The Biotechnology
Industry Organization (BIO) will be holding its Intellectual Property Counsels
Committee (IPCC) Spring Conference & Meeting on April 19-21, 2010 in New
Orleans, LA.  The semi-annual IPCC
conference will once again be open to the public.

The conference will
offer presentations on the following topics:

Tuesday, April 20:

• Patent
pools:  Navigating a course for
access to biotechnology innovations;
• Having your cake
and eating it, too — Conflicts between inherency and infringement analyses for
drug metabolites;
• Health care
reform:  On the front lines;
• Biosimilars
legislation:  A done deal or a deal
undone? — Part 1:  Regulatory
policy; and
• Biosimilars
legislation:  A done deal or a deal
undone? — Part 2:  Patent
enforcement.

Wednesday, April
21:

• Living on
borrowed time:  Adjustment,
extension, and supplementary protection of patent term;
• Patenting
polynucleotides and polypeptides; and
• Case law updates
from the U.S. and around the world.

In addition, there
will be a welcome reception on Monday, April 19 from 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the
New Orleans Cooking Experience, and a French Quarter Foot Rally and dinner
reception at Restaurant August from 4:30 pm to 9:30 pm on Tuesday, April 20, where U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Administrator for External Affairs Arti
Rai will be the dinner speaker.

A program agenda
for this conference, including a list of speakers and descriptions of the
presentations and events can be obtained here.

The registration
fee for the conference is $400. 
Those interested in registering can do so here or by faxing a registration form to
1-202-488-0650.  Additional
information can be found at the conference website.