Category: Conferences & CLE’s

December 20, 2016 – "Demonstrating Patent Eligibility Post-Alice: Impact of McRo and Other Recent Cases — Navigating the Nuances and Leveraging Guidance From Federal Circuit and PTAB Opinion" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) January 4, 2017 – "Parallel Patent Proceedings After Murata, Skyhawke and Shaw: Navigating Claim Construction, Estoppel, RPI, Stays and More"…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Navigating Administrative Law in Patent Appeals Involving Review Proceedings — Identifying and Preserving Administrative Errors in IPR Proceedings; Impact of Recent Court Decisions" on January 12, 2017 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Arti K. Rai, Elvin R. Latty Professor of Law and co-Director at Duke Law Center…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Parallel Patent Proceedings After Murata, Skyhawke and Shaw: Navigating Claim Construction, Estoppel, RPI, Stays and More" on January 4, 2017 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Kenneth R. Adamo of Kirkland & Ellis, Honorable Faith Hochberg, and Scott E. Kamholz of Foley Hoag will provide guidance to patent…

December 13, 2016 – "Nuts & Bolts of the Federal Circuit's Rules" (Federal Circuit Bar Association) -  1:30 to 2:30 pm (EST) December 13, 2016 – "Patent Infringement: Structuring Opinions of Counsel — Leveraging Opinion Letters to Reduce the Risks of Liability and Enhanced Damages" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) December 14, 2016…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Risky Interactions: Using Multiple USPTO Post-Grant Proceedings Concurrently and Sequentially" on December 15, 2016 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). David Cavanaugh of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, Kevin Greenleaf of Dentons LLP; and Matthew Kelly of CME Group will provide…

Technology Transfer Tactics will be offering a webinar on "Protect Your University's Patents while Avoiding 'Troll' Allegations" on December 15, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (Eastern).  Mary Anthony Marchant of Morris, Manning and Martin, LLP will help attendees identify when to assert university IP rights, and how to do it in a way that…

The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a webcast entitled "Nuts & Bolts of the Federal Circuit's Rules" on December 13, 2016 from 1:30 to 2:30 pm (EST) at the FCBA Office in Washington, DC. Laura A. Lydigsen of Brinks Gilson & Lione will moderate a panel consisting of Peter R. Marksteiner, Circuit…

The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a program entitled "Defend Trade Secrets Act: Litigation Strategy" on December 14, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (EST) at the FCBA Office in Washington, DC. Jack Russo of Computerlaw Group, LLP will moderate a panel consisting of David Vance Lucas of Bradley Arrant Boult Cummings,…

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Center for Innovation Policy at Duke University are co-sponsoring a conference on patent quality.  The conference will be held at USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, VA on December 13, 2016.  Michelle Lee, Director and Valencia Martin Wallace, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Quality, will host the conference, which will…

December 6, 2016 – "From Chevron to Cuozzo: Practical Impacts of Administrative Law on PTO Proceedings" (Federal Circuit Bar Association) – Boston, MA December 8, 2016 – "Means-Plus-Function Patent Claims After Williamson: Navigating the New Standard — Assessing Impact on Prosecution, Litigation and IPRs" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) December 13, 2016 –…