)
Avi Schwartz (VP, IP Counsel, Edwards Lifesciences)
Asa Wynn-Grant (Counsel, Patent Litigation, Netflix)

TRADEMARK TRACK

9:00 – 10:00 A.M.

Developments and Updates for the Trademark Modernization Act’s Reexamination and Expungement Proceedings

Moderator: Justin Thiele (Hanson Bridgett)
Panelists: Amy Cotton (Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Examination Policy, USPTO)
Raffi Zerounian (Hanson Bridgett)

PATENT TRACK

10:10 – 11:10 A.M.

Navigating patent prosecution issues from a litigation perspective

Moderator: Adam Kwon (Munger)
Panelists: Troy Grabow (Grabow Law)
Gail Katz (Senior Vice President, Chief IP Counsel, Edwards Lifesciences)
Ashe Puri (Maynard Nexsen)

11:10 – 11:30 A.M.

NETWORKING BREAK

TRADEMARK TRACK

10:10 – 11:10 A.M.

Brand Protection Strategies

Panelists: Scott Commerson (Davis Wright Tremaine)
Stephen Lee (Chief IP Counsel, Target)

11:10 – 11:30 A.M.

NETWORKING BREAK

PATENT TRACK

11:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.

Domestic and International Prosecution Post-Amgen

Moderator: Benjamin Pelletier (Haynes & Boone)
Panelists: Toshihiko Aikawa (Japan Patent Attorneys Association)
Kyrie Cameron (Patterson + Sheridan, LLP)
Nick Bassil (Kilburn & Strode)
Bryan Wahl (Tarsus Pharmaceuticals)

TRADEMARK TRACK

11:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.

International Trademark Prosecution

Moderator: Alice Pang (Ralph Lauren)
Panelists: Mai Lin (SIPS) (China)
Tomoya Kurokawa (SOEI IP Law)
Catherine (Cat) Rifai (Munck Wilson)
Ryan Pixton (Kilburn Strode) (EU)

12:30 P.M. – 1:00 P.M.

LUNCH AND PRO BONO AWARD

1:00 – 2:00 P.M.

KEYNOTE SPEECH

Mary Fuller (Regional Director of USPTO’s Silicon Valley Regional Office)
Moderated by Brian Horne (Knobbe Martens)

PATENT TRACK

2:10 – 3:10 P.M.

Corporate strategies for managing and utilizing intellectual property

Moderator: Jordan Nafekh (Irell & Manella)
Panelists: Peter Jovanovic (Legal Director, IP, Dell)
Milan Kapadia (Senior IP Counsel, Palo Alto Networks)
Diane Kratz (Director, IP Strategy & Operations, Dolby)
Erin Mehta (Senior Corporate Counsel, Northrop Grumman)

TRADEMARK TRACK

2:10 – 3:10 P.M.

Hot Topics in Trademark Law

Panelists: Todd Adler (Managing Counsel, Patent, Trademark & Copyright, Oracle)
Amy Cotton (Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Examination Policy, USPTO)
Sui Duong (Senior Counsel, Marketing & Trademark, Pure Storage)

PATENT TRACK

3:20 – 4:20 P.M.

Impact of AI: Best Practices and AI Governance

Moderator: Nicholas Fung (MoFo)
Panelists: Jay Choi (Senior Director, Uber)
Jennifer Chiang (IP Counsel, Stripe)
Chris DiLeo (Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property, Becton Dickinson)