Category: Conferences & CLE’s

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be offering its next Women's Entrepreneurship (WE) event from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (ET) on January 18, 2023 at the Collier Museum at Government Center in Naples, FL.  Leaders in the intellectual property community and women entrepreneurs will share their stories and tips on why protecting IP—via…

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be offering a webinar providing advanced tips for frequent users of the Patent Public Search tool from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm ET on January 18, 2023.  Librarians from the Patent and Trademark Resource Center Program will show attendees how to use additional features of the Patent Public…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "2022 Case Law Year in Review" on January 11, 2023 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (ET).  Paul Berghoff of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP, Gregory Castanias of Jones Day, and Wendy Larson of Pirkey Barber will review the most significant decisions…

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is offering a Stakeholder Application Readiness Training (StART) virtual three-day workshop on the fundamentals of the patent application process from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm ET on January 10 to January 13, 2023.  The StART program is intended for independent inventors, entrepreneurs, and those working for or with a…

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and University of Minnesota Law School will be hosting a discussion about how to promote a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the workplace and in inventorship on January 10, 2023 from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm (CT) at the University of Minnesota Law School in…

Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act: Purple Book, Dispute Resolution, Exclusivities, and Court Treatment" on January 5, 2023 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Mark J. Feldstein, Alissa K. Lipton, Amanda K. Murphy, William B. Raich, and Yieyie Yang of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner will guide…

Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Patenting Pharmaceutical Drug Formulations: Withstanding Litigation and PTAB Challenges" on December 29, 2022 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Adriana L. Burgy, Justin J. Hasford, and Thomas L. Irving of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, and Angela Sebor of Tolmar will guide attendees on patenting drug formulations…

December 13, 2022 – USPTO IP Attaché Roundtable (U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Center) – 8:30 am to 10:30 am (ET) December 13, 2022 – "The Impact of Director Vidal on the PTAB" (IPWatchdog) – 12:00 pm (ET) December 13, 2022 – "The Future of IP Operations and Technology" (Intellectual Property Owners Association)…

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's IP Attachés will be offering its 16th Annual USPTO IP Attaché Roundtable on December 13, 2022 from 8:30 am to 10:30 am (ET).  The program provides a unique opportunity to engage with the assembled IP Attachés for a…

IPWatchdog will be offering a webinar entitled "The Impact of Director Vidal on the PTAB" on December 13, 2022 at 12:00 pm (ET).  Gene Quinn of IPWatchdog, Inc. will moderate a panel consisting of Scott McKeown of Ropes & Gray; James Carmichael, former APJ, of Carmichael IP; and Kevin Laurence of Laurence & Phillips.  The…