Category: Conferences & CLE’s

LexisNexis will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Drafting for Alice in 2017: Trends and Best Practices" on January 31, 2017 at 2:00 pm (ET).  Gene Quinn of IPWatchdog.com, Kate Gaudry of Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton, and Kenneth Corsello of IBM will discuss best practices for software patents and predictions for 2017.  The webinar will review…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Waiting for Heartland: Venue Tactics Until the U.S. Supreme Court Decision" on February 1, 2017 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET).  Jeffrey Bragalone of Bragalone Conroy PC, Colette Reiner Mayer of Morrison & Foerster LLP, and Michael Smith of Siebman, Burg, Phillips &…

The newly formed PTAB Bar Association will be hosting a webinar entitled "Industry Perspective on PTAB Proceedings – Important Issues and What Industry Insiders Seek from PTAB Counsel" from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm Eastern on Thursday, January 26, 2017.  This "kick-off" webinar will be free to members and non-members, but CLE credit will not…

January 25, 2017 – "Functional Patent Claims After Williamson: Understanding the Benefits and Risks for Your University's Patent Portfolio" (Technology Transfer Tactics) – 1:00 to 2:00 pm (Eastern) January 26, 2017 – "Leveraging Latest Patent Decisions, Navigating New Complexities, Cases to Watch in 2017 — Key Lessons on Patent Eligibility, Deference on Appeal, Venue, Estoppel,…

The Chisum Patent Academy will be offering the next session of its Advanced Patent Law Seminar on March 9-10, 2017 in Cincinnati, OH.  The seminar is co-taught by Donald Chisum, author of the treatise Chisum on Patents (LexisNexis), and Janice Mueller, who was a tenured full Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law…

The John Marshall Law School Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law will be hosting Saurabh Vishnubhakat, Associate Professor of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law, who will be presenting on "Patent Mistakes in the Administrative State" from 12:00 to 1:30 pm on January 31, 2017 at the John Marshall Law School in…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Proving and Avoiding Inequitable Conduct in Patent Prosecution and Litigation — Leveraging Court Treatment Post-Therasense and the AIA's Answer to Inequitable Conduct Issues" on January 31, 2017 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Thomas L. Irving and Amanda K. Murphy, Ph.D., of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner,…

The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a program entitled "Patent Litigation 2017: The Courts and Patent Trial and Appeal Board" on February 1, 2017 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm (PT) at the Santa Clara University School of Law in Santa Clara, CA.  The program will include presentations on the following topics:…

January 18, 2017 – "Top Patent Law Stories of 2016" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT) January 19, 2017 – "Evidence of Prior Art at the PTAB: Rigorous Proof, Or Else" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET) January 19, 2017 – "Preparing for Pharma…

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be offering the next webinar in its Patent Quality Chat webinar series from 12:00 to 1:00 pm (ET) on January 19, 2017.  Sandie Spyrou, Supervisor, Office of Patent Quality Assurance, and Mary Beth Jones, Supervisor, Office of Patent Quality Assurance, will discuss "Rationale Statements in 35 U.S.C. 103…