Practising
Law Institute (PLI) will be holding its 7th Annual Patent Law Institute on
March 18-19, 2013 in San Francisco, CA. 
A live webcast of the San Francisco session will also be available.  The two-day conference consists of seven one-hour
plenary sessions of interest to all patent lawyers and a separate breakout
track consisting of five one-hour sessions focusing on one of three patent
practice sub-groups:  prosecution, litigation,
and strategic/transactional.  The plenary
sessions will cover:

•
PTO Update
•
Recent Cases — Prometheus, Caraco; Myriad, Akamai/McKesson,
the latest patent cases bound for the Supreme Court, and other decisions of
consequence from the Federal Circuit
•
Dialogue Between the Bench and the Bar
•
Perspectives On The Patent System from the Judiciary and Industry
•
Patent Markets
•
Corporate Counsel Panel
•
PTO Ethics and the AIA

Breakout
tracks will cover:

— Prosecution:
• Implementing
the AIA Pre & Post-Grant, Part I: Derivation Proceedings, Third-Party
Submissions, Supplemental Examination
• Implementing the AIA Post Grant, Part II: The "Windows" Post-Grant
Review; Inter Partes Review
• Implementing the AIA: First to File: The New 102 Timelines and Deadlines!
• Chemical/Pharma Cases and AIA Concerns
•
Bio Cases and AIA Concerns

— Litigation:
•
Managing Patent Litigation: Containing Costs and Maintaining Efficiency
•
Patent Damages — Keeping Up With the Changing Rules
•
Developments in Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation
•
Litigation Advice From the Bench
•
Litigating Against Non-Practicing Entities

— Strategic & transactional:
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Standards and Essential Patents
•
Navigating The New Induced Infringement: Tips and Practical Considerations
•
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter: Implications for the Biotech, Medical Device
and Software Industries
•
Joint Infringement post Akamai/McKesson
•
Hot Topics in Technology Transfer and Licensing

A
program schedule and list of speakers for the Patent Law Institute can be found
here.  The registration fee for the conference is
$1,795.  Those interested in registering
for the conference can do so here.