Month: February 2023

  • By Aaron Gin — On February 14, 2023, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice in the Federal Register (88 Fed. Reg. 9492) requesting public comments about 1) the current state of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Emerging Technologies (ET); and 2) associated inventorship issues that may arise with the advance of such technologies.…

  • By Kevin E. Noonan – A change in the weather is known to be extremeBut what's the sense of changing horses in midstream?I'm going out of my mind, oh, ohWith a pain that stops and startsLike a corkscrew to my heartEver since we've been apart "You're a Big Girl Now," Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan…

  • By Donald Zuhn –- USPTO Eliminates CFR Provisions Regarding Voluntary CLE Certification In a notice published in the Federal Register (88 Fed. Reg. 4906) last month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a final rule adopting an interim final rule that the Office published in the Federal Register in November, that eliminated provisions of…

  • February 14, 2023 – "Orange Book Listing Recent Developments — Impact on Prosecution of Pharmaceutical U.S. Patent Applications, Subsequent Orange Book Listings, Hatch Waxman Litigation" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) February 14, 2023 – "The Myth of the Meritocracy Part 2 — Countering Myths and Overcoming Bias" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00…

  • Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Orange Book Listing Recent Developments — Impact on Prosecution of Pharmaceutical U.S. Patent Applications, Subsequent Orange Book Listings, Hatch Waxman Litigation" on February 14, 2023 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Adriana L. Burgy, Mark J. Feldstein, Thomas L. Irving, and Jill K. MacAlpine of Finnegan Henderson Farabow…

  • The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "The Myth of the Meritocracy Part 2 — Countering Myths and Overcoming Bias" on February 14, 2023 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm (ET).  Alex Lodge of Cargill, Inc.; Denise Robinson of The Still Center LLC; and Sanjiv Sarwate of Dell Technologies will…

  • Patent Information Users Group, Inc. (PIUG) will be offering a webinar on "Best Practices for Searching Non-Patent Literature" from 10:00 am to 11:00 am (EST) on February 15, 2023.  Christine Geluk at Librarian At Your Service LLC will explore database choices patent information professionals have for their patentability search (aka prior art) checklist, with an…

  • Lex Machina will be offering a live webinar on the release of its 2023 Patent Litigation Report on February 15, 2023 at 9:00 am (PDT).  Aria Nejad of Lex Machina will moderate a panel consisting of Robin Davis of Woodsford, Michael Connelly of WIT Legal, and Elaine Chow of Lex Machina that will discuss patent…

  • The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) Black IP Professionals Resource Group will be hosting a virtual discussion entitled "IPO Black History Month Event: Successes and Challenges Faced by Leaders in the Black IP Community" on February 16, 2023 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm (ET).  Gaby L. Longsworth of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC…

  • American Conference Institute (ACI) will be presenting a National Forum on IP, Funding and Tech Strategies for Novel Therapeutic Modalities and Gene Therapies from March 21-22, 2023, in Boston, MA.  The Forum will highlight leveraging technology, safeguarding IP, and securing funding to accelerate development in mRNA, CRISPR, and CAR-T. The Forum promises to be a…