2023 agenda
Day One
December 5th 2023
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Opening Reception at The James NY Nomad
Participants have the option to schedule 30-minute meetings utilizing our desktop or mobile app. Registered attendees will receive an invitation to login to the app the week prior to the event.
- A review of the year’s biggest deals, awards and settlements
- IP and the economy: how things are changing
- Emerging opportunities in IP monetization
- Predictions for 2024 and beyond
Speakers:
- Elvir Causevic, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Tech+IP Capital
- Claus Melarti, Senior Vice President, Acquisitions, RPX
- Joshua D. Schmidt, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, InterDigital
- Does PREVAIL really fix the PTAB?
- Will PERA save patents?
- Are we threatening US innovation because of China and US national security interests?
- Is SEP policy next?
Speakers:
- Ronald Abramson, Partner, Liston Abramson
- Vishal Amin, Head of IP Policy, Intel
- Aaron Davidson, Member, Cole Schotz
- Jamie Simpson, Chief Policy Officer and Counsel, C4IP (Council for Innovation Promotion)
- Assembling the right team
- Building the case (discovery, targets, claims construction)
- Damages modeling and projections
- Preparing to tell the story
- Driving to settlement and negotiation
Moderator:
Richard Kamprath, Principal, McKool Smith
Speakers:
- Fred Fabricant, Partner, Fabricant LLP
- Heather Faltin, VP & Senior Deputy GC, Comcast
- Robert Kramer, Partner, Kramer Alberti Lim & Tonovich
- Anup Misra, Director, Curiam Capital
- Getting results in litigation: tips and tricks from the battlegrounds
- US District Courts and the PTAB
- The ITC option: who can use it and how best to leverage it
- UPC: what does the first 6 months of data say?
- National courts versus UPC: weighing up the pros and cons
Moderator:
Michael T. Renaud, Chair of IP Division, Mintz
Speakers:
- Lionel Martin, Partner, August Debouzy
- Gillian Thackray, VP, Deputy GC, IP & Litigation, Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Updates from the Courts and the latest on rate setting
- The latest on deals, platforms and pools
- Essentiality, rate setting and the impact of EU policies
- Where next? Preparing for 6G and new industry verticals
Speakers:
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- Alexandra Brodie, Partner, Gowling
- Steven Geiszler, US Chief IP Counsel, Huawei
- Danielle “DJ” Healey, Partner, Spencer Fane
- What’s really getting funded?
- Breaking down the waterfall
- Navigating disclosure and discoverability
- Beyond single case: innovations in funding
Speakers:
- Russell J. Genet, Director, Longford Capital
- Francis Rushford, Managing Director, Pretium Partners
- Geoff White, Chief IP Officer, SilcoTek
- Ian DiBernardo, Partner & Chair of IP Litigation, Brown Rudnick
- What’s really getting insured?
- Diving into the underwriting process
- How funding and insurance work together
- Beyond JPI: innovations in insurance
Speakers:
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- Andrew Mutter, SVP & Co-Leader of Contingent Risk, CAC Specialty
- Jon Scahill, CEO, Quest Patent Research Corporation
- Jonathan Waldrop, Partner, Kasowitz Benson Torres
Participants have the option to schedule 30-minute meetings utilizing our desktop or mobile app. Registered attendees will receive an invitation to login to the app the week prior to the event.
Speaker:
James T. Carmichael, Managing Member, Carmichael IP
- Top tips from the Dealmakers’ sanctum
- How Dealmakers keep making deals no matter the landscape
- Getting deals done outside the courtroom
- If only I knew this 10 years ago…
Speakers:
- Changhae Park, SVP & Chief IP Officer, NXP Semiconductors
- Arvin Patel, Chief Licensing Officer, New Segments, Nokia
- Portfolio lust: differences between what buyers want and sellers are selling
- Aligning with portfolio and wider company strategy
- Acquisition and divestiture strategies
- Outright acquisition versus participation in platforms and programs
- Buying and selling versus in-licensing and out-licensing
Moderator:
Gregory Lundell, Partner, Haley Guiliano
Speakers:
- Keith Wilson, Executive Vice President, Partnerships and Acquisitions, IPValue
Speakers:
- Shantanu Gaur, Founder and CEO, Allurion
- Christopher LiPuma, Director, IP Group, Fortress Investment Group
- The revolution of IP in the venture world
- IP as an asset for investment and growth
- Aligning IP with wider business objectives
- Practical IP considerations for SMEs
Speakers:
- Jacob Babcock, CEO, NuCurrent
- AI and eligibility: how best to protect for future success
- AI and monetization: are we building on quicksand?
- Leveraging AI in IP work
- Generative AI’s impact on other industries and verticals
Moderator:
Nader Mousavi, Partner & Co-Head of IP and Tech Group, Sullivan & Cromwell
Speakers:
- Steven Gong, Head of Data Science, PMO, Technology and Operations, Global Patents, Google
- Shui Li, Corporate Counsel, Cloud + AI, Microsoft
- Shayne O’Reilly, Director & Associate GC, Head of Strategic Transactions, Licensing and Open Source, Meta
Participants have the option to schedule 30-minute meetings utilizing our desktop or mobile app. Registered attendees will receive an invitation to login to the app the week prior to the event.
Participants can schedule one-to-one meetings or join us for roundtable discussions. We’ll host facilitated discussions for small groups of 8-10 people per roundtable. Discussion topics will be announced.