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8.20 Breakfast

8.50 Introduction to day: Emma Barraclough, Group editor, Managing IP

9.00 Litigation and technology trends• Strategy-shifting developments in IP law• Managing high impact IP cases in light of recent trends• Legislative reform issues

Mary Huser, general counsel, BlackBerryTechnology Solutions

Naomi Waltman, senior vice president andassociate general counsel, CBS Corporation

Alexis Garcha, senior intellectual property litigationcounsel, Nokia

Christa Anderson, partner, Keker & Van Nest(moderator)

9.50 Licensing trends • Tips for writing and negotiating licences• How to pre-empt and prevent post-licensing disputes• Utilising patent pools and standards setting

Jill McWhirter, partner, King & SpaldingNicole Campbell, general counsel, SK PlanetJoyce Morrison, director, intellectual property,

Boehringer Ingelheim VetmedicaEmma Maconick, partner, King & Spalding (moderator)

10.40 Coffee

11.00 Dealing with non-practising entities• A summary of anti-NPE bills (The Innovation Act, The Patent Transparency and

Improvements Act)• What will the impact be on the US patent system?• How do other countries and jurisdictions handle NPEs?

Kate Drakos, assistant general counsel, innovationand IP group, Microsoft

Christine Lofgren, managing counsel, ToyotaLissi Mojica, principal, Dentons (moderator)

11.30 Current topics in life sciences litigation• What is patent eligible subject matter?• How are patent invalidity standards changing?• Where is life sciences litigation heading?

Andrea Hutchison, corporate counsel, IP LitigationGilead Sciences

Michelle Rhyu, partner, Cooley (moderator)

12.00 How to protect and avoid pitfalls relating to copyrights, trademarks, advertising andrights of publicity• Protection – registration strategies and considerations for trademarks and copyrights• Enforcement -- scoping and tailored approach – brick and mortar vs. online• Social media challenges and avoiding pitfalls – ownership issues, enforcement &

compliance• Advertising challenges• Liability issues

Lisa Rosaya, partner, Baker & McKenzieKat Johnston, associate general counsel, IP, and

head of trademarks, FacebookGiselle Huron, associate trademark counsel, GoogleJessica Le Gros, head of trade marks, Baker &

McKenzie (moderator)

12.50 Networking lunch

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1.40 Keynote address: Chief Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte, Northern District of California

2.00 PTAB litigation • Perspectives from the front lines• What to expect from PTAB trials• How APJs are interpreting the law and PTO guidelines • Key issues in the discovery process• Key procedures in PTAB procedures• How patent owners’ strategies will evolve

Lori A. Gordon, director, Sterne Kessler Goldstein &Fox

Lisa McFall, deputy general counsel, IP, WorkdayLisa Buccino, senior IP counsel, SAP AGChristine Lhulier, corporate counsel, DuPont industrial

bioscience, DuPontDeborah Sterling, director, Sterne Kessler Goldstein

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2.50 Patent reform in Europe • Patent reform in Europe: Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court (UPC)• Any country specific legal challenges• Application fees and monetary considerations• Overview of predominant in-house strategies to date

Catherine Lacavera, director of litigation, Google Colette Vogele, senior attorney, MicrosoftRosie Hardy, senior patent attorney, Withers &

Rogers (moderator)

3.20 Canada: A round up of legislative changes• Canada’s new trade mark law – what will change? Opportunities for companies

arising from the change in Legislation• Canada’s Combating Counterfeit Products Act• CETA and other developments in pharmaceutical IP protection

Yoon Kang, partner, Smart & BiggarCarolyn Tang, director, legal affairs, InterMuneKeltie Sim Luft, partner, Smart & Biggar (moderator)

3.50 Coffee

4.10 The importance of leadership in developing your career • What are the attributes of a good leader?• Is leadership innate or can it be learned?• What makes a good team? Team dynamics• How to practically map your career path• What if partnership or board isn’t for you? Alternative career paths

Michelle Fang, general counsel and chief legalofficer, StubHub

Marisa McGilliard, legal counsel, TwitterEileen Evans, vice president and deputy general

counsel, Hewlett-PackardDori Hines, partner, Finnegan Henderson Farabow

Garrett & DunnerEmma Barraclough, group editor, Managing IP

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MEMBERSHIP OPTIONSNETWORKINGBreakfast seminars and/or networking cocktails will be held over the year:• London • San Diego (INTA annual meeting) • HK/China• New York • San JoseFebruary 2015, MIP International Women’s Leadership Forum, LondonJune 2015: MIP International Women’s Leadership Forum, New York CityExclusive membership of online platform

DEVELOPMENTQuarterly live Q&A (panel discussion, 60 mins, CLE/CPD)

Exclusive content (posted on exclusive online platform)• Leadership series – bi-monthly interviews with senior women executives• Best practice series – bi-monthly articles illustrating innovative initiatives

around women lawyers, including law firm case studies

PRICE – STANDARD PRICE – JOIN BY JANUARY 23 2015

WOMEN IN IP GLOBAL NETWORK

INTRODUCTORY OFFERJoin by January 23 2015 and wewill discount your annualmembership by up to 40%. If youtake the gold membership yourfirm will feature in Managing IP’sBest practice series.

HOW DO I JOIN?Call Melanie Petch on +44 20 7779 8836 or emailmpetch@euromoneyplc.com to join the network.

MIP WOMEN IN IP GLOBAL NETWORKManaging IP is pleased to launch the MIP Women in IP Global Network. Thegroup has been developed with the following aims:• to facilitate direct contact with in-house IP counsel;• to share best practice; • to provide opportunities for in-person networking for women in intellectual

property globally;• to facilitate relationship building through an online community;• to develop women associates on the partner track and inspire the next

generation of women in-house leaders;• to connect women IP lawyers with similar industry specific expertise

BENEFITS OF JOINING THE GROUPMembership of the network is by invitation only and includes the following benefits:• Invitations to breakfast seminars and cocktail receptions in various locations

across the world• Delegate place at the Managing IP International Women’s Leadership Forum,

February 2015• Delegate place at the Managing IP International Women’s Leadership Forum,

June 2015• Exclusive membership within online community• Access to articles commissioned exclusively for the online platform

• Leadership Series – bi-monthly interviews with senior women executives• Best Practice Series – bi-monthly articles illustrating innovative initiatives

around women lawyers, including law firm case studies and surveysaround law firm policy and associate satisfaction

• Quarterly live online Q&A sessions with expert panelists (CLE/CPD points)