The American Conference Institute (ACI) will be presenting its 9th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes Master Symposium on October 24-25, 2023 in Chicago, IL. As in the past, this curated program will not only address "hot" topics but also will put the issues within the context of pre-suit considerations, case filings, final adjudication, and every step in between.
This year's co-chairs are Laura DeMoor, IP Associate General Counsel, Baxter Healthcare Corp.; Andrea D. Tiglio, Executive Director, Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual Property, Jazz Pharmaceuticals; and Honorable Theresa Rea, Partner, Crowell and Moring.
Sessions include the following topics:
• Patents, Drug Pricing, and Price Controls: Understanding the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Will Impact The Value of Pharmaceutical IP
• Insights on the Future of §112: Satisfying the Requirements of Enablement and Written Description under Amgen v. Sanofi
• The Pain of Rejection: A Deep Dive into the Business and Legal Implications of the Supreme Court's Denial of Cert. in Recent Patent Eligibility and Carve-Out Cases
• What Every U.S. Pharmaceutical Patent Litigator Needs to Know About the Unitary Patent (UP) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC)
• Patent Reissue and Reexamination in the Hatch-Waxman Realm: Strategies for When to Pursue and Correct Patent Errors
• Brand and Generic Insights on FDA Programs Impacting Pharmaceutical Patents: Regulatory Initiatives and Recent FDA Litigation Every PIV Practitioner Needs to Know About
• A 360 Degree Examination of Reverse-Payment Settlements: Non-Monetary Provisions, State Legislation, Expert Testimony, and Recent Litigation
• A Comprehensive Handbook for Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation Funding and Alternative Fee Arrangements
• Ethics Case Studies on Cybersecurity, Information Security, and the Ethical Protection of Data
Also included are a Chief IP Counsel Roundtable on day-to-day concerns and forward-looking strategic planning; a Magistrate Town Hall on Understanding the Roles of the Magistrate Judges and Local Counsel in Paragraph IV Proceedings featuring the Hon. Christopher Burke from the District Court of Delaware; a View from the Federal Bench on District Court Judges on the Present State of Paragraph IV Litigation: Filing Trends, Settlements and Timings, featuring the Hons. Tonianne J. Bongiovanni from the District Court of NJ and Joshua Wolson of the Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania; an FTC Keynote address on Antitrust Developments concerning Brands and Generics from Rebecca Egeland; and a collection of APJs from the PTAB speaking about practices, policy, and procedures, including the Hons. Linda Horner and Grace Obermann.
The brochure, agenda, and registration information can be found here. The fee for the conference is $2,395 for registering and payment by October 25, 2023, with a special in-house counsel rate of $1,895. ACI can be contacted by e-mail at [email protected] and by telephone at 1-888-224-2480.
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