Moderator
Emily Johnson, Senior Counsel, Amgen Inc.
Panelists
NEW PANELIST: Vice Chief Judge Scott Weidenfeller, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
NEW PANELIST: Vice Chief Judge William Fink, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Allyson Ho, Partner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Christopher Suarez, Associate, Williams & Connolly LLP
Gregory Castanias, Partner, Jones Day
Russell Cass, Member, Clark Hill PLC
The panel will discuss the Supreme Court’s decisions in Oil States and SAS Institute, including their holdings and the issues left for another day, potential implications for patent owners and petitioners involved in IPR proceedings, anticipated changes to PTAB adjudication of IPR challenges, likely impact on district court litigations and appeals to the Federal Circuit, the next expected constitutional challenges to IPR proceedings, and potential consequences of labeling patent grants as “public rights” and “public franchises.”