RALEIGH — The Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law Intellectual Property Law Society and the Triangle Intellectual Property Law Association will host an intellectual property law symposium, “AI and Patents: Promises and Pitfalls,” from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, at Campbell Law School, Room 105, 225 Hillsborough St., in Raleigh.
The symposium, which will focus on artificial intelligence, software, and patent law, includes a catered lunch and is eligible for 3.25 hours of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit from the North Carolina Bar Association. Registration is available http://bit.ly/2018IPCLE
The symposium includes three panels and a keynote lunch speaker, Professor Ann Bartow of the University of New Hampshire School of Law, covering the following topics:
- Patentable Subject Matter for Computer Related Inventions
- Protecting AI Software & Protecting Inventions Created with the Help of AI
- AI in Patent Practice Today
- Bias Against Women Inventors
Speakers include:
- Jeanine Ray, Yarletts, senior counsel at IBM;
- Patrick McBride, director of patents at Red Hat Inc.;
- Dwight Thompson, SAS patent counsel;
- Andre Gibbs, Dell senior legal director, intellectual property;
- Professor Michael Schuster, Oklahoma State University School of Business;
- Brandee Woolard, Coats & Bennett
- JiNan Glasgow, CEO and founder of Neopatents
AGENDA
[8:30-8:50] Registration & Coffee
[8:50-9:00] Welcome and Remarks: Dean Rich Leonard & Professor Lucas Osborn
[9:00-9:50] Session 1: Patentable Subject Matter for Computer Related Inventions
- [Moderator: Ashley Stallings, NC State Technology Transfer office]
- Post-Alice Patent Litigation & Prosecution Strategies
- Speaker: Brandee Woolard, Coats and Bennett
- Post-Alice Prosecution Strategies
- Speaker: Andre Gibbs, Dell Senior Legal Director, Intellectual Property
- Patent Risk Assessment & Mitigation
- Speaker: Patrick McBride, Director of Patents at Red Hat, Inc.
[10:00-11:00] Session 2: AI in Patent Practice
- [Moderator: Lorie Goins, IBM]
- How to protect AI software
- Co-Speaker: Dwight Thompson, SAS Patent Counsel
- Co-Speaker: Jeanine Ray-Yarletts, Senior Counsel at IBM
- AI tools in patent prosecution
- Speaker: JiNan Glasgow CEO and founder of Neopatents
- AI tools in patent litigation
- Speaker: Professor Lucas Osborn, Campbell Law School
[11:10-11:50] Session 3: Protecting Inventions Created with the Help of AI
- [Introducer: Prof. Lucas Osborn]
- Protecting Inventions Created with the Help of AI
- Speaker: Professor Michael Schuster, Oklahoma State School of Business
12:00 Lunch
[12:15-1:00] Keynote Speaker: Bias Against Women Inventors
- Keynote speaker: Ann Bartow, Professor Law, Director, Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property.