08:00 – 09:00
Registration, Networking and Breakfast
PLENARY SESSIONS
09:00 – 09:15
Welcome
Kimberly Lindy, Founder and Director Intellectual Property Resources and BPIP
Opening Remarks
Daniella Atzmony, Co-Chairperson BPIP Conference, Chairperson of the Israel IP Managers and Counsel Forum and Chief Intellectual Property Officer and Chief Innovation Strategy Officer, Syqe Medical
Opening Remarks & Introduction to morning keynotes:
Jeffrey Berkowitz, Co-Chairperson BPIP Conference, Partner Finnegan
09:15 – 09:45
Keynote Address
New Directions at the USPTO
Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
09:45 - 10:30
Acquiring a Company with an IP Portfolio: Buyer's and Seller's Perspective
Moderator: Micaela Modiano, Partner, Modiano & Partners
Panelists:
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Kevin Kehoe, Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft
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Craig Zajac, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Clicksoftware (now acquired by Salesforce)
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John Nevard, Consultant, formerly IP Director Cambridge Display Technology Ltd and Chief IP Counsel for the Alere group of companies.
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Malcolm T. Meeks, President Director General, Valotaire Ventures
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Sharon Hausdorff, Vice President Corporate Intellectual Property, TEVA
10:30 - 11:00
Networking Break
11:00 - 12:00
Mock Infringement Case
Attorneys:
Jeffrey Berkowitz, Partner Finnegan
Barry Schindler, Partner Greenberg Trauig
Judge:
Daniel Thomas, Former Director of the
European Patent Office
12:00 - 12:45
Keynote Addresses
Anti Trust and IP
Introduction and Moderator: Adam Samanksy, Partner Mintz
Current Developments in US Antitrust Law and Enforcement
Makan Delrahim, Assistant Attorney General,
for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
Remedies and Other Key Issues for Standards-Essential Patents that are Subject to a RAND or FRAND Licensing Commitment
Dave Kappos, Former USPTO Director, Partner Cravath
12:45 - 13:45
Lunch
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Tiffany Hall
KOHINOR HALL
13:45 - 14:30
The Role of IP Managers in the R&D Process, Promoting Innovation and IP Training. Effective Implementation
Speakers:
Barry Schindler, Greenberg Traurig
Sammy Katz, Director of Patents Synamedia Ltd.
John Nevard, former IP Director Cambridge Display Technology Ltd and Chief IP Counsel for Alere.
Moderator:
David Bonfil, former Director of IP, Technology Transfer Office, Technion R&D Foundation Ltd. and formerly Director of IP, Neuroderm – Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma.
Attacking Patents in the Patent Office, EU & IL Oppositions, PTAB
Speakers:
Ephraim Zachary Heiliczer, Pearl Cohen
Elliot Cook, Finnegan
Micaela Modiano, Modiano & Partners
Moderator: Asa Kling, Partner NBA, former Israel Patent Commissioner
14:30 - 15:15
IP Landscaping and Competitor Analysis
Speakers: Manuel Wirz and Anna Maria Villa, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
Michael Cantor, Cantor and Colbourn
Moderator: William Kezer, Mintz Levin
Subject Matter Eligibility and updates on Prosecution US, EU, China
Speakers:
Luigi Distefano, Finnegan
Ziv Rotenberg, Gornitzky
Moderator: David Zviel, Senior Patent Agent, Mellanox
15:30 - 16:15
IP Clauses in Joint Ventures (including R&D and Licensing)
Speakers:
Kevin Kehoe, Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft
Michael Fink, Greenblum and Bernstein
David Mirchin, Meitar
Moderator: Shlomo Armony, Vice President Corporate Intellectual Property, Elbit Systems
Regulatory Issues – Industrial Standards, FDA, Anti-Trust
Speakers: Adam Samansky, Mintz Levin
Jonathan Barnett, Gould School of Law,University Southern California
Micaela Modiano, Modiano & Partners
Moderator: Sharon Hausdorff, Vice President Corporate Intellectual Property, TEVA
16:15 - 17:00
Big Data – Fair Use, Commercialization, GDPR
Speakers: Adam Snukal,
Greenberg Traurig
LexisNexis
Yoav Oestreicher, Meitar
Moderator: Ori Buberman, Head of Intellectual Property, Mobileye
Global Litigation Strategy
Speakers:
Daniel Melman, Pearl Cohen
Yael Reimer, FBC
Christopher Maierhöfer, Bird & Bird
Moderator: Yoav Alkalay, Pearl Cohen