Category: Conferences & CLE’s

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016: Leveraging the New Federal Framework to Protect IP — Navigating the New IP Landscape, Evaluating Federal and State Causes of Action, Weighing Trade Secret vs. Patent Protection" on July 26, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  John M. Augustyn of…

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "The Next Wave of Data Privacy: What the GDPR, Privacy Shield and Brexit Mean for U.S. Intellectual Property Litigation" on August 25, 2016 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT).  In this presentation, MBHB managing partner S. Richard Carden will provide a…

July 12, 2016 – "Conflicts in Patent Prosecution: Avoiding the Ethical Pitfalls — Minimizing Risks of Malpractice Liability and Ethics Sanctions" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT) July 12, 2016 - Patent Quality Chat webinar series on "Opportunities for Examiner Interviews: First Action Interview Pilot and General Practice" (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) – 12:00 to…

Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be holding its "Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2016: Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing" on July 14-15, 2016 in New York, NY, on August 18-19, 2016 in San Francisco, CA, and on September 14-15, 2016 in Chicago, IL.  Patent Docs author Donald Zuhn will chair and Patent Docs author Kevin Noonan…

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 July 21, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Doris Johnson Hines and Thomas L. Irving of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner…

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be offering the next webinar in its Patent Quality Chat webinar series on July 12, 2016 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm (ET).  The latest webinar, which will focus on "Opportunities for Examiner Interviews: First Action Interview Pilot and General Practice," will be hosted by Wendy Garber, Director of Technology Center…

Juristat will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Patent Prosecution in the Post-Alice Era" on July 14, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (EDT).  James Cosgrove and Aubrey Mann will guide participants through the new realities of patent prosecution in light of the Supreme Court's 2014 decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank.  The webinar will…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Willful Patent Infringement and Enhanced Damages After Halo — Navigating the New Standard Under 35 U.S.C. 284 Following Supreme Court Ruling" on July 19, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Matthew P. Becker pf Banner & Witcoff and Michael Hawes of Baker Botts will provide guidance to…

June 29, 2016 – "Arrival of a New Privilege and a Review of Potential Waivers of Privilege in Business Contexts" (American Intellectual Property Law Association) – 12:30 – 2:00 pm (Eastern) June 30, 2016 – "Goodbye to Seagate: Willfulness and Enhanced Damages After Halo" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET) June…

Technology Transfer Tactics will be offering a webinar on "Understanding and Applying the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016" on July 13, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (Eastern).  Andrew M. Howard of Shore, Chan, DePumpo, LLC will look at the provisions of the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA), and how universities can…