Practitioners' Think Tank on ITC Litigation & Enforcement Conference 2025

The Premier Forum for ITC Litigation Strategies and Best Practices for Managing Section 337 Investigations.

March 31-April 1, 2025 - Washington, DC, United States

Be Part of the ITC Community's Most Prestigious Event

Returning to Washington, the 17th Annual Practitioners' Think Tank on ITC Litigation & Enforcement is your opportunity to learn from and network with key members of the ITC Bench, senior ITC Attorneys and leading In-House Counsel.

Develop best practice strategies and gain industry insight with focused keynote sessions and dynamic panel discussions on timely issues including public interest considerations, domestic industry decisions and new developments at the ITC. Walk away with the knowledge you need to successfully manage Section 337 Investigations.

We look forward to seeing you in Washington, March 31?-?April 1, 2025!

You Can't Afford To Miss Out on These New Program Highlights

Two-part In-House Roundtable Series
The End of Chevron Deference: The Impact of Loper Bright v. Raimondo on ITC Litigation
Illuminating the Scope of the Domestic Industry Requirement
Navigating Parallel Proceedings and Concurrent Investigations: Strategies for Maneuvering Through the ITC, PTAB and District Courts
Public Interest Considerations In 337 Investigations and Decisions

A Must-Attend Event for

Law Firms

Attorneys practicing before the ITC
IP Attorneys

In-House Counsel
Responsibility for IP and matters before the ITC from the following industries:

Software/Technology
Automotive
Life Sciences
Financial Services
Telecommunications
Manufacturing
Legal Services
Consumer Goods

Speakers
Co-Chairs

Jessica C. Hill, Of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP (President-Elect / ITC TLA
Aarti Shah, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, President-Elect | ITC TLA

Speakers

Veronica Ascarrunz, Partner, Firmwide Co-Chair, ITC Litigation Practice Perkins Coie LLP, Immediate Past President, ITC TLA
Niky Bagley, Managing Counsel Toyota Motor North America
Marc Cavan, Director Longford Capital Management, LP
Michael Connelly, President WIT Legal
Jorge L. Contreras, James T. Jensen Endowed Professor for Transactional Law and Director of the Program on Intellectual Property and Technology Law University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law
Michael R. Franzinger, Partner Dentons
Jay Gagen, Partner, Litigation Department Paul Hastings, LLP
Joshua Harris, Director Burford Capital New York
Ryan Herrington, Senior Managing Partner FTI Consulting
Honorable Doris Johnson Hines, Administrative Law Judge U.S. International Trade Commission
Arvind Iyengar, Senior Legal Counsel Samsung Electronics
Brian Johnson, Partner Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
Amy A. Karpel, Chair U.S. International Trade Commission
Helena Kiepura, Partner DLA Piper LLP
Reginald David Lucas, Counsel Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP
Scott P. McBride, Shareholder McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.
Drew D. Mooney, Senior Managing Director FTI Consulting, Inc.
Honorable Bryan F. Moore, Administrative Law Judge US International Trade Commission
Barbara A. Murphy, Founding Partner Foster, Murphy, Altman & Nickel, PC
Joshua J. Newcomer, Principal McKool Smith
Christina A. Ondrick, Partner Spencer Fane
Wilhelm L. Rao, Shareholder McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.
Kecia Reynolds, Partner, Litigation Department Paul Hastings LLP
Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, Former Commissioner US International Trade Commission
Daniel F. Smith, Shareholder Polsinelli
Jonathan Stroud, General Counsel Unified Patents
Teresa Summers, Partner Summers Law Group LLP
Dax Terrill, Chief, Exclusion Order Enforcement Branch Regulations and Rulings – Office of Trade U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Mitch Verboncoeur, Principal McKool Smith
Megan S. Woodworth, Partner Venable LLP
Shawnna Yashar, Director of Global IP Litigation & IP Enforcement Lenovo

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Venue

DC Bar Association
901 4th Street NW Suite 700, 20001
Washington, DC, USA

Accommodations

We are pleased to offer our delegates a limited number of hotel rooms at a negotiated rate at Homewood Suites by Hilton. To take advantage of these rates, please contact the hotel directly and quote the group code “ACI.”

Homewood Suites by Hilton Washington DC, Convention Center
465 New York Avenue Northwest
Washington, DC 20001 | View map
Reservations: 1-800-HILTON
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Please note that the guest room block cut-off date is March 14, 2025. After that date OR when the room block fills, guestroom availability and rate can no longer be guaranteed.