AIPLA Mid-WinterInstitute
IP Practice in Japan Committee Pre-Meeting Seminar
January 26-27, 2016
AGENDA
Co-Chairs: / Neil Henderson, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLPSteve F. Meyer, Locke Lord LLP
Dress Code: Business Casual
Wednesday: Golf or Shooting Clothing (as appropriate)
Sponsors:
Borden Ladner Gervais LLPCarter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt LLP
Culpepper IP, PLLC
Fildes & Outland, P.C.
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Locke Lord LLP
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Osha Liang LLP
Pepper Hamilton LLP
Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, LLP
Wentsler LLC
AIPLA Mid-WinterInstitute
IP Practice in Japan Committee Pre-Meeting Seminar
January 26-27, 2016
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
La Quinta Resort
Day 1
Room: TBD
8:30 – 9:00 / Light Breakfast9:00-9:10 / Opening Remarks
9:10-9:30 / Practice Tips: Prosecution of Japan-origin US applications.
Speaker:Yuichi WATANABE
Osha Liang LLP
9:35-9:55 / IP Strategy Headquarters: Treatment of TPP / IP Dispute Resolution System
Speaker: Mr. Kei IIDA(AIPPI-Japan)
10:00-10:20 / U.S. Patent Law: Application to activities outside of the U.S. contract manufacturers
Speaker: John LIVINGSTONE
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Dunner LLP
Break 10:20-10:40
10:40-11:00 / Draft Guideline on Employees’ Invention plus Recent Cases
Speaker: Ms. Sumiko KOBAYASHI (AIPPI-Japan)
11:05-11:25 / Company and Attorney liability with regard to fees, willful infringement and damages
Speaker: Roy ISSAC
Elmore Patent Law Group
11:30-11:50 / Recent Supreme Court Decisions on Product-by-Process Claim
Speaker: Shimako KATO (JPAA)
Lunch 11:55 – 1:10
Room: TBD
1:10-1:30 / Patent Office Update: Various statistics from 2015 including Inter Partes Review
Speaker: Steve MEYER
Locke Lord LLP
1:35-1:55 / Current Situation of JP Patent based on Statistics
Speaker:Nobuo SEKINE (JPAA)
2:00-2:20 / Current Status of Divided Infringement and Inducement
Speaker: Joe CALVARUSO
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
2:25-2:45 / How different or similar? - Japanese litigation in Asian countries
Speaker: Kaoru KURODA (JPAA)
2:50-3:10 / Evolving indefiniteness and written description standards Abbvie v. Jansen and Inphi v. Netlist
Speaker: Keiko TAKAGI
Sughrue Mion PLLC
Break 3:10-3:25
3:25-3:45 / Enablement requirement in view of recent IP court decision
Speaker: Toshihiko AIKAWA (JPAA)
3:50-4:10 / ITC: Jurisdiction Over Digital Data and Exclusion Order Based On Inducement.
Speaker: Dustin JOHNSON
Haynes Boone, LLP
4:15-4:35 / JP Supreme Court (Nov. 17): patent term extension based on a second marketing approval
Speaker: Mr. Hirokazu HONDA (AIPPI-Japan)
4:40-5:00 / Laches as a Defense to Patent Infringement
Speaker: Ray FARRELL
Carter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt LLP
Dinner: LG’s Steakhouse
78525 Highway 111, Suite 100
La Quinta, CA 92253
Reception: 6:30 pm
Dinner: 7 pm
Wednesday, January 27, 2015
Day 2
Room: TBD
8:30-9:00 / Breakfast9:00-9:20 / JPO/USPTO: Collaborative Search Pilot program
Speakers: Daniel HUNTER
Director, International Work Sharing, Planning, and Implementation, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Tomoya YANAGISAWA
Director, Patent Examination Policy Planning Office Japan Patent Office
9:25-9:45 / Japanese Trademark: Recent court cases regarding internet sales
Speaker: Mr. Atsushi AOKI (AIPPI-Japan)
9:50-10:10 / Non-Traditional Marks Update
Speaker: Shunji SATO(JPAA)
10:15-10:35 / Japanese Non-traditional Marks: Issues in U.S. with regard to use
Speaker:George Lewis
Westerman Hattori Daniels & Adrian, LLP
10:40-11:00 / Patent Eligibility Update
Speaker:Tom ENGELLENER
Pepper Hamilton LLP
11:05 – 11:25 / Japan IP High Court – Recent Decision
Speaker: Shoichi OKUYAMA (AIPPI-Japan)
11:25 – 11:30 / Closing Remarks
Afternoon Activities
Golf – contact Don Studebaker ()
George Lewis ()
Shooting – contact Chris Fildes ()