Design Law 2022 Materials
Design Law 2022 Materials
Design Law 2022 sessions revolved around the question: Is the US design patent system off course? And if so, how can we get it back on track?
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Check-in and Breakfast
9:00 AM – 9:20 AM
Welcome Remarks and Conference Introduction
Rob Katz, Shareholder, Banner Witcoff
Tracy Durkin, Director, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
9:20 AM – 10:15 AM
35 U.S.C. Section 102 – From Hupp to International Seaway, how did we get the new “anticipation test” and does it make sense for design patents before courts or the USPTO?
Perry Saidman, Founder, Of Counsel, Saidman DesignLaw Group
Ivy Estoesta, Director, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
Mark Janis, Robert A. Lucas Chair of Law and the Director of the Center for Intellectual Property Research, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Rob Katz, Shareholder, Banner Witcoff
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM
Morning Break
10:30 AM – 11:20 AM
After Surgisil and Curver, what is the scope of a design patent? How much does (and should) the title matter for validity and infringement of a design patent?
Chris Carani, Partner, McAndrews, Held, & Malloy, Ltd.
Richard Stockton, Shareholder, Banner Witcoff
Tracy Durkin, Director, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
11:20 AM – 12:00 PM
After Hoop, what constitutes design patent inventorship and should it be based on utility patent “conception” principals?
James Aquilina, Partner, Quarles & Brady
Tim Fletcher, President, One Business Design
Rob Katz, Shareholder, Banner Witcoff
Sonia Okolie, Attorney, Banner Witcoff
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Keynote Speaker
Valencia Martin Wallace, Deputy Commissioner for Patents, USPTO
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Lunch and Networking
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM
35 U.S.C. Section 103 – After Campbell, how do (and should) secondary considerations of non-obviousness matter in design cases and when can an incomplete disclosure serve as a proper Rosen reference?
Darrell Mottley, Shareholder, Banner Witcoff
Daniel Gajewski, Director, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
Tracy Durkin, Director, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Afternoon Break
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
35 U.S.C. Section 289 – should courts be applying the 4-factor test proposed by the DOJ in Apple/Samsung; is it workable and is it fair?
Elizabeth Ferrill, Partner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
George Raynal, Principal, Saidman DesignLaw Group
Mark Janis, Robert A. Lucas Chair of Law and the Director of the Center for Intellectual Property Research, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Rob Katz, Shareholder, Banner Witcoff
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Town Hall and Wrap-Up
Rob Katz, Shareholder, Banner Witcoff
Tracy Durkin, Director, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Closing Reception
