Level Up Series: Developments at the ITC - Licensed-Based Domestic Industry

This webinar will provide an overview of the domestic industry requirement at the ITC and how it has developed over the years, enabling various types of Complainant entities to access the ITC’s unique remedies. The webinar will focus in particular on developments in the case law regarding the use of license-based domestic industries and legislative proposals relating to this issue.

Speakers:

Connor Houghton

Connor Houghton is an associate in RJLF’s Washington, D.C. office and focuses on intellectual property litigation in a wide variety of technologies and has participated in cases before federal district and appellate courts, the International Trade Commission, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He specializes in cases before the ITC, where he has experience coordinating fact discovery, drafting motions, working with expert witnesses, conducting and defending fact and expert depositions, and participating in hearings. Houghton has managed filing and defending inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Office.

Philip Eklem

Philip Eklem is an associate in RJLF’s Washington, D.C. office and specializes in patent litigation in U.S. district courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. His experience includes all phases of patent litigation, including pre-suit, fact and expert discovery, and pre- and post-trial phases. Eklem practice covers a broad technology spectrum, including mechanical and electrical systems, consumer electronics, medical devices, aeronautics, automotive systems, web tech, and cloud computing.

Hannah D. Carlin

Hannah Carlin joined Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC as an associate in 2020.  Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Carlin served as a law clerk to Judge Bruce M. Selya on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and Chief Justice Mark V. Green on the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Ms. Carlin graduated magna cum laude from Boston University School of Law, where she was Managing Editor of the Boston University Law Review.  She earned her undergraduate degree in psychology and political science from Tufts University, graduating summa cum laude.