2019 Global IP Strategy Conference

Our annual Global IP Strategy Conference, an exclusive one-day symposium centered on Global IP Strategy took place on Friday, March 15, 2019. This complimentary forum addressed strategies that enable companies – from the largest tech and consumer product companies to emerging innovators – to capture return on investment from their IP.

Topics included:

• Developments in Global IP Law
  • Featuring:
    • Nina O’Sullivan, Mischon de Reya LLP, China
    • Tobias Wuttke, Meissner Bolte, EU
    • Jeff Langer, Stites & Harbison, PLLC, UK/Brexit
• IP Enforcement in a Global Economy
  • Featuring:
    • Brian Hinman, Aon IP Solutions
    • Dina Kallay, Ericsson
    • Daniel Yonan, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
    • Moderator: JC Rozendaal, Sterne Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
• Brand Protection in a Global Market
  • Featuring:
    • Dana Cizmadia, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
    • Thomas Stoll, U.S. House Judiciary Committee
    • Tracy-Gene G. Durkin, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
    • Moderator: Monica Riva Talley, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
• Keynote Luncheon Topic: Technology Convergence in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
  • Featuring: Walter Copan, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• Industry and Technology Roundtables
  • Patent Strategies in the Life Sciences
    • Moderators: Eric Steffe; Tim Shea; Marsha Rose Gillentine from Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
  • IP Strategies in an Era of Technology Convergence
    • Moderators: Tracy-Gene G. Durkin; Ryan Richardson; Daniel Block from Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
  • Developments at the PTAB (and Federal Circuit)
    • Moderators: Michael Specht; Lestin Kenton from Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
  • IP ROI
    • Moderator: Robert Greene Sterne from Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
• Building Globally Robust Patent Portfolios: A Strategic Perspective
  • Featuring:
    • Paul Golian, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    • Christine Lhulier, DuPont Industrial Biosciences
    • Jason Skinder, Aptiv
    • Sal Bezos, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
    • Moderator: Matthew Bodenstein, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
• Crystal Ball Predictions: IP in 2019 and 2025
  • Featuring:
    • Hon. Judge Paul Michel (Ret.), United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    • Robert Greene Sterne, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox

To download conference materials, please click here.