Category: Conferences & CLE’s

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Navigating Section 112 Issues in IPR Proceedings: Using Section 112 as a Sword or a Shield — Addressing Section 112 Issues in IPR Petitions, Establishing Priority or Earlier Critical Date of Asserted Reference, and More" on April 27, 2017 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Jonathan R. Bowser…

April 6, 2017 – "Markush Claims in Pharma/Chemical Patent Prosecution and Litigation: Leveraging Federal Court Guidance — Constructing Group Claims, Navigating Comprising and Consisting of, Avoiding Improper Rejections" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT) April 7, 2017 – "Patent Litigation: Trial and Appellate Issues and Trends" (Baylor Law School & Federal Circuit Bar Association)…

The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) in connection with Wayne State University will be offering a program entitled "The Intersection of the PTO Practice and the Courts" on April 19, 2017 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (ET) at the Wayne State University McGregor Memorial Conference Center in Detroit, MI.  The program will include presentations…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Double Patenting: Defeating Double Patenting Rejections and Avoiding Terminal Disclaimers" on April 20, 2017 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Thomas L. Irving and Leslie A. McDonell of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner and Margaret J. Sampson of Baker Botts will provide guidance to IP counsel for…

The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) Patent Committee will be offering a presentation on "A Patent Exhaustion Doctrine for the 21st Century" by David L. De Bruin of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP on April 18, 2017 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm (CT) in Chicago, IL.  The event is free for IPLAC…

March 27, 2017 – Post-argument discussion on TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC case (American University Washington College of Law Program on Information Justice & Intellectual Property) – American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC – 4:15 to 5:45 pm (Eastern) March 29, 2017 – "IPR Estoppel in District Court: How…

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "The Defend Trade Secrets Act at (Almost) One" on April 18, 2017 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT).  In this presentation, MBHB attorney and Patent Docs contributor Joshua R. Rich will discuss the following topics: • What are the provisions of…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "IPR Estoppel in District Court: How Wide?" on March 29, 2017 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET).  Jon Gurka of Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP, Hon. Faith Hochberg of Hochberg ADR, and Thad Kodish of Fish & Richardson PC will analyze the…

As part of its ongoing Supreme Court series, the American University Washington College of Law Program on Information Justice & Intellectual Property will be hosting a post-argument discussion on the TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC case from 4:15 to 5:45 pm (Eastern) on March 27, 2017 at the American University Washington…

Baylor Law School and the Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a program entitled "Patent Litigation: Trial and Appellate Issues and Trends" on April 7, 2017 from 10:30 am to 2:35 pm (EST) at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.  The program will include presentations on the following topics:…