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2016 AIPLA Spring Meeting

Dates: Wednesday, May 18 – Friday, May 20, 2016 Location: Hilton Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN

WEDNESDAY AM CONCURRENT TRACK 1 (9:00 am – 12:00 Noon)

Patent Litigation

PTAB: Where are we now? A State of the Board, including an overview of the PTAB and district court decisions, PTAB practice and procedures, and case law developing in response to PTAB proceedings. Moderator Elizabeth Cowan Wright, Faegre Baker Daniels, Minneapolis, MN

1) Ships Passing: An overview of potential solutions to inconsistencies between decisions in district court and the PTAB W. Todd Baker, Oblon McClelland Maier and Neustadt, LLP, Alexandria, VA 2) Rules of the Game: An update on practice and procedures in PTAB Timothy Bianchi, Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, Minneapolis, MN 3) The Trickle Down Effect: Updates surrounding pending litigation and case law stemming from PTAB proceedings Rob Sterne, Sterne Kessler Goldstein Fox, Washington, DC The New Biosimilars Pathway: Litigation Implications and Strategies for Biopharma and Biosimilar Companies

Moderator Krista Carter, Kaye Scholer, Palo Alto, CA

Biosimilars v. Branded Biologics and an In-House Perspective on Preparing for and Managing Biosimilars Litigation and PTAB Proceedings

Leslie Robbins, Coherus BioSciences, Inc., Redwood City, CA BPCIA Patent Dance: Preparations and Strategies for Disclosures Barbara Fiacco, Foley Hoag, LLP, Boston, MA Recent Developments in Biosimilars Case Law and Their Implications Nick Groombridge, Paul Weiss, New York, NY Claim Constructions for Biologics/Biosimilars across District Court Litigation and other Contentious Proceedings, and Prosecution Strategies to Help Prepare for Those Proceedings Denise M. Kettelberger, Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers, LLP, Boston, MA

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WEDNESDAY AM CONCURRENT TRACK 2 (9 AM – 12:00 Noon)

Patent Prosecution

Not your granddaddy’s grace period and added matter – comparative views in the US, Europe and China

Moderator Enrica Bruno, Steinfl & Bruno, LLP, Pasadena CA

“Grace” depends on where you are from. Grace periods: a comparative report

Paul Cole, Lucas & Co, Warlingham, United Kingdom

Is the EPO softening its stance? Recent developments in EPO added matter practice

Scott Harrison, Swindell & Pearson, LTD, Derby, United Kingdom The Liberal West and the Conservative East: Different standards for added matter

Chris Scherer, Andrus Intellectual Property Law, Milwaukee, WI

Aaron D. Hurvitz (Invited), Kangxin Partners, PC, Beijing, China

Can this patent application be saved? Moderator Elise Selinger, Conley Rose, PC, Plano, TX The USPTO has its priorities straight: The restoration of priority at the PTO Carl Oppedahl, Oppedahl Patent Law Firm, LLC, Westminster, CO

Updates from the front: Electronics/Software Robert Sachs, Fenwick & West, San Francisco, CA

Updates from the front - BIO

Suzannah K. Sundby, Canady & Lortz, Washington, DC

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WEDNESDAY AM CONCURRENT TRACK 3 (09:00 am – 12:00 Noon)

Trademark/Copyright

Moderator Bruce H. Little, Lindquist & Vennum, LLP, Minneapolis, MN Copyright: Hot topics related to the Internet, and legal reforms internationally - Copyrights: Linking and Making Available on the Internet Kevin Tottis, TottisLaw, Chicago, Illinois

Legal Reforms in the European Union and implications of the Trans Pacific Partnership Act (TPP)

James Seadon, Fieldfisher, London, United Kingdom Protecting content online: the interface of copyright and designs for websites, apps, and GUIs

Sara Anne Hook, Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing, Indianapolis, IN Thou shalt not offend … the continuing saga over registration of immoral and scandalous marks at the USPTO - How did we get here? A brief legal history “of scandalous and immoral” marks - Where are we headed? (or have we arrived?) An overview of recent cases Joel G. MacMull, Archer & Greiner, PC, Hackensack, NJ Stephen R. Baird, Winthorp & Weinstine, PA, Minneapolis, MN

WEDNESDAY LUNCH (12:30 – 2:00 PM)

The Honorable Judge Becky R. Thorson, Magistrate Judge, District of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

WEDNESDAY PM CONCURRENT TRACK 1 (2:00 - 3:30 PM)

Trademark Labeling, Advertising, and Branding Issues for Agriculture and Food: trends in the interplay between regulations and IP Moderator Kathleen Lemieux, Borden Ladner and Gervais, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Speakers Patrick Kole, Idaho Potato Commission, Eagle, ID Art MacCord, MacCord Mason, PLLC, Greensboro, NC

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WEDNESDAY PM CONCURRENT TRACK 2 (2:00 - 3:30 PM)

Corporate

Moderator Sandy Block, IBM, Armonk, NY MAD in a GOOD Way: Merge/Acquire/Divest with IP and Antitrust Regulation in Mind Michael L. Keeley, Axinn, Washington, DC “Juror Perceptions on Race and Gender: Making the Business Case for Diversity” Johanna Carrane, JuryScope, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN

WEDNESDAY PM CONCURRENT TRACK 3 (2:00 - 3:30 PM) PATENT LICENSING

Moderator Randi Karpinia, Motorola Solutions, Inc., Hypoluxo, FL Is it time to audit the royals? Royalty audits and determining whether you are extracting the full value of your IP portfolio Peter Ball, Mayo Clinic Ventures, Rochester, MN Exhausting all possibilities – why the analysis for international patent exhaustion should be different than that for copyrights Jeremy McKown, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ Colene Blank (invited), 3M Center, St. Paul, MN

COMMITTEE CLE (Wednesday) 3:00-5:00pm IP Practice in China Committee / Patent Law (Joint Session) (90 Minutes of CLE Requested) Medical Diagnostics: Patent Eligibility and Issues in the US and China Health and medicine is a growing market in the US and Internationally as our populations live longer. How can you protect medical diagnostics that involve sensing and collecting data? What are workarounds for getting these types of innovations protected both in the US and China? Come hear from inside and outside counsel on how to best address these and other questions.

Moderator David Resnick, Nixon Peabody, LLP, Boston, MA Speakers Tiffany Nichols, Boston Scientific, Valencia, CA Jeffrey Stone, Barnes & Thornburg, Minneapolis, MN Luke Zuo, NTD, Beijing, China

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Biotechnology/Food and Drug (Joint Committee Educational Session) (120 Minutes of CLE Requested): Mars 101-International and Interplanetary Considerations for GMOs: Patents, Export control, Biodiversity and Regulation The panel will engage the audience in an interactive discussion of international IP and regulatory considerations for genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and will explore the final frontier of patent eligibility for GMOs on Mars. Experts on patents, export control, biodiversity and regulation will provide their insights into patent eligibility for GMOs, issues relating to FDA regulations for GMOs, and export control and biodiversity, including an update on WIPOs February 2016 meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources.

Moderator Vicki G. Norton, Duane Morris, LLP, San Diego, CA Speakers Marian T Flattery, DuPont Pioneer and DuPont Crop Protection, Johnston, IA Debora Plehn-Dujowich, Prismatic Law Group, PLLC, Washington, DC Professor Kan Wang, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Special Committee on Pro Bono (120 Minutes of CLE Requested)

- The Why and the How

Panelists: Victoria Phillips, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC Chelsea Loughran, Wolf Greenfield, Boston, MA Gillian Rosenquist, LegalCORPS Inventor Assistance Program, Minneapolis, MN Brett Klein, Winthrop and Weinstine, Minneapolis, MN Megan Carpenter, Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, TX Bob Pim, California Lawyers for the Arts, Law Office of Robert G. Pimm, Walnut Creek, CA Christal Sheppard., U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional Office, Detroit, MI John Kirkpatrick, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA William Covey, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA Daniel Bruzzone, Patterson Thuente IP, Minneapolis, MN Michael Lopez, Brooklyn Center, MN Patricia Campbell, University of Maryland, College Park, MD