Category: Conferences & CLE’s

The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law will be hosting a Congressional briefing on "The Decline in Research: Should We Worry?" from 11:15 am to 1:00 pm (ET) on June 6, 2017 at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC.  Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), Co-chair, Senate Competitiveness Caucus, will provide opening remarks, and Wesley…

June 1, 2017 – "Obviousness Standard: Leveraging Latest PTO and Court Guidance — Overcoming Challenges of Obviousness and Attacks on Patent Validity" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT) June 1, 2017 – "Post-Grant Patent Office Proceedings After the AIA: Lessons from the First Five Years" (West LegalEdcenter) – 12:00 to 1:00 pm (EDT) June…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "On-Sale Bar After Helsinn: What is the Scope?" on June 1, 2017 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET).  Prof. Dennis Crouch of the University of Missouri, Deborah Fishman of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, and Jennifer Johnson of DuPont will explore the…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "ITC as a PTAB Antidote: Navigating Competing Administrative Trial Strategies & Pitfalls — Threading the New Patent Monetization Needle" on June 15, 2017 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Alexander J. Hadjis and Scott A. McKeown of Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt will provide guidance to patent counsel…

Dilworth IP will be offering a live webinar entitled "Laying Your Claim: Best Practices for Patent Claim Construction in a Post-Teva World" on June 14, 2017 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (EDT).  In this presentation, William Reid will summarize current law with respect to claim construction in the post Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc.…

CPA Global will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Strategic Patent Portfolio Decision-Making, From Filing to Maintenance" on June 1, 2017 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET).  Gene Quinn of IPWatchdog, Inc.; Carlo Cotrone, Senior Intellectual Property Counsel, GE Oil & Gas; and Ed White, Vice President, Analytics, CPA Global will discuss: • Patent Quality vs. Quantity:…

May 24, 2017 – "Antitrust Issues in ANDA Patent Litigation" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT) May 25, 2017 – "Evolving PTAB Trial Practice: Navigating Complex Procedural Rules — Strategically Using Routine and Additional Discovery, Requests for Joinder, and Motions to Amend" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Obviousness Standard: Leveraging Latest PTO and Court Guidance — Overcoming Challenges of Obviousness and Attacks on Patent Validity" on June 1, 2017 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Barry J. Herman of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice and Jon L. Schuchardt of Dilworth IP will provide patent counsel…

West LegalEdcenter will be offering a live webcast entitled "Post-Grant Patent Office Proceedings After the AIA: Lessons from the First Five Years" on June 1, 2017 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm (EDT).  Amol Parikh and Brian A. Jones of McDermott Will & Emery LLP will focus on the evolution of Post-Grant Patent Office proceedings, recent…

Strafford will be offering a full day seminar on "Patent Prosecution: FTO Opinions, Examiner Interactions, Patent Drafting and More" on June 6, 2017 from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm (EDT).  The seminar will offer presentations on the following topics: • Freedom-to-Operate Opinions• USPTO Examiner Count System and Examiner Interview Strategies• Reflections on PTAB and Where…