June 4-7, 2018 – BIO International Convention (Biotechnology Innovation Organization) – Boston, MA

June 5, 2018 – "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 (EDT)

June 7, 2018 – "Views on Patent Cases from the Chambers — PTAB, VA, and MD" (Federal Circuit Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association IP Department, Maryland State Bar Association IP Department, and Bar Association of the District of Colombia IP Department) – Eastern District of Virginia courthouse, Alexandria, VA

June 13-15, 2018 – Patent Fundamentals Bootcamp 2018: An Introduction to Patent Drafting, Prosecution, and Litigation (Practising Law Institute) – New York, NY

June 14, 2018 – "Secondary Considerations at the PTAB: Combating Obviousness Challenges, Establishing Nexus" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT)

June 19, 2018 – "Protecting Software as a Medical Device: Patents, Design Patents and Trade Secrets" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT)

June 25-27, 2018 – Summit on Biosimilars (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY

July 18-20, 2018 – Patent Fundamentals Bootcamp 2018: An Introduction to Patent Drafting, Prosecution, and Litigation (Practising Law Institute) – San Francisco, CA

September 21, 2018 – "USPTO Post-Grant Patent Trials 2018: Change & Recalibration" (Practising Law Institute) – New York & Groupcasts in Philadelphia, Indianapolis, New Brunswick, NJ, Pittsburgh, and Mechanicsburg, PA