CPS, an ad hoc
non-profit association of senior corporate patent professionals dedicated to
the effective and healthy exchange of ideas and experiences in the area of
intellectual property law and corporate practice, will be holding the 48th annual Corporate Patent Seminar
on April 17-19, 2013 at the Amalfi Hotel in Chicago, IL.  The Corporate Patent Seminar is for corporate
patent professionals; if you are a corporate patent professional, then you are
encouraged and welcomed to attend.  Among
the topics to be addressed at this year's conference will be:

• Adapting to
changes created by the AIA
• Implementation of
the Hague Agreement
• Third-party
submissions
• Biotech
developments
• Management of
resources and outside counsel
• Foreign counsel management

In addition to
having a series of talks on topics of interest for in-house IP counsel, CPS's
meetings include roundtable discussions of best practices.  To facilitate the open and frank discussions
that are the heart and strength of the Corporate Patent Seminar, all attendees
tacitly agree by their participation that all comments and views of other
attendees will be held in confidence.

The registration
fee for the conference is $725.  Those
interested in registering for the conference can do so here.  Patent
Docs readers who reference the coupon code "CPSPD" will receive a
$25 discount off the registration fee. 
Additional information about the conference can be found here.