Stanford IP Law and the Biosciences Conference
Stanford Law School May 4, 2016
Draft Agenda
8:30am – 9:00am Registration and Breakfast
9:00am – 9:15am Opening Remarks
Professor Mark A. Lemley, Stanford Law School; Durie Tangri LLP William “Bill” Lee, WilmerHale Dean M. Elizabeth Magill, Stanford Law School
9:15am – 10:30a Patent Litigation in the Biosciences Circa 2016: A View from the Bench
Moderator: William “Bill” Lee, WilmerHale
Speakers: Hon. Arthur Gajarsa, Partner, WilmerHale; former United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Hon. Paul Singh Grewal, United States District Court Northern District of California Hon. Andrew J. Guilford, United States District Court for the Central District of California, Southern Division Hon. Faith S. Hochberg, former United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey Hon. Susan Illston, United States District Court for the Northern District of California Hon. James V. Selna, United States District Court for the Central District of California Hon. Gregory M. Sleet, United States District Court for the District of Delaware
10:45am – 11:00am Break
11:00am – 12:30am Biosimilars: The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA), the “Patent Dance” and the Protections of the Pre- litigation Process - an International Comparison
Moderator: Robert “Bob” M. Galvin, WilmerHale
Speakers: Trevor Cook, WilmerHale Professor Arti K. Rai, Duke Law Professor Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, Stanford Law School
12:30pm – 2:00pm Luncheon and Keynote
Professor Christina Smolke, Associate Professor of Bioengineering and, by courtesy, of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
2:00pm – 3:30pm Patentable Subject Matter in a Post-Myriad and Post-Alice World
Moderator: Robert J. Gunther, Jr., WilmerHale
Speakers: Professor Mark A. Lemley, Stanford Law School; Durie Tangri LLP Professor John F. Duffy, University of Virginia School of Law Michael Lisi, Roche Molecular Diagnostics
3:30pm – 3:45pm Break
3:45pm – 5:15pm Trade Secrecy, Data Exclusivity, Regulation and other Alternatives to Patent Protection in the Biotech Space
Moderator: Dr. Michelle S. Rhyu, Cooley LLP
Speakers: Victoria L. Brewster, FisherBroyles, LLP Professor Rebecca S. Eisenberg, Michigan Law Professor John R. “Jay” Thomas, Georgetown Law Deborah Fishman, Kaye Scholer LLP
5:15pm Adjournment