Category: Conferences & CLE’s

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar on the "Top Patent Law Stories of 2016" on January 18, 2017 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT).  For the past ten years, the Patent Docs weblog has presented an annual, end-of-the-year review of the top stories in patent law.  In this presentation, Patent Docs co-authors…

December 1, 2016 – "Patent Design Arounds: Minimizing Risk of Infringement or Reducing Likelihood of Design Arounds — Navigating Claims, Specifications, Prosecution History, Prior Art and Other Key Considerations" (Strafford) -1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) December 1, 2016 – "Launching a Post-Grant Proceeding: In-house Perspective and Strategy" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 to 3:00…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Patent Design Arounds: Minimizing Risk of Infringement or Reducing Likelihood of Design Arounds — Navigating Claims, Specifications, Prosecution History, Prior Art and Other Key Considerations" on December 1, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST). Patrick G. Burns of Greer Burns & Crain, and Dale S. Lazar of…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Launching a Post-Grant Proceeding: In-house Perspective and Strategy" on December 1, 2016 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Matthew Cutler, Harness of Dickey & Pierce PLC, David Kelley of Ford Global Technologies LLC, and Kimberly Schmitt of Intel Corp. will consider best practices…

November 22, 2016 – "After-Final Practice: Navigating Expanding PTO Options to Compact Patent Prosecution — Utilizing Post-Prosecution Pilot Program (P3), After-Final Consideration Pilot 2.0, Pre-Appeal Conference and More" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 3:00 pm (EST) December 6, 2016 – "From Chevron to Cuozzo: Practical Impacts of Administrative Law on PTO Proceedings" (Federal Circuit Bar Association)…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Demonstrating Patent Eligibility Post-Alice: Impact of McRo and Other Recent Cases — Navigating the Nuances and Leveraging Guidance From Federal Circuit and PTAB Opinion" on December 20, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Michael L. Kiklis and Stephen G. Kunin of Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt will…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Patent Infringement: Structuring Opinions of Counsel — Leveraging Opinion Letters to Reduce the Risks of Liability and Enhanced Damages" on December 13, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Thomas J. Scott, Jr., Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Personalized Media Communications, and April Weisbruch and Eleanor M.…

November 15, 2016 – "Covered Business Method (CBM) Patent Review: Another Way to Kill Software Patents?" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT) November 15, 2016 – "That's a Fact! The Role of Factual Disputes in PTAB Institution Decisions in the Life Sciences" (Federal Circuit Bar Association) – 1:00…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Means-Plus-Function Patent Claims After Williamson: Navigating the New Standard — Assessing Impact on Prosecution, Litigation and IPRs" on December 8, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Thomas L. Irving and Amanda K. Murphy, Ph.D. of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, and Wanli Tang, Ph.D. of Jones…

The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a program entitled "From Chevron to Cuozzo: Practical Impacts of Administrative Law on PTO Proceedings" on December 6, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (ET) at the Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, MA.  Andrew M. Mason of Klarquist Sparkman LLP will moderate a panel…