American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patent Opinion Writing conference on November 17-18, 2008 in Boston, MA.  The conference, which will be repeated on December 8-9, 2008 in Atlanta, GA and on January 12-13, 2009 in San Diego, CA, will provide hands-on training with respect to:

• Writing non-infringement and validity opinions;
• Gauging the application of safe harbor;
• Incorporating In re Seagate into your analysis; and
• Clarifying the meaning, impact, and limits of the patent opinion.

In particular, ACI’s faculty will offer presentations on the following topics:

• Clarifying the evolving impact of In re Seagate;
• Criteria for determining whether you need a patent opinion;
• Establishing the type of patent opinion needed by the client and the reason for the patent opinion;
• What to put in writing, what to leave out;
• Measuring the scope of the patent opinion;
• Determining the level of certainty in the patent opinion;
• Defining the elements of an effective FTO search;
• Doctrine of equivalents;
• Effectively searching prior art;
• Writing the non-infringement patent opinion;
• Writing the validity opinion; and
• Minimizing access to the patent opinion.

The agenda for the Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patent Opinion Writing conference can be found here.  A complete brochure for this conference, including an agenda, list of speakers, and registration form can be downloaded here.

The registration fee for this conference is $1,695.  Those interested in registering for the conference can do so here, by calling 1-888-224-2480, or by faxing a registration form to 1-877-927-1563.

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