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8.15 Registration

8.55 Opening remarks by Managing IP

9.00 Keynote address by John Cabeca, director of the Silicon Valley United States Patent and Trademark Office

9.20 ITC Litigation and licensing • Recent trends at the ITC• Implications of Suprema v International Trade Commission• How to make the most of your assets: An overview of options

• Bas de Blank, partner, Orrick• Andrew Kopsidas, principal, Fish & Richardson• Richard Sterba, principal, Fish & Richardson• Mark Whitaker, partner, Baker Botts

10.15 Post-grant and inter-partes review• Analysis of post-grant proceedings• The crucial importance of initial filings• Best practices and lessons learned

• Kevin Jakel, founder and CEO, Unified Patents• Subroto Bose, senior director patent strategy,

Dolby Laboratories• Thomas Fleming, partner, Kirkland & Ellis• Patricia Carson, partner, Kirkland & Ellis

11.10 Coffee and networking break

11.30 The European Patent Reform – advanced strategies • Details on the most recent developments• Advanced strategies for US companies litigating in Europe• Best strategies to prepare for the European Patent Reform

• David Barron, partner, Wragge LawrenceGraham & Co

• Michael Schneider, partner, WraggeLawrence Graham & Co

12.15 Lunch

13.15 Patenting software and business methods• How to best protect software and business models after Alice v CLS Bank• Alternative ways to protect your software and business models• Understanding SCOTUS: Interpretation and guidelines

• Linda Beach, senior IP counsel, RoviCorporation

• Franklin Han, senior patent counsel, Huawei• Joseph Herndon, partner, McDonnell

Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff• Michael Anderson, associate, McDonnell

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14.10 Alternative protection: The rise of trade secrets• How to best utilise trade secrets to protect your IP• Benefits and challenges when resorting to trade secret protection

• Angela Augustus, patent counsel, AbbottVascular Devices

• David Rockover, chief IP counsel, Pandora• Paul Keller, partner, Allen & Overy

15.10 Coffee and networking

15.40 India focus• To what extent did Prime Minister Modi deliver on his promise to change the innova-tion and business landscape?

• Updates on the development of a specialist IP court• How a stronger IP regime will impact on international companies doing business inIndia

• Pankaj Soni, partner, Remfry & Sagar

16.10 Industry discussion: Patent reform in the USA• Recovering attorney fees, Alice v CLS Bank and Hatch-Waxman litigation: Is patentprotection getting more difficult, and less valuable?

• Two sides of the table: Pros and cons for reform• Is reform necessary? If yes, which aspects need reform?• Future outlook: Reform through case law

• Larry Horn, CEO, MPEG LA• Anna Johns, VP licensing, Inventergy• Mark Spolyar, VP IP strategy & transactions,

Pendrell Corporation• Michael Loney, Americas editor, Managing

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