The Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and
Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Associations will be holding their 29th
Annual Joint Patent Practice Seminar on April 16, 2013 in New York, NY.  The seminar will consist of five panels:  USPTO Practice, Pharmaceuticals/Life Sciences,
Licensing/Foreign Practice/ITC, Ethics, and Litigation with each panel
addressing a series of cases and topics. 
An agenda for each of the panels can be found here.

A featured morning address will be given
between 8:54 and 9:35 am by Teresa Stanek Rea, Acting Under Secretary of
Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director of the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office.  In addition, Janet
Gongola, USPTO Patent Reform Coordinator and Associate Commissioner for Patent
Examination Policy, will present a USPTO Viewpoint on Third Party Submissions
during the USPTO Practice panel.

The registration fee for the conference is $450
(for those registering by April 3, 2013) or $480 (for those registering after
April 3, 2013).  Those interested in
registering for the conference can do so here.