USC Gould School of Law's Center for Transnational Law and Business presents Securing National Security Through Strengthening IPR and Maintaining US Innovation Leadership on Thursday, June 20, 2024, from 9:00 am-2:30 pm at the USC Capital Campus, Penthouse Floor.

The event will take place in-person and livestreamed via Zoom.  To Register Online: https://ctlbdcconference.eventbrite.com/

Agenda
9:00 - 9:30 AM
Registration and Breakfast

9:30 - 9:35 AM
Welcome Remarks
Brian Peck, Center for Transnational Law and Business Executive Director

9:35 - 9:55 AM
Opening Keynote: State of the U.S. Global Competitiveness and Innovation Leadership
Dominic Keating, Acting Deputy Chief Policy Officer for Operations, USPTO

10:00 - 11:10 AM
Panel 1: The Key Role of IPR in Driving U.S. Technology Leadership and Securing National Security
Moderator: Hon. Andrei Iancu, Sullivan & Cromwell
Dr. John Hamre, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Hon. David Norquist, National Defense Industrial Association
Tarek Fahmy, Director, Office of International Intellectual Property Enforcement, Dept. of State

11:10 - 11:20 AM
Break

11:20 AM - 12:30 PM
Panel 2: Global Trends in Patent Policies That Impact U.S. Competitiveness
Moderator: Dr. Urska Petrovcic, Qualcomm
Hon. Klaus Grabinski, Court of Appeal, Unified Patent Court
Hon. Paul Michel, Ret., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Charles Eloshway, USPTO

12:30 - 1:15 PM
Lunch

1:20 - 2:30 PM
Panel 3: Maintaining A Global Rules-Based Ecosystem to Strengthen and Protect IPR
Moderator: Adam Mossoff, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
Robert Atkinson, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Rob Stien, InterDigitial
Daniel Mullaney, Atlantic Council

2:30 - 2:35 PM
Closing Remarks
Brian Peck, Center for Transnational Law and Business Executive Director