8:30 – 9:00 / Continental Breakfast Sponsor: AIPLA
9:00 – 9:15 / Welcome and Kick-off
Margaret A. (Peggy) Focarino Commissioner for Patents
9:15 – 9:30 / State of the Design Technology Center
Robert P. Olszewski Director Technology Center 2900 USPTO
9:30 – 9:45 / New Examiner Training
Garth Rademaker Supervisory Patent Examiner TC 2900
9:45 – 10:00 / Hitting the Hague High Points
David Gerk Patent Attorney Office of Policy
and International Affairs USPTO
10:00 – 10:15 / Break & Interaction Time
Sponsor: ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law
10:15 – 11:00 / When to Walk in Wooden Shoes-Making Sense of
the Hague Agreement on Industrial Design
Brent Dougal Partner Knobbe Martens LLP
Mark Charles Senior Counsel The Procter & Gamble Company
Boris Milef Senior PCT Legal Examiner USPTO
11:00 – 11:30 / Effective Utilization of the Design System in Japan
Sachiko Chiba Examiner Household Equipment Design Division Patent and Design Examination Department
Japan Patent Office
11:30 – 12:15 / A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Stronger Design Protection with Quality Drawings
Ivy Estoesta Associate Sterne Kessler Goldstein Fox P.L.LC.
Richard Gathercole President Davies & Gathercole Inc.
Peter Kosztolnik President Northern Virginia Graphics Inc.
Joel Sincavage Design Practice Specialist TC 2900 USPTO
Moderator Elizabeth Ferrill Partner Finnegan LLP
Host / Celia Murphy Supervisory Patent Examiner TC 2900 USPTO
12:15 – 1:20 / Lunch & Interaction Sponsor: IPO
1:20 – 1:30 / USPTO Pro Bono Program
Jennifer McDowell Pro Bono Coordinator USPTO
1:30 – 2:30 / Keynote: Being Design Driven
Robert Brunner Founder/Partner Ammunition Group
2:30 – 3:00 / Creative Design IP to Enhance
the Human-Pet Bonding Experience
Glen S. Axelrod President/CEO TFH Publications Inc.
& Maker of Nylabone® products
3:00 – 3:15 / Break & Interaction Time
Sponsor: ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law
3:15 – 4:00 / Recent Changes in the Law Have Impacted Design Experts
Cooper Woodring Industrial Designer
Peter Bressler Owner PBressler LLC
Ron Kemnitzer Professor Emeritus Virginia Tech
Moderator Charles Mauro President/Founder MauroNewMedia
4:00 – 4:45 / Report from the Front Line: Overview of Recent Decisions
George Raynal Partner Saidman DesignLaw Group LLC
4:45 –5:00 / Closing
Any legal opinions expressed at this event do not necessarily represent USPTO policy. USPTO employees are reminded that the discussions at this event are not a substitute for formal USPTO legal training, and that they are not being educated as to what the law is and how it should be applied in examination.