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Recent court decisions in Skinny Label cases show that liability increasingly focuses on post-launch conduct and real-world use, not label text alone. A panel of leading in-house counsel and litigators with innovative, biosimilar, and regulatory perspectives will address shifting litigation strategy.

  • How branded and biosimilar companies should align legal, regulatory, and commercial behaviour.
  • Analyse GSK v. Teva (Coreg) and the evidentiary role of marketing materials, sales conduct, and physician messaging.
  • Discuss the original ruling in Amarin Pharma v. Hikma (Fed. Cir. 2024) , and examine the significance of Supreme Court review.
  • Clarify evolving boundaries of permissible conduct for medical affairs, market access, and commercial teams.
  • Compare with decisions made in other key jurisdictions including Canada and Europe.

Author:

Chuck Klein

Partner
Winston & Strawn

Chuck Klein

Partner
Winston & Strawn

Author:

Sanjaya Mendis

Partner
McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Sanjaya Mendis is a partner and life sciences IP litigator at McCarthy Tétrault LLP based in Toronto, Canada. The IP Litigation group is ranked Band 1 in Chambers and recently received the Patent Litigation Firm of the Year by LMG Life Sciences. Sanjaya handles complex cross-border contentious patent disputes and has represented clients in all levels of Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court. Sanjaya’s recent notable experience includes: Regeneron/Bayer (aflibercept); AbbVie (adalimumab); Merck (sitagliptin); and BMS/Pfizer (apixaban).

Sanjaya Mendis

Partner
McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Sanjaya Mendis is a partner and life sciences IP litigator at McCarthy Tétrault LLP based in Toronto, Canada. The IP Litigation group is ranked Band 1 in Chambers and recently received the Patent Litigation Firm of the Year by LMG Life Sciences. Sanjaya handles complex cross-border contentious patent disputes and has represented clients in all levels of Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court. Sanjaya’s recent notable experience includes: Regeneron/Bayer (aflibercept); AbbVie (adalimumab); Merck (sitagliptin); and BMS/Pfizer (apixaban).

Author:

Shana Cyr

Head of Patent Litigation
Bristol Myers Squibb

Shana Cyr

Head of Patent Litigation
Bristol Myers Squibb

Author:

Viviane Kunisawa

Partner
Daniel Law

Viviane Kunisawa

Partner
Daniel Law

Artificial intelligence is transforming the trade secret threat landscape. As companies deploy internal AI tools, enterprise search, co-pilots, and agentic systems, the risks posed are increasingly subtle, scalable, and harder-to-detect. Employees can extract and synthesise sensitive information without direct access to underlying repositories, and at a speed and scale that outpaces many legacy legal technical and compliance controls.  This session will examine the risks posed by internal use of artificial intelligence, consider how AI is changing the mechanics of trade secret misappropriation, and question how legal, technical, and governance frameworks must evolve in response.

  • Examine how AI changes the mechanics of trade secret misappropriation, internal access, intent monitoring and proof.
  • Explore how agentic AI may enable the collection summarisation and external extra-filtration of sensitive information.
  • Address the growing tension between productivity and protection - how can companies embrace AI tools without unintentionally creating a machine assisted insider threat environment?
  • Discuss emerging legal, technical, investigative and governance challenges, such as: When does an AI query constitute misappropriation? How should practitioners design reasonable measures, considering the risks posed by internal AI use?
 

Humna Khan

Head of Procurement and Product Performance
Abbott Lyon

Humna Khan

Head of Procurement and Product Performance
Abbott Lyon

Humna Khan

Head of Procurement and Product Performance
Abbott Lyon
 

Sophie Robins

Technical Lead - Food Systems UK & Europe
Forum for the Future

Sophie Robins

Technical Lead - Food Systems UK & Europe
Forum for the Future

Sophie Robins

Technical Lead - Food Systems UK & Europe
Forum for the Future
 

Phil Harris

Chief Revenue Officer
Arva Intelligence

Senior executive with deep experience in environmental markets, capital markets, financial technology, blockchain, digital supply chains, and food traceability. Specializes in corporate development, revenue strategy, commercial growth, and scaling technology solutions across global industries, with a strong track record in sales leadership, partner engagement, and investor support.

Phil Harris

Chief Revenue Officer
Arva Intelligence

Phil Harris

Chief Revenue Officer
Arva Intelligence

Senior executive with deep experience in environmental markets, capital markets, financial technology, blockchain, digital supply chains, and food traceability. Specializes in corporate development, revenue strategy, commercial growth, and scaling technology solutions across global industries, with a strong track record in sales leadership, partner engagement, and investor support.

 

Ambar Arif

Director, Supply Chain Resilience
Mars

Ambar Arif

Director, Supply Chain Resilience
Mars

Ambar Arif

Director, Supply Chain Resilience
Mars
 

Kashif Patel

Global Strategic Buyer
Decathlon

Kashif Patel

Global Strategic Buyer
Decathlon

Kashif Patel

Global Strategic Buyer
Decathlon

This session brings together senior in-house patent litigators involved in some of the most influential recent pharma and biotech cases, to examine how life sciences litigation strategy is shifting and what in-house teams should be preparing for next.

  • Review key cases and court decisions from the past year, and what they reveal about where pharma and biotech patent litigation is evolving.
  • How PTAB procedural developments are changing risk assessment, sequencing, and settlement strategy.
  • Review venue selection within the US and consider when long-arm litigation can create leverage.

Author:

Jason Murata

VP, IP
Alvotech

Jason Murata

VP, IP
Alvotech

Author:

Petra Scamborova

Assistant General Counsel
Regeneron

Petra Scamborova

Assistant General Counsel
Regeneron

Author:

Rob Rodrigues

Partner
RNA Law

Rob Rodrigues

Partner
RNA Law

Author:

Eric Dittmann

Partner and Co-Chair, IP Practice
Paul Hastings

Eric Dittmann

Partner and Co-Chair, IP Practice
Paul Hastings

A concise review of recent US trade secret decisions that are shaping how courts assess reasonable measures, access, and remedies. This session brings together judges from key US jurisdictions to discuss the evolving expectations and outcomes from the most influential recent trade secret cases.

Author:

Adam Gerhenson

Partner
Weil

Adam Gerhenson

Partner
Weil

Author:

Cathy Bissoon

Honorable Judge
U.S. District Court, Western District Of Pennsylvania

Cathy Bissoon

Honorable Judge
U.S. District Court, Western District Of Pennsylvania

Author:

Christopher K. Barry-Smith

Honorable Judge
State of Massachusetts Superior Court

Christopher K. Barry-Smith

Honorable Judge
State of Massachusetts Superior Court

Author:

William Young

Honorable Judge
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts

William Young

Honorable Judge
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts