April 25, 2017 – "Having Your AIA Cake and Eating It Too: Recent Decisions Addressing the Scope of AIA Estoppel" (Federal Circuit Bar Association) – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm (ET)

April 26, 2017 – Post-argument discussion on Sandoz Inc. v. Amgen Inc. (American University Washington College of Law Program on Information Justice & Intellectual Property) – beginning at 4:30 pm (Eastern), American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC

April 27, 2017 – "Navigating Section 112 Issues in IPR Proceedings: Using Section 112 as a Sword or a Shield — Addressing Section 112 Issues in IPR Petitions, Establishing Priority or Earlier Critical Date of Asserted Reference, and More" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT)

April 27, 2017 – 33rd Annual Joint Patent Practice Seminar (Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Associations) – New York, NY

April 27, 2017 – "The Hunt for Prior Art — From Filing to Challenge, Modern Patent Practice Is All About the Search" (CPA Global) – 2:00 pm (ET)

April 27, 2017 – "After Form 18: Pleading Infringement" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET)

May 2, 2017 – "Protecting Trade Secrets, Confidential Information and NDAs in China — Maintaining Confidential Information, Preventing Infringement, and Enforcing Trade Secret Rights" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT)

May 4, 2017 – "Overcoming 101 Rejections for Computer and Electronics Related Patents — Leveraging USPTO Guidance and Recent Decisions to Meet 101 Patent Eligibility Requirements" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT)

May 5, 2017 - Ethics in the Practice of Intellectual Property Law (John Marshall Law School Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law) – 8:15 am to 1:30 pm, Chicago, IL

May 10-11, 2017 - Post-Grant PTO Proceedings Conference*** (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY

May 11, 2017 – "Protecting IP Rights in Joint Development Agreements and Strategic Alliances — Structuring JDAs to Apportion Contributed, Joint and Derivative IP; Planning for Involuntary Early Endings; Avoiding Unintended Consequences" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT)

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