November 17-20, 2013 – Creating and Leveraging Intellectual Property in Developing Countries: A Power Tool for Social and Economic Growth*** (Companies and IP Commission and National IP Management Office of South Africa) – Durban, South Africa

November 19, 2013 – PTAB or the District Court: Which Is the Better Option When Challenging Patent Validity? (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 to 11:15 am (CT)

November 19, 2013 – Patenting Biotech Inventions (California Healthcare Institute (CHI) and D Young & Co) – San Diego, CA

November 20, 2013 – Patenting Biotech Inventions (California Healthcare Institute (CHI) and D Young & Co) – San Francisco, CA

November 21, 2013 – "Leveraging the AIA's Expanded Prior Use Defense for Patent Infringement Claims" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST)

November 22, 2013 – "Global Utility Requirements For Pharmaceutical and Biological Inventions" (American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Intellectual Property Law, Young Lawyers Action Group, Young Lawyers Division, and Center for Professional Development) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (Eastern)

December 3, 2013 – "Post-AIA Preissuance Prior Art Submissions at the USPTO — Best Practices for Third-Party Challenges to Patent Applications and for Monitoring Competition" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST)

December 4, 2013 – Congress on Biotech & Pharma Patenting*** (C5 (UK)) – London, UK

December 5, 2013 – Forum on Biosimilars*** (C5 (UK)) – London, UK

December 9-10, 2013 – Patent Infringement Litigation Summit (Legal iQ (IQPC)) – San Francisco, CA

December 10-11, 2013 – Advanced Forum on Patent Litigation*** (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY

December 10-11, 2013 – International Patent Litigation (IBC Legal) – London, UK

December 12, 2013 – "Using Competitive Technical Intelligence Techniques to Assess University Patents" (Technology Transfer Tactics) – 1:00 – 2:00 pm (Eastern)

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