The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer two one-hour webinars entitled "Section 101 – The Way Ahead".  The first webinar, concerning the impact of § 101 on the software industry, is being offered on August 10, 2016 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET).  Stephen Durant of Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.; Michelle Macartney of Intellectual Ventures, LLC; and Amir Penn, Brinks Gilson & Lione will discuss several recent useful ex parte PTAB decisions that overturned examiners' Section 101 rejections.  The second webinar, concerning the impact of § 101 on the life science industry, is being offered on August 11, 2016 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET).  Deborah Martin of Pfizer Inc.; Christopher Jeffers of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.; and Warren Woessner of Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. will discuss both therapeutics and diagnostics.

The registration fee for each webinar is $135 (government and academic rates are available upon request).  Those interested in registering for the webinar can do so here.