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

October 4, 2018 – "Biosimilars in the Antitrust Spotlight: Patent Litigation and Settlement" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET)

October 11, 2018 – "Patent Term Adjustments and Extensions: Leveraging Recent Decisions and USPTO Rule Changes" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT)

October 12, 2018 – "Standard Essential Patents: What Every IP Attorney and In-house Counsel Should Know" (John Marshall Law School Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law) – 9:00 am to 4:30 pm, Chicago, IL

October 16, 2018 – "Negotiating IP Rights in Industry Sponsored Research Agreements — Structuring Ownership, Licensing, Assignment, Confidentiality, Publication and Use Provisions" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT)

October 16-18, 2018 – PCT Seminar (Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC) – Redwood City, CA

October 24, 2018 – Biopharma Patent Law (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP and Patent Docs) – 9:30 am to 1:00 pm, Cambridge, MA