The USC Gould
School of Law will be holding its 2013 Intellectual Property Institute on March
14, 2013 at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA.  The Institute will offer presentations on the
following topics:

• New Pathways in
Patent Litigation — panel featuring Hon. William Alsup, U.S. District Court
(N.D. Cal.); Hon. Rodney Gilstrap, U.S. District Court (E.D. Tex.); Hon. Andrew
J. Guilford, U.S. District Court (C.D. Cal.); Hon. John A. Kronstadt, U.S.
District Court (C.D. Cal.); and Hon. Randall R. Rader, Chief Judge, U.S.
Court of Appeals (Fed. Cir.)

• The IP Year in
Review — featuring Prof. Mark A. Lemley, Stanford Law School; Prof. J. Thomas
McCarthy, University of San Francisco School of Law; and Prof. David Nimmer,
UCLA School of Law

• Luncheon and
Keynote Address — Hon. Randall R. Rader, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit

• Strategic Patent
Litigation Issues

• ITC Practice: Why
the ITC is such a "Hot" Forum

• AIA Navigation
Strategies — panel including Michelle K. Lee, Director of the Silicon Valley
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Following the
sessions, there will be a networking reception and a musical set by Chief Judge
Rader and his band.

A brochure for the
Institute, including a program and list of speakers, can be found here, and additional
information about the Institute can be found here.  Those
interested in registering for the Institute can do so here.