Month: May 2015

May 5, 2015 – "Conducting a Freedom to Operate Investigation" (American Intellectual Property Law Association) – 12:30 – 2:00 pm (Eastern) May 12, 2015 – "Patent Prosecution: Leveraging Declarations to Strengthen Patents Against Post-Grant Proceedings" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT) May 12, 2015 – 31st Annual Joint Patent Practice Seminar (Connecticut, New Jersey,…

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will be offering a webinar on "Conducting a Freedom to Operate Investigation" on May 5, 2015 from 12:30 – 2:00 pm (Eastern).  Les Bookoff of Bookoff McAndrews, ​Susie Jones of Jones Robb, PLLC, and Bill Shaw of Biogen Idec will explore the role of freedom to operate investigations…

Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be holding its Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution 2015: A Boot Camp for Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing seminar on May 12-14, 2015 in Chicago, IL, on June 15-17, 2015 in New York, NY, and on July 8-10, 2015 in San Francisco, CA.  The three-day program, which is directed to patent…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Navigating Section 112(a) Enablement and Written Description — Withstanding 112(a) Rejections and Attacks on Patent Validity and Patentability" on June 4, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Rekha Bansal, Sr. Director of IP, Principia Biopharma; and Thomas L. Irving, Dr. Jill K. MacAlpine, Deborah M. Herzfeld, and…

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding a conference on Biosimilars on June 1-2, 2015 in New York, NY.  ACI faculty will help attendees: • FDA's approval of Sandoz's Zarxio biosimilar: Analysis of FDA standards for labeling, biosimilarity, interchangeability, and clinical studies;• Reviewing the biosimilars litigation cases to date including Sandoz v. Amgen and Celltrion…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Hedge Fund IPR Challenges to Pharma Patents: Strategies to Strengthen Patents to Withstand Attack" on May 28, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Rekha Bansal, Sr. Director of IP, Principia Biopharma; and Thomas L. Irving, Dr. Amanda K. Murphy, and Dr. Barbara R. Rudolph of Finnegan Henderson…