Category: Conferences & CLE’s

The John Marshall Law School Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law, World Intellectual Property Organization, and Bloomberg Law will be offering a "Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Seminar for Patent Professionals" on October 20-21, 2016 in Chicago, IL.  The seminar offers an examination of current practice with regard to the PCT system, with a…

October 11, 2016 - Patents Ombudsman Program and Pro Se Assistance Program (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) – 12:00 to 1:00 pm (ET) October 12, 2016 – "Addressing §101 Patent Eligibility Rejections: Getting Off the Hook" (The Knowledge Group) – 10:00 am to 12:00 pm (EST) October 13, 2016 – "Leveraging USPTO Examiner Count System: Efficiently…

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 October 11, 2016.  Anthony Knight, Director of Stakeholder outreach and Patents Ombudsman Program, and Mindy Bickel, Associate Commissioner for Innovation Development, will detail the Patents Ombudsman Program and Pro…

The Knowledge Group will offer a live webcast entitled "Addressing §101 Patent Eligibility Rejections: Getting Off the Hook" on October 12, 2016 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm (EST).  Seth M. Cannon of Carter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP and Viresh R. Patel of Jones Robb PLLC will help attendees understand many of the important…

October 3-4, 2016 – Advanced Patent Law Seminar (Chisum Patent Academy) – Washington, DC October 13, 2016 – "Leveraging USPTO Examiner Count System: Efficiently Prosecuting Patents, Lowering Prosecution Costs" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT) October 18, 2016 – "Brexit: The Impact on Your International Patent Filing Strategy" (RWS inovia and Managing IP) –…

RWS inovia and Managing IP will be offering a free webinar on "Brexit: The Impact on Your International Patent Filing Strategy," on October 18, 2016 at 9:00 am (CT).  Reinhard Ottway of RWS Group; Gary Smith, former director of the PCT at WIPO; Justin Simpson of Inovia; and James Nurton, managing editor, Managing IP will…

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be holding its next biotechnology/chemical/pharmaceutical (BCP) customer partnership meeting on October 19, 2016 at the USPTO Headquarters (Alexandria, VA).  The agenda for the meeting is as follows: • Welcoming and Opening Remarks (10:00 – 10:10 am EDT) — Jerry Lorengo, Director, TC1600, USPTO; Daniel Sullivan, Director, TC1600, USPTO; and…

September 29, 2016 - IP & Diagnostics Symposium (Biotechnology Innovation Organization) – Alexandria, VA September 29, 2016 – "Patent Inventorship: Best Practices for Determination and Correction — Distinguishing Between Inventor and Contributor; Navigating Joint Inventorship, Disclosure of Ownership, and Real Party in Interest" (Strafford) September 29, 2016 – "Trade Secrets: Strategies for Understanding & Litigating a…

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "To Patent or Not to Patent: When to Keep Your IP a Trade Secret" on October 19, 2016 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT).  In this presentation, MBHB attorneys Grant Drutchas and Josh Rich will address key issues facing businesses and…

KISCH IP will be offering a webinar entitled "Second Medical Use Claims in South African Patent Law" on September 29, 2016.  The webinar, to be given by Ursula Baravalle, will provide a discussion of second medical use claims in South Africa and the positon of method of treatment claims and Swiss-type claims. The webinar will…