April 24, 2012 – Patent Law in Light of Mayo v. Prometheus: Claims to Laws of Nature Are Not Patentable (American Bar Association) – 1:00 – 2:30 pm (EDT)

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

April 26, 2012 – Moving From First to Invent to First to File: Understanding the Opportunities and Challenges (Technology Transfer Tactics) – 1:00 – 2:00 pm (Eastern)

May 1, 2012 – Prometheus in the Post-Bilski Age: Patentable Subject Matter Under Continued Attack (Strafford) – 1:00 – 2:30 pm (EDT)

May 2, 2012 – Patent Prosecution under the AIA: Strategies for Before, During and After the Transition to First-Inventor-to-File (American Intellectual Property Law Association) – 12:30 – 2:00 pm (Eastern)

May 2, 2012 – Patent Reform Strategies in the Life Sciences: Assessing 'First-to-File' and Freedom to Operate under the New Rules (Elsevier Business Intelligence, CHI-California Healthcare Institute, and Merrill Datasite®) – 1:00 – 2:00 pm (EDT)

May 3, 2012 – In-Depth Analysis of Mayo v. Prometheus: What it Means for the Future of Medical Diagnostic Patents (Technology Transfer Tactics) – 1:00 – 2:00 pm (Eastern)

May 8, 2012 – GW Law Symposium on Intellectual Property (George Washington University Law School, Mayer Brown, and Cornerstone Research) – Washington, DC

May 10, 2012 – The America Invents Act and Beyond: International Grace Period and Post–Grant Review (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – Brussels, Belgium

May 16-18, 2012 – Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution 2012: A Boot Camp for Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing (Practising Law Institute) – Chicago, IL

May 22-23, 2012 – Biosimilars*** (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY

June 13-15, 2012 – Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution 2012: A Boot Camp for Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing (Practising Law Institute) – New York, NY

June 18-21, 2012 – BIO International Convention (Biotechnology Industry Organization) – Boston, MA

June 20-21, 2012 – International Forum on Pharma Patent Lifecycles*** (C5) – London, England

June 25-26, 2012 – Hatch-Waxman Boot Camp*** (American Conference Institute) – San Diego, CA

July 11-13, 2012 – Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution 2012: A Boot Camp for Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing (Practising Law Institute) – San Francisco, CA

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