PTAB/TTAB Stadium Tour
Program Agenda
Tulane Law School
Weinmann Hall, Room 110
February 28, 2018
Time | Topic | Speaker |
10 – 10:15 a.m. | Welcome | Prof. Seicshnaydre; Regional Director Hope Shimabuku |
10:15 – 10:40 a.m. | Overview of the USPTO and the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board (TTAB) | Chief Judge Gerard Rogers |
10:40 – 11:00 a.m. | Overview of the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) | Lead Judge Georgianna Braden |
11:00 – 11:10 a.m. | Introduction of TTAB Ex Parte Appeals Proceeding | Law Student #1 |
11:10 – 11:40 a.m. | TTAB Ex Parte Appeals Proceeding | TTAB Panel |
| 11:40 – 11:50 a.m. | Introduction of PTAB Ex Parte Appeals Proceeding | Law Student #2 |
11:50 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. | PTAB Ex Parte Appeals Proceeding | PTAB Panel |
12:10 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch with Law Students | Law Students Moderate Panel with Judges |
1:30 – 1:40 p.m. | Welcome Back; and Introduction of TTAB Trial Proceeding | Lead Judge Georgianna Braden; Law Student #3 |
1:40 – 2:40 p.m. | TTAB Trial Proceeding | TTAB Panel |
2:40 – 3:40 p.m. | Panel Discussions on Advocacy NOTE: TTAB separate from PTAB—30 minutes each | TTAB Judges PTAB Judges |
3:40 – 4:00 p.m. | BREAK | |
4:00 – 4:10 p.m. | Introduction of PTAB Trial Proceeding | Law Student #4 |
4:10 pm – 5:40 p.m. | PTAB Trial Proceeding | PTAB Panel |
| 5:40 – 5:45 p.m. | Closing Remarks | Prof. Seicshnaydre; Regional Director Hope Shimabuku |
| 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. | Reception at Tomas Bistro (755 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70130) | Louisiana State Bar Association - IP Section Chair Emily Lippold Gummer |