Category: Conferences & CLE’s

March 22, 2016 – "Federal Circuit Practice Around 2020: A Look Ahead" (Federal Circuit Bar Association) – 12:00 to 1:00 pm (EDT) March 24, 2016 – "Structuring Patent Licensing Agreements: Avoiding Litigation, Allocating Risk and Maximizing Patent Value" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT) March 24, 2016 – "Structuring Patent Licensing Agreements: Avoiding Litigation,…

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be co-sponsoring a program on "Protecting Your IP Overseas: WIPO Services and Initiatives" on April 13, 2016 in Nashville, TN and on April 15, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia.  The Program will offer sessions on the following…

The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a webcast entitled "Federal Circuit Practice Around 2020: A Look Ahead" on March 22, 2016 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm (EDT).  Michael Franzinger of Sidley Austin LLP will moderate a panel consisting of Polk Wagner, Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Daralyn Durie of Durie Tangri…

March 15, 2016 – Patent Bar & Office Dialog Summit (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – Washington, D.C. March 16, 2016 – "Preparing for the European Unified Patent Court (UPC)" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT) March 16, 2016 – "Trade Secrets in Biotech, Biosimilars & Medical Devices" (American…

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar on "A Federal Trade Secrets Act? The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016" on April 12, 2016 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CDT).  In this presentation, MBHB attorney Joshua Rich will cover: • The background of existing trade secrets laws;• The provisions…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Structuring Patent Licensing Agreements: Avoiding Litigation, Allocating Risk and Maximizing Patent Value" on March 24, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  John M. Augustyn of Leydig Voit & Mayer and Peter J. Toren of Weisbrod Matteis & Copley will prepare IP counsel to craft effective patent licenses…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Conducting and Analyzing Patent Searches — Strategies for Validity, Patentability, Infringement, FTO and State-of-the-Art Searches" on March 31, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Thomas L. Irving of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, Jonathan E. Grant of Grant Patent Services, and Cory C. Bell of Finnegan…

Fleming will be holding a conference on IP Strategy, Patent Portfolio Development and Innovation from April 5-7, 2016 in Boston, MA.  The conference will offer sessions covering the following topics: • Enhanced Patent Quality Initiative: Moving Forward• Synchronizing IP Strategy with Corporate Innovation Strategy• Navigating Patent Portfolio Development in 2016: Keeping Abreast of the Ever-Changing…

March 8, 2016 – Patent Quality Chat webinar series: "Latest on the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) System" (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) – 12:00 to 1:00 pm (ET) March 9, 2016 – "Strategic Use of Patent Reissue Applications for University IP" (Technology Transfer Tactics) – 1:00 to 2:00 pm (Eastern) March 9, 2016 – "First…

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will be offering a webinar entitled "Patent Prosecution from a Litigator's Viewpoint: Position Your Patent to Succeed in Litigation & Post-Grant Procedures" on March 30, 2016 from 12:30 – 2:00 pm (Eastern).  Tom Irving of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP; and Robert Sloss of Procopio Cory…