Date: Thursday, September 16
Time: 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Program
4:00 p.m. - Reception
Location: Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel,
Taipei
201 Tun Hwa South Road, Section 2,
Taipei 106,
Taiwan, R.O.C.
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Date: Friday, September 17
Time: 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Program
4:00 p.m. - Reception
Location: Sheraton Hsinchu Hotel
No.265, Dong Sec. 1, Guangming 6th Rd., Zhubei City, Hsinchu County, Taiwan 302
Please note: The program will begin with a western style lunch and conclude with a reception. The subject matter in both workshops will be identical. Space is limited.
Topics of Discussion Include:
- Strategies for respondents in Section 337 investigations
- Markman hearings in Section 337 investigations/recent trends at the ITC
- Foreign companies can use Section 337 successfully/case studies of foreign complainants who win at the ITC
- Inside the ITC/how decisions get made, who makes them, and how do you affect the decision makers
Meet our panelists:
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Charles Schill, Partner
Steptoe & Johnson LLP,
Washington,
DC
Mr. Schill is an experienced international trade and patent litigator with more than 35 years of law firm, corporate, and government experience, including service as a Senior Staff Attorney in the Office of Legal Services and the Office of General Counsel at the US International Trade Commission (USITC). During his career, Mr. Schill has successfully argued a patent case before the US Supreme Court, and has been counsel on more than 87 unfair trade practice cases under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 at the USITC. Of those 87 cases, Mr. Schill has handled 54 while in private practice and won or favorably settled all but two. |
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John Caracappa, Partner
Steptoe & Johnson LLP,
Washington,
DC
Mr. Caracappa's practice focuses on litigation and client counseling. Mr. Caracappa has significant experience handling all aspects of patent litigation, including managing large joint defense groups, and is currently a first–chair litigator for one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers. He regularly litigates before the International Trade Commission, and has litigated in a number of federal courts across the country, including the Eastern District of Texas, the District of Delaware, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. |
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Stanley Kuo, Foreign Legal Consultant
Steptoe & Johnson LLP,
Washington,
DC
Mr. Kuo’s practice focuses primarily on assisting with patent infringement cases and intellectual property licensing and counseling, including actions arising under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 before the US International Trade Commission.
Mr. Kuo draws upon years of experiences practicing law in
Taiwan and representing clients in cases involving intellectual property and a wide range of technologies including: computer software/hardware devices; semiconductors; computer networking; consumer electronic devices; and power electronics.
Prior to joining Steptoe, Mr. Kuo worked as Senior Legal Counsel of Inventec Corporation, primarily representing the company in technology-oriented transactions, intellectual property licensing and litigations. Mr. Kuo also worked as an associate at a prominent
Taiwan law firm, where his work included intellectual property litigations as well as client counseling. | |
Please click here to register for this complimentary event.
Please indicate which workshop you plan to attend in your registration.
If you have questions about the workshop, please e-mail events@steptoe.com.
For more information about Steptoe's Intellectual Property practice, click here.
