Intellectual Property & International Dispute Resolution - What Every Lawyer And Corporate Counsel Needs To Know

3 and 6 March 2025

Last updated 25 September 2025

Join us for this panel discussion!

Greenberg Traurig LLP, in conjunction with WIPO Center, Penn State Dickinson Law, and IPOS for the panel discussion, “Intellectual Property and International Dispute Resolution – What Every Lawyer and Corporate Counsel Needs to Know.”

How is dispute resolution shaping, and being shaped by, the development trajectory of frontier technologies? Hear what global IP leaders and legal experts from the US and Singapore are saying about tech, IP, and dispute resolution. Topics include emerging trends, best practices and insights related to AI, SEPs, NFTs, cryptocurrency and many more.

View highlights from our 2024 inaugural event in New York and Washington DC!

Seminars are complimentary. Please register to gain access to post-event recordings.
For enquiries, please email ipos_hmd@ipos.gov.sg with "USA 2025" in the subject header.

CLE CREDITS

3.0 Transitional Professional Practice CLE credits pending approval in New York (for newly admitted and experienced attorneys) (NYC Session Only).
2.5 General CLE credits pending approval in Illinois (Chicago Session Only).

3 March 2025 (Monday), 2.00 – 5.30pm EST

[HYBRID] Greenberg Traurig, One Vanderbilt Avenue, NY 10017 (3.0 CLE credits pending)

6 March 2025 (Thursday), 2.00 – 5.30pm CST

[HYBRID] Greenberg Traurig, 77 W Wacker Dr Ste 3100, Chicago, IL 60601 (2.5 CLE credits pending)

Our speakers

[KEYNOTE SPEAKERS]

Daren Tang
Director General
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Edwin Tong SC
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, and Second Minister for Law, Singapore

Hear from these experts, and more!

Adam Kelly Partner Venable LLP	Adriana Uson Director & Head (Americas) Singapore International Arbitration Centre	Carl Myers Global Head of Anti-Counterfeiting and Senior IP Counsel Stanley Black & Decker, Inc
Christian Hannon Senior Patent Attorney U.S. Patent and Trademark Office	Chuan Wee Meng CEO Singapore International Mediation Centre	Daniel Garrie Mediator, Arbitrator and Special Master JAMS; Managing Partner Law & Forensics LLC
Daryl Lim H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law Penn State Dickinson Law	David Kappos Partner Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP	Felicia J. Boyd Head of Brands, U.S. Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP; Chair of Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee AIPLA
Ignacio de Castro Director WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center	Jenny C. Wu Partner Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP; Diversity Committee Chair Federal Circuit Bar Association	Luke Sobota Partner Three Crowns LLP
Mark Whitaker Partner Morrison Foerster LLP	Michael Martinez (Ret.) Former Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel for Dispute Resolution Marriott International, Inc	Hon. Paul R. Michel (Ret.) Former Chief Judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Hon. Randall R. Rader (Ret.) Former Chief Judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Arbitrator, Mediator, Mock Trials, Expert FedArb	Russell Levine Partner Kirkland & Ellis LLP	Sandy Widjaja Senior Legal Counsel Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
Stanley Lai SC Chairman Intellectual Property Office of Singapore; Partner Allen & Gledhill LLP	Tom Pease Shareholder Greenberg Traurig, LLP	Hon. Virginia Kendall Chief Judge U.S. District Court for Northern District of Illinois
Yeong Zee Kin Chief Executive Singapore Academy of Law

Programme

3 March 2025

Programme details

Time	Programme
2.00pm - 2.10pm	Welcome and Opening Remarks Tom Pease, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP Danielle Conway, Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law, Penn State Dickinson Law, Pennsylvania Tan Kong Hwee, Chief Executive, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
2.10pm - 2.30pm	Keynotes Edwin Tong SC, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, and Second Minister for Law, Singapore Daren Tang, Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization
2.30pm - 3.50pm	General Panel Discussion (including global trends, best practices and local nuances) Moderator: Daryl Lim, H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law; Associate Dean for Research and Innovation; Founding Director, Intellectual Property Law and Innovation Initiative; Co-hire, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences; and Affiliate, Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence, Penn State University, Pennsylvania Panellists: Chuan Wee Meng, CEO, Singapore International Mediation Centre Jenny C. Wu, Partner, Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP; Diversity Committee Chair, Federal Circuit Bar Association Mark Whitaker, Partner, Morrison Foerster LLP Hon. Paul R. Michel (Ret.), Former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Hon. Randall R. Rader (Ret.), Former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Arbitrator, Mediator, Mock Trials, Expert, FedArb Sandy Widjaja, Senior Legal Counsel, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
3.50pm - 4.00pm	Break
4.00pm - 5.20pm	Technology Panel Discussion (including AI, crypto, SEPs, and the use of tech in dispute resolution) Moderator: Tom Pease, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP Panellists: Adriana Uson, Director & Head (Americas), Singapore International Arbitration Centre Christian Hannon, Senior Patent Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Daniel Garrie, Mediator, Arbitrator and Special Master, JAMS; Managing Partner, Law & Forensics LLC David Kappos, Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Ignacio de Castro, Director, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Stanley Lai SC, Chairman, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore; Partner, Allen & Gledhill LLP Yeong Zee Kin, Chief Executive, Singapore Academy of Law
5.20pm - 5.30pm	Closing Remarks Ignacio de Castro, Director, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
5.30pm - 6.30pm	Networking Reception

6 March 2025