February 21, 2017 – "Structuring Collaborative Agreements in Life Sciences — Drafting Terms to Expand Product Lines, Reduce Costs and Risks, and Leverage and Protect Assets" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST)

February 22, 2017 – "Patent-Eligibility Update: Abstract Ideas in the Federal Circuit and USPTO" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT)

February 23, 2017 – "Willfulness, Enhanced Damages, and Opinion of Counsel Since Halo" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET)

February 23, 2017 – "Functional Claiming for Software Patents: Leveraging Recent Court Treatment — Surviving 112(f) and Disclosing Functional Basis for Software to Meet Heightened Standard of Review" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST)

February 24, 2017 – "International Patent Strategies" (Federal Circuit Bar Association) – 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (EST), Washington, DC

February 28, 2017 – "Trends in Paragraph IV Challenges: What Lies Ahead in 2017 and Beyond" (The Knowledge Group) – 12:00 to 2:00 pm (EST)

March 2, 2017 – "Responding to Patent Demand Letters: Leveraging State Laws on Bad Faith Assertion of Patents — Determining What to Include or Exclude in Response, Minimizing Risk of Litigation" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST)

March 8, 2017 – "How to Structure PTAB Proceedings and Appeals before the Federal Circuit" (American Bar Association Center for Professional Development and Section of Intellectual Property Law) – 1:00 to 2:00 pm (ET)

March 9, 2017 – "How to Use Broadest Reasonable Interpretation to Your Advantage in Patent Prosecution — Establishing Scope of Claims, Avoiding Sect. 112(f), Preserving Enforceability" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST)

March 9-10, 2017 - Advanced Patent Law Seminar (Chisum Patent Academy) – Cincinnati, OH.

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