February 21, 2012 – The New Inter Partes Proceedings at the USPTO — The Preliminary Phase: Filing a Petition, the Preliminary Response, and Institution of Review (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 – 3:00 pm (ET)

February 21-22, 2012 – Biotech & Pharmaceutical Patenting*** (IBC Legal) – Munich, Germany

February 21, 2012 – The New Inter Partes Proceedings at the USPTO — The Trial Phase: Discovery, Testimony, Challenging Testimony, Use of Experts, Estoppel (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 – 3:00 pm (ET)

February 22-23, 2012 – EU Pharma Law & Regulation*** (C5) – London, England

February 22-24, 2012 – Intensive Patent Law Training Seminar (Chisum Patent Academy) – New York, NY

February 23, 2012 – Impact of the America Invents Act on Patent Litigation Strategy (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 – 11:15 am (CT)

February 23, 2012 – Gene Patenting in the U.S. after Myriad (Navigant) – Chicago, IL

February 24, 2012 – 56th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference (John Marshall Law School Center for Intellectual Property Law) – Chicago, IL

February 27-29, 2012 – Life Sciences Collaborative Agreements and Acquisitions*** (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY

February 28-29, 2012 – Medical Device Patents*** (American Conference Institute) – Boston, MA

March 6, 2012 – Biotechnology/Chemical/Pharmaceutical (BCP) Customer Partnership Meeting (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) – 9:30 am – 4:00 pm (ET)

March 14-15, 2012 – Biotech Patenting (C5) – Munich, Germany

March 20-21, 2012 – FDA Boot Camp*** (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY

March 26-27, 2012 – PTO Procedures under the America Invents Act*** (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY

March 28-30, 2012 – 27th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference (American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Intellectual Property Law) – Arlington, VA

April 24-25, 2012 – Paragraph IV Disputes*** (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY

***Patent Docs is a media partner of this conference or CLE