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  • Life Sciences Court Report & COVID-19 Impact on District Court Filings

    By Bryan Helwig — The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the world economy to a standstill and the U.S. legal industry has not been immune.  Firms continue to implement cost-saving measures by reducing salaries, implementing furloughs, and in dire situations, reducing staff and attorney numbers.  The legal industry is now clearly a COVID-19 work-from-home profession.  District…

  • Conference & CLE Calendar

    May 19, 2020 – "Four Key Points for Evaluating and Protecting Your Canna-IP: What Should You Be Doing, Now" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT) May 19, 2020 – "Putting the Genie Back in the Bottle: Protecting Trade Secrets During and in the Aftermath of COVID-19" (American Bar…

  • Webinar on PTAB’s § 314(a) Discretion

    Unified Patents and IPWatchdog will be offering a webinar entitled "In Denial: The PTAB's 314(a) Discretion, General Plastics, and NHK Spring" on May 21, 2020 at 12:00 pm (EDT).  Gene Quinn of IPWatchdog.com and Shawn Ambwani of Unified Patents will discuss recent changes to § 314, focusing on General Plastics, NHK Spring, the data, and…

  • Webinar on Protecting Cannabis IP

    McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "Four Key Points for Evaluating and Protecting Your Canna-IP: What Should You Be Doing, Now" on May 19, 2020 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT).  In this presentation, MBHB attorneys Nicole E. Grimm, George T. "Trey" Lyons III, and Brett W.…

  • IPO Webinar on Section 101 Litigation After Berkheimer

    The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Alice and Mayo at Trial: Section 101 Litigation After Berkheimer" on May 21, 2020 at 2:00 pm (EDT).  Jay Heidrick of Polsinelli, Kfir Levy of Mayer Brown LLP, and Ellisen Turner of Kirkland & Ellis, LLP will focus on litigation strategy now that…

  • Webinar on Protecting Trade Secrets During COVID-19

    The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Intellectual Property Law will be offering a live webinar entitled "Putting the Genie Back in the Bottle: Protecting Trade Secrets During and in the Aftermath of COVID-19" on May 19, 2020.  Nicole Dominique Galli of the Law Offices of N D Galli LLC will moderate a discussion that…

  • FCBA Program on Coronavirus Response in Europe, the U.S. and Brazil

    The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a remote program entitled "Critical Developments in the West" on May 19, 2020 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (EST).  Penny Gilbert of Powell Gilbert LLP will moderate a panel consisting of Thierry Calame of Lenz & Staehelin, Klaus Haft of Hoyng Rokh Monegier LLP, Otto…

  • Webinar on Sufficiency at the EPO

    J A Kemp will be offering a webinar entitled "Sufficiency at the EPO" on May 21, 2020 from 16:30 to 17:30 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).  Sarah Roques and Stuart Raynor of J A Kemp will consider the law surrounding sufficiency in particular in relation to the biotechnology and chemical fields, and also consider strategies…

  • Webinar on Identifying the New IP Normal

    IPBC Talking Heads and iam will be offering a free webinar entitled "Identifying the new normal: what past downturns tell us about how the IP future will evolve" on May 20, 2020 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (EDT).  In IP terms, the COVID-19 crisis builds on two prior economic shocks:  the bursting of the…

  • Webinar on Patenting Vaccines

    Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner will be offering a webinar entitled "Patenting Vaccines: A Look Back and the Road Ahead" on May 21, 2020 starting at 11:00 am (CT).  Warren D. Woessner, Janet E. Embretson, Monique Perdok and Robin A. Chadwick of Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner will review patenting opportunities and obstacles presented by the massive…