Category: Conferences & CLE’s

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) Education Foundation will be sponsoring Patent Bar & Office Dialog Summit on March 15, 2016 in Washington, D.C. The Patent Summit program includes patent general sessions on the following topics: • Subject Matter Eligibility• Patent Quality Discussion• PTAB/IPR Discussion• Written Description/Section 112 Discussion In addition, attendees will have an…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "First Response to Trade Secret Theft: Best Practices for Answering an Alarm" on March 9, 2016 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET).  Karen Cochran of DuPont, Jose Gonzales-Magaz of Honeywell, and Randall Kahnke of Faegre Baker Daniels will give best practices for secret…

The Northwestern Journal of Technology & Intellectual Property will be holding its Eleventh Annual Symposium on March 10-11, 2016 on the Chicago Campus of Northwestern University.  The Symposium will consist of the following sessions: Thursday, March 10, 2016 • IPR 3.5 Years Later — Where We've Been, and Where We're Going• Design Patent Construction in…

March 1, 2016 – "PTAB Best Practices for Petitioners" (American Intellectual Property Law Association) – 12:30 – 2:00 pm (Eastern) March 3, 2016 – "Patents and Export Control Compliance: Managing Risk and Avoiding Unintentional Violations — Minimizing Export Control Liability in Patent Application Preparation, Development and Analysis of Innovation, and Licensing" (Strafford) – 1:00 to…

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will be offering a webinar entitled "Trade Secrets in Biotech, Biosimilars & Medical Devices" on March 16, 2016 from 12:30 – 2:00 pm (Eastern).  Victoria Cundiff of Paul Hastings will moderate a panel consisting of Elizabeth Howard of Orrick, ​Debora Plehn-Dujowich of Prismatic Law Group, and Austin Wang…

The first annual American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal (AIPLA QJ) Symposium will be held on March 18, 2016 at the George Washington University Law School.  The program will offer panel discussions on the following topics: • Panel 1: Drafting Claims during Prosecution• Panel 2: Claim Construction during Post-grant Review• Panel 3: Practitioner Panel…

Technology Transfer Tactics will be offering a webinar entitled "Strategic Use of Patent Reissue Applications for University IP" on March 9, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (Eastern).  Michael L. Goldman and Megan O'Gara of LeClair Ryan will discuss reissue opportunities as well as challenges and risks.  The webinar will cover the following topics: •…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Patents and Export Control Compliance: Managing Risk and Avoiding Unintentional Violations — Minimizing Export Control Liability in Patent Application Preparation, Development and Analysis of Innovation, and Licensing" on March 3, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Thomas Crocker of Alston & Bird and David G. Henry of…

February 24, 2016 – "Patentable Subject Matter after Alice: Best Practices for Addressing 35 U.S.C. § 101" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT) February 24, 2016 – "Patent Law Year in Review — 2015 and a Look Ahead to 2016" (Clear Law Institute) – 3:00 – 4:15 pm…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Biotech Patents and §101 Rejections: Meeting Patent Eligibility Requirements — Leveraging Recent Decisions and USPTO Guidance to Overcome Rejections" on March 10, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Denise M. Kettelberger, Ph.D. of Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers, and Katherine M. Kowalchyk, Ph.D. of Merchant & Gould…