Conference in Tokyo This Saturday

This coming Saturday, May 23, I will be speaking on the topic of "Extraterritoriality Under U.S. Law" at the 15th Waseda-Penn Global Patent Law Conference at Waseda University in Tokyo.  I'm looking forward to seeing some old friends and making some new ones.  Below is the conference schedule; registration is available here.

10:00 – Opening Remarks:

• Masahiko Gemma (Professor and Vice-President, Waseda University)

• The Hon. Minoru Masuda (Chief Judge, IP High Court of Japan)‍ ‍

10:15 - 13:00 - Morning Session: Interplay of Infringement and Validity Determination

Part 1a: Recent Developments in Patent Invalidity Determination

Chair: Christoph Rademacher (Professor of Law, Waseda University Faculty of Law)

Panelists:

• Sapna Kumar (Henry J. Fletcher Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School)

• The Hon. Todd Hughes (Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit)‍ ‍

• The Hon. Atsuhiro Furuta (Administrative Judge & Division Director, Japan Patent Office)

• Christof Karl (Attorney-at-Law (Rechtsanwalt) & German and European Patent Attorney, Bardehle Pagenberg)

Coffee Break

Part 1b: Claim Construction and Amendment in Infringement Proceedings

Chair: Ichiro Nakayama (Professor of Law, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Law)

Panelists:

• The Hon. Renee Bumb (Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey)

• Polk Wagner (Michael A. Fitts Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School)

• The Hon. Florence Butin (President, Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court)

• Frank-Erich Hufnagel (Attorney-at-Law (Rechtsanwalt), Freshfields)

• Kei Iida (Attorney-at-Law & Patent Attorney (Japan), Nakamura & Partners)

13:00 - 14:15 - Lunch Break

14:15 - 16:50 - Afternoon Session: Territoriality and Patent Enforcement

Part 2a: International Jurisdiction / European Courts as Global Arbitrators?

Chair: Matthias Leistner (Professor of Law, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Faculty of Law)

Panelists:

• The Hon. Rian Kalden (Presiding Judge, Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court)

• Tilman Mueller-Stoy (Attorney-at-Law (Rechtsanwalt), Bardehle Pagenberg)

• Xuting Wu (Senior Legal Counsel, Qualcomm)

• The Hon. Todd Hughes (Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit)

Coffee Break

Part 2b: Cross-border Infringement

Chair: Masabumi Suzuki (Professor of Law, Waseda University Faculty of Law)

Panelists:

• The Hon. Kenji Amano (Judge, IP High Court of Japan)

• Tom Cotter (Taft Stettinius & Hollister Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School)

• Ralf Uhrich (Head of Patent Litigation (EMEA), Google)

• Seiji Ohno (Attorney at Law (Japan), Ohno & Partners)

16:50 - Summary and Closing Remarks:

• Christopher S. Yoo (Imasogie Professor in Law and Technology, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School)

• The Hon. Makiko Takabe (former Chief Judge, IP High Court of Japan; Counsel, Nishimura & Asahi; Visiting Professor, Waseda University Faculty of Law)

17:00 - Post-Conference Reception @ Mori no Kaze