September 18, 2018 – "The Continued Influence of PTAB Proceedings on Bio/Pharma Patents" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT)

September 18, 2018 – "3D Printing: Implications for Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secrets and Copyrights — Challenges With Additive Manufacturing, Policing and Enforcement Strategies to Protect IP" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT)

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

September 21, 2018 – Supreme Court IP Review (SCIPR) — Patent Edition (Program in Intellectual Property Law, Center for Empirical Studies of Intellectual Property, and Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States at the Chicago-Kent College of Law) – 9:00 am to 5:15 pm (Central), Chicago, IL

September 23-25, 2018 – Annual Meeting (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – Chicago, IL

September 24, 2018 – Biotechnology/chemical/pharmaceutical (BCP) customer partnership meeting (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) – Alexandria, VA

September 26, 2018 – "IP Audit Checklist: Best Practices to Identify, Protect, Monetize and Enforce University IP Assets" (Technology Transfer Tactics) – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm (ET)

September 26, 2018 – "European and Canadian Patent Practices" (Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago Patents-International Committee) – 11:45 am to 1:00 pm (CT), Chicago, IL

September 27, 2018 – "Using 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 (EDT)

September 27-28, 2018 – "Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2018: Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing" (Practising Law Institute) – Chicago, IL

September 27-28, 2018 – FDA Boot Camp (American Conference Institute) – Boston, MA

October 2, 2018 – "Advice of Counsel Defense in Patent Litigation and Protecting Attorney-Client Privilege — Limiting Scope of Discovery, Safeguarding Confidential Communications and Information" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT)

October 2-3, 2018 – Paragraph IV Disputes master symposium (American Conference Institute) – Chicago, IL

October 3, 2018 – "2018 Bench & Bar® in Dialogue: Federal Circuit Court Visit!" (Federal Circuit Bar Association) – 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm (CT), Chicago, IL

October 4, 2018 – "Patent Litigation in Japan and Germany," German Patent and Trade Mark Office, Munich, Germany