Category: Conferences & CLE’s

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will be offering a webinar entitled "PTAB Best Practices for Petitioners" on March 1, 2016 from 12:30 – 2:00 pm (Eastern).  David Cavanaugh of Wilmer Hale; Scott Chambers of Porzio, Brombert & Newman; Jonathan Stroud, Chief Patent Counsel, Unified Patents; and ​Christa Brown-Sanford of Baker Botts will walk…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Negotiating Technology Transfer Agreements — Structuring Key Provisions, Anticipating and Avoiding Drafting Pitfalls, Addressing Cross-Border Challenges" on February 25, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Luke K. Pedersen and Stephen C. Mann of Baker Botts will provide guidance to counsel for drafting technology transfer and licensing agreements,…

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be offering the next webinar in its Patent Quality Chat webinar series on March 8, 2016 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm (ET).  The latest webinar, which will address the latest on the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) System, will be hosted by USPTO CPC experts Derris Banks, Director of…

February 17, 2016 – "Section 112(a) Enablement and Written Description: Leveraging CCPA and Early Federal Circuit Decisions — Capitalizing on Past Precedent to Withstand 112(a) Rejections and Attacks on Patent Validity and Patentability" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) February 17, 2016 – "The Patent Trial & Appeal Board Matures – Recent PTAB Rulemaking,…

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar on "Preparing for the European Unified Patent Court (UPC)" on March 16, 2016 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT).  In this presentation, Daniel Boehnen of MBHB and Edward Nodder of Bristows LLP will address the following topics: • The present system in…

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will be offering a webinar entitled "PTAB Best Practices for Patentees" on February 18, 2016 from 12:30 – 2:00 pm (Eastern).  Terry Rea of Crowell and Moring; Naveen Modi of Paul Hastings; and Hon. Michael Tierney, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Patent Trial & Appeal Board, Lead Administrative…

The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a webcast entitled "The Patent Trial & Appeal Board Matures – Recent PTAB Rulemaking, Judicial Caseload and The Patent Process" on February 17, 2016 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (EST).  Patrick C. Keane of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC will moderate a panel consisting of Circuit…

The John Marshall Law School Center for Intellectual Property Law will be holding its 60th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference on February 26, 2016 in Chicago, IL.  The conference will consist of the following sessions: • Recent Developments in Intellectual Property Law• Keynote speaker — Probir Mehta, Acting Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Intellectual Property…

Clear Law Institute will be offering a webinar entitled "Patent Law Year in Review — 2015 and a Look Ahead to 2016" on February 24, 2016 from 3:00 – 4:15 pm (ET).  Andrew R. Sommer of Winston & Strawn LLP will review key Supreme Court and Federal Circuit decisions from 2015 and important decisions that…

February 8-9, 2016 - Naples Patent Experts Conference (University of Akron School of Law) – Naples, FL February 9, 2016 - Patent Quality Chat webinar series (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) – 12:00 to 1:00 pm (ET) February 9, 2016 – "Caught in a web — how the court in Kimble v. Marvel ruled on whether payment…