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Day 1 - Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Day 2 - Thursday, April 20, 2023
Post-Conference Workshops
Workshop A (IN-PERSON ONLY) — Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Implementing Change and Expanding Innovation
Apr 21, 2023 9:00am – 12:00 PM
Workshop B (IN-PERSON ONLY) — A Comprehensive Handbook for Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation Funding Arrangements
Apr 21, 2023 1:00pm – 04:00 PM
Day 1 - Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Day 2 - Thursday, April 20, 2023
Workshop A (IN-PERSON ONLY) — Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Implementing Change and Expanding Innovation
What is it about?
The Director of the National Institute of Health (NIH) recently announced that the agency plans “new ways to support diversity, equity, and inclusion,” and will also correct policies within the agency “that may harm our workforce and our science.” The growing call to action seems clear: the pharmaceutical IP community must support equity-mindedness and conscious inclusion if they are to realize the full benefits of a diverse workforce. In this interactive session, points of discussion will include:
- Growing the awareness of the pharmaceutical IP practitioners among underrepresented racial and ethnic groups
- Championing their representation in the pharmaceutical IP work force
- Advocating for diverse and young attorneys appearing in the court room
- Reviewing data showing the benefits of a diverse workforce
- Accelerating the advancement of a more diverse pharmaceutical IP community via mentoring and networking
- Understanding what specific evidence of diversity pharmaceutical companies, and IP departments, are seeking from their law firm counterparts
- Implementing organizational changes that promote diversity
- How clients can seek out partnerships with firms that promote:
- Utilizing NAMWOLF lists
- Abiding by the Mansfield Declaration
- Using a DuPont Legal Model
- Identifying best practices for evaluating your outside firm’s efforts in promoting diversity
- Reviewing firm statistics on women, minorities, sexual orientation, etc.
- Sharing data-driven strategies to address current diversity challenges in STEM
Workshop B (IN-PERSON ONLY) — A Comprehensive Handbook for Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation Funding Arrangements
What is it about?
Litigation funding can help businesses pay for legal fees and expenses, including increasingly costly expert fees. Financing can provide risk averse litigants with the confidence to see cases through to their conclusion, even against the best-capitalized defendants. In this interactive workshop, topics of discussion will include:
- Reviewing litigation funding and its advantages for litigants
- Recognizing the essential criteria of a feasible funding opportunity based on meritorious claims
- Analyzing the mechanics of the financer’s underwriting process
- Exploring the key modules of a pharmaceutical patent litigation funding agreement