PTAB/TTAB Stadium Tour
Program Agenda
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
October 3, 2019
Time | Topic | Speakers |
| 9 - 9:50 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
10 – 10:15 a.m. | Welcome | Dean Kimberly Yurako; Assistant Regional Director James Wilson |
10:15 - 10:40 a.m. | Overview of USPTO and Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) | Lead Judge Georgianna Braden |
10:40 - 11:00 a.m. | Overview of Trademark Trial and Appeals Board (TTAB) | Judge Albert Zervas |
| 11 – 11:10 a.m | Break | |
11:10 - 11:20 a.m. | Introduction of TTAB Ex Parte Appeals Proceedings | Law Student #1 |
| 11:20 - 11:50 a.m. | TTAB Ex Parte Appeals Proceeding | TTAB Panel |
11:50 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Introduction of PTAB Ex Parte Appeals Proceeding | Law Student #2 |
12 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. | PTAB Ex Parte Appeals Proceeding | PTAB Panel |
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch with Law Students | |
1:30 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. | Welcome back; and Introduction to TTAB Trial Proceeding | Lead Judge Georgianna Braden; Law Student #3 |
| 1:40 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | TTAB Trial Proceeding | TTAB Panel |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Panel discussion on Advocacy | Moderator TTAB Judges PTAB Judges |
| 3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Break | |
| 3:45 p.m. - 3:55 p.m. | Introduction to PTAB Trial Proceeding | Law Student #4 |
| 3:55 p.m. - 6 p.m. | PTAB Trial Proceeding | PTAB Panel |
| 6 p.m. - 6:10 p.m. | Closing Remarks | Professor Pedraza-Farina; Assistant Regional Director James Wilson |
| 6:10 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Reception |