The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) will be holding its third annual IP & Diagnostics Symposium from 8:15 am to 2:30 pm on September 18, 2015 at the Hilton Alexandria Old Town Hotel in Alexandria, VA. The Symposium will review the current patent law landscape and evaluate the impact on both the genetic diagnostics and biopharmaceutical sectors. The program will review IP issues for diagnostics and companion diagnostics, and explore new collaborations and regulatory developments. In hosting the event, BIO aims to inform industry and government alike on how to move the science forward in the current climate. The Symposium will offer the following presentations and sessions:
• Session 1 -- Strategies for Prevailing on Subject Matter Eligibility Before the PTO and in Litigation -- Patent Docs author Donald Zuhn of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will moderate a panel consisting of Gloria Fuentes, Legal Director, Patents, Merck; Eric Citron of Goldstein & Russell, P.C.; and Patent Docs author Kevin Noonan of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP (session sponsored by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP).
• Session 2 -- The Next Phase - How USPTO and PTAB are Identifying Patent Eligible Subject Matter -- Jennifer L. Fox of Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione will moderate a panel to be announced.
• Session 3 -- Diagnostic Tests-What’s Left to Patent? -- Warren Woessner of Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. will moderate a panel consisting of Benjamin Jackson, Vice President Legal Affairs, Myriad Genetics; and Leslie Fischer, Senior Patent Attorney, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
• Session 4 (Working Luncheon) -- Potential Impacts of Regulatory Changes -- Krista Carver of Covington & Burling LLP will moderate a panel consisting of Ellen Flannery of Covington & Burling LLP; E. David Litwack, Policy Advisor, Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health, Center for Devices and Radiological Health; and Allen Nunnally, Associate General Counsel, IP & Corporate, Foundation Medicine, Inc.
An agenda for the Symposium, including a list of speakers, moderators, and panelists can be obtained here. Registration information can be found here.
Don and Kevin - can you please ask the the conference be recorded for those of us who cannot attend?
Posted by: Diana Cox | August 23, 2015 at 10:06 AM