Arbitrating Patent Disputes:
Innovative Approaches and New Concerns
Four-location, video-linked conference featuring speakers from the United States and Europe
PANEL 1: Innovative Approaches to Patent Arbitration: Lessons from the Trenches
The program will discuss specific ways to use the flexibility of arbitration to resolve patent-related disputes in a more efficient way than can be done in litigation. Topics to be discussed include effective case management techniques that involve a standard arbitration clause as well as innovative arbitration clauses that include special procedures.
Moderator: Marc Peters, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Palo Alto
Speakers: P. Jean Baker, American Arbitration Association, Washington, DC
Ignacio de Castro, Deputy Director, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, Geneva
Scott Donahey, Independent Arbitrator, Palo Alto
Cynthia Lopez, Global Head Licensing and Litigation, Novartis Services, Inc
Harrie Samaras, Independent Arbitrator, Pennsylvania
PANEL 2: Patent Law: A Public Policy Basis for Vacatur?
The program will examine the circumstances under which a patent arbitration award may (or should) be denied recognition or enforcement under the public policy exception of Article V of the New York Convention. Topics to be discussed include how the public policy exception has been interpreted by American and European courts; what aspects of patent law, if any, qualify as Mandatory Law; and the intersection of patent and competition law.
Moderator: Steven H. Reisberg, Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, New York
Speakers: Annet van Hooft, Bird & Bird, Paris
Sherman Kahn, Mauriel Kapouytian Woods LLP, New York
Grant L. Kim, LimNexus LLP, San Francisco
Charles R. Macedo, Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein, LLP, New York
EVENT DETAILS
Times and Locations: March 22, 2017
Morrison & Foerster LLP 425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA
Morrison & Foerster LLP 755 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA
Morrison & Foerster LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center 34 chemin des Colombettes CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Online: Link provided via email to registered users.
Sponsors: The European, New York, and North American Branches of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Hosted by: Morrison & Foerster LLP (San Francisco, Palo Alto, New York); and the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization (Geneva). Food and refreshments will be served
Credit: CLE Credit Pending (US live locations only)
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Space is limited. Registration for in-person attendance is subject to the registrant’s receipt of an e-mail confirmation from the local host. Thank you.
