The Sedona Conference WG9 and WG10 Joint Annual Meeting 2022

Date:

Monday, June 6, 2022 - 8:30am to Tuesday, June 7, 2022 - 1:00pm

Location: The Offices of WilmerHale in Boston, Massachusetts (In-Person) and Online (Zoom)

Registration is open for the Sedona Conference WG9 and WG10 Joint Annual Meeting 2022 at The Offices of WilmerHale in Boston, Massachusetts on Monday-Tuesday, June 6-7, 2022. A welcome reception will be held in the evening of Sunday, June 5, from 6:30-8:30 pm.

Online meeting attendance (via Zoom) will also be available.

The primary focus of this Meeting will be for our numerous current WG9/10 drafting teams to lead a document-based dialogue to obtain member comment and advance the following draft commentaries toward publication for public comment:

A.) U.S. Patent Litigation:

Unified Framework for Analysis of Section 101 Patent Eligibility Determinations
Streamlining Lower-Value Patent Cases
The Evolving Relationship Between Federal Courts and Administrative Agencies
Case Management of Patent Damages and Remedies Issues

B.) Global Patent Litigation:

Guidelines for the Efficient Resolution of Disputes before the Forthcoming Unified Patent Court
Framework for Analysis for Strategic and Tactical Considerations in Selecting Venues for Global Patent Litigation
Cross-Border Discovery in U.S. Patent and Trade Secrets Cases
SEP/FRAND Licensing and Royalty Issues - “Global Edition”

Kathi Vidal, the new Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, has also graciously agreed to be interviewed on the second day of the meeting, Tuesday, June 7 at 9:45-10 AM EDT.

We will close the Conference with a Judicial Roundtable, comprising some of our Judicial Advisors who have graciously and generously participated in our WG9/10 efforts to date.

Please help us ensure that each of our forthcoming publications reflect the consensus, nonpartisan approach of The Sedona Conference, and join the dialogue!

Wilmer Hale currently requires that everyone who enters its office be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and present proof of vaccination and a photo ID to enter. Individuals who cannot be vaccinated for medical or sincerely held religious reasons should contact Wilmer Hale Conference Services at 937-395-2115 at least one business day in advance of the meeting to make arrangements. All visitors also need to submit a visitor registration form agreeing to comply with COVID-related policies and protocols, found here: https://wilmerhalecommunications.com/92/4279/landing-pages/us-visitor-form.asp.

Also, In order to attend the meeting in-person or online, you will need to be a current member of WG9 or WG10. Please become a member by signing up for a Working Group Series (WGS) membership. Once a WGS member, one is eligible to become a member and take part in the activities of all Working Groups, including WG9 and WG10.

We hope you can join us in person or online in June!

Hon. Alan D. Albright U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas Waco, TX, USA	Koen Bijvank Brinkhof Amsterdam, Netherlands	Thomas A. Brown Dell Hopkinton, MA, USA	Hon. Christopher J. Burke U.S. District Court, for the District of Delaware Wilmington, DE, USA
Vittorio Cerulli Irelli TREVISAN & CUONZO Rome, Italy	Hon. Clark S. Cheney USITC Washington, DC, USA	Monte Cooper Goodwin Procter LLP Redwood City, CA, USA	Patricio Delgado Ericsson Dallas, TX, USA
Brian E. Ferguson Winston & Strawn LLP Washington, DC, USA	Barbara A. Fiacco Foley Hoag LLP Boston, MA, USA	Hon. Beth Labson Freeman U.S. District Court, Northern District of California San Jose, CA, USA	Nicholas Groombridge Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone, LLP New York, NY, USA
Benjamin Grzimek Fieldfisher Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB Düsseldorf, Germany	Azra Hadzimehmedovic Tensegrity Law Group, LLP McLean, VA, USA	Dawn Rice Hall FTI Consulting New York, NY, USA	Byron Holz Nokia Atlanta, GA, USA
Haifeng Huang Jones Day Hong Kong	Hon. Kent A. Jordan U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Wilmington, DE, USA	Russell E. Levine Kirkland & Ellis LLP Chicago, IL, USA	Frances E. Marshall Apple Inc. Washington, DC, USA
Joseph Matal Haynes Boone Washington, DC, USA	Amandine Métier Hoyng Rokh Monegier Paris, France	Rubén Muñoz Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Philadelphia, PA, USA	Aaron Nathan Tensegrity Law Group, LLP McLean, VA, USA
Hon. George O'Toole US District Court, District of Massachusetts Boston, MA USA	Jim Oliva American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Rossmoor, CA, USA	Matthew D. Powers Tensegrity Law Group LLP San Francisco, CA, USA	Terry Rea Rea Consulting, LLC Washington, DC, USA
Roberto Rodrigues RNA LAW Rio de Janeiro, BR	Dr. Beatriz San Martin Arnold & Porter London, United Kingdom	Richard J. Stark Retired New York City, NY, USA	Massimo Sterpi Gianni & Origoni Rome, Italy
Jonathan Stroud Unified Patents, LLC Washington, DC, USA	Richard Vary Bird & Bird LLP London, United Kingdom	Kathi Vidal Winston & Strawn LLP Washington, DC, USA	Laura Whiting Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer London, United Kingdom
Philipp Widera Vossius & Partner mbB Düsseldorf, Germany	Dr. Tobias Johannes Wuttke Bardehle Pagenberg PartG mbB Munich, Germany

Agenda - WG9+10 Ann Meeting 2022

Time	Session	Panelists
	Sunday, June 5, 2022 (all times EDT)
6:00 — 8:00 pm	Welcome Reception (location TBD)
	Monday, June 6, 2022 (all times EDT)
7:30 — 8:30	Breakfast
8:30 — 8:45	Welcome and Introductions	Weinlein
8:45 — 10:00	[Panel 1] Guidelines for the Efficient Resolution of Disputes before the Forthcoming Unified Patent Court	Bijvank, Cerulli Irelli, Metier, Widera, Wuttke
10:00 — 10:15	Break
10:15 — 11:30	[Panel 2] Global SEP/FRAND Issues	Delgado, Grzimek*, Huang, Marshall, Oliva, Stark, Vary, Whiting
11:30 — 1:00	Lunch
1:00 — 2:30	[Panel 3] Streamlining Lower-Value Patent Cases	Albright (J), Burke (J), Ferguson, Freeman (J), Powers
2:30 — 2:45	Break
2:45 — 4:00	[Panel 4] Case Management of Patent Damages and Remedies Issues	Hadzimehmedovic, Hall, Holz, Levine, O'Toole (J)
4:00 — 5:30	[Panel 5] Unified Framework for Analysis of Section 101 Patent Eligibility Determinations	Brown, Groombridge, Matal, Rea

Time	Session	Panelists
	Tuesday, June 7, 2022 (all times EDT)
7:30 — 8:30	Breakfast
8:30 — 9:45	[Panel 6] Unique Problems and Opportunities Posed by Global Patent Litigation	Cooper, Metier, Rodriguez, San Martin*, Sterpi, Wuttke
9:45 — 10:30	Interview with Kathi Vidal, the new Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office	Fiacco, Vidal
10:30 — 10:45	Break
10:45 — 12:00	[Panel 7] The Evolving Relationship Between Federal Courts and Administrative Agencies	Burke (J), Cheney (J), Munoz, Nathan, Stroud*
12:00 — 1:15	[Panel 8] Judicial Roundtable	Albright (J), Burke (J), Cheney (J), Freeman (J), Jordan (J), O'Toole (J), Powers*
1:15 — 1:20	Closing Statements	Weinlein
1:20 — 2:15	Lunch
*Panel Moderator

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