Category: Conferences & CLE’s

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 September 13, 2016.  In the latest webinar, which will provide a discussion on "Future Information Disclosure Practice in a Global Dossier Environment," the Office will explore whether to leverage…

August 30, 2016 – "Inducement and Indirect Infringement: A Muddle After NuVasive?" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). September 1, 2016 – "Drafting and Prosecuting Patent Applications to Withstand PTAB Scrutiny — Building Reasonable Claim Construction to Avoid Unpatentability and Using Declarations to Survive Post-Grant Proceedings" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Inducement and Indirect Infringement: A Muddle After NuVasive?" on August 30, 2016 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET).  John Campbell of McKool Smith, Prof. Tim Holbrook of Emory University School of Law, and Blair Jacobs of Paul Hastings LLP will review the state…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Defending Patents in IPR Proceedings: Best Practices to Mitigate Risks of Claim Cancellation — Leveraging Preliminary Responses, Using Experts, Filing Motions to Amend and Substitute Claims, Evaluating Secondary Considerations" on September 20, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Michael J. Flibbert of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett &…

Grünecker will be offering a two-day seminar on European Patent Law on September 22-23, 2016 in Munich, Germany.  The seminar will provide practical and strategic information on European Patent Law, including a "Brexit update" on the UPC and the Unitary Patent.  Those wishing to register can do so here.

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Structuring Freedom-to-Operate Opinions: Reducing Risk of Patent Infringement — Combating Troubling FTO Results, Overcoming Potential Roadblocks, Addressing Impact of Post-Grant Process on FTO Opinions" on September 21, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Doris Johnson Hines and Thomas L. Irving of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner,…

August 25, 2016 – "The Next Wave of Data Privacy: What the GDPR, Privacy Shield and Brexit Mean for U.S. Intellectual Property Litigation" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT) September 1, 2016 – "Drafting and Prosecuting Patent Applications to Withstand PTAB Scrutiny — Building Reasonable Claim Construction to…

The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) will be holding its fourth annual IP & Diagnostics Symposium from 8:15 am to 2:30 pm on September 29, 2016 at the Hilton Alexandria Old Town Hotel in Alexandria, VA.  The Symposium will review and evaluate the state of patent law for advanced molecular diagnostics and personalized medicine as well…

The Chisum Patent Academy will be offering two sessions of its Advanced Patent Law Seminar on September 29-30 and October 3-4, 2016 in Washington, DC.  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…

Dilworth IP will be offering a live webinar entitled "What is Patent Eligible: The Ever-evolving Section 101 Standard" on September 7, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (EDT).  In this presentation, Dr. Anthony Sabatelli will discuss: • Current interpretations of Section 101;• Best practice tips for avoiding or overcoming a Section 101 rejection;• The Supreme…