Category: Conferences & CLE’s

  • Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Leveraging Post-Grant Patent Proceedings Before the PTAB — Best Practices for Patentees and Third Parties in Inter Partes Review, Post-Grant Review and Covered Business Method Patent Challenges" on July 9, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Greg H. Gardella and Scott A. McKeown of Oblon Spivak McClelland…

  • Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be offering a seminar entitled: "Patent Eligibility, Prior Art and Obviousness 2015: Current Trends in Sections 101, 102 and 103" on June 15, 2015 in San Francisco, CA.  The seminar will also be webcast.  The seminar includes not only the important touchstones of prior art and obviousness, but also patent…

  • June 4, 2015 – "Litigating Inducement and Willfulness after Commil and Akamai" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET) June 9, 2015 – "Claim Construction Caselaw Update: Mechanical & Chemical Arts" (American Intellectual Property Law Association) – 12:30 to 2:00 pm (Eastern) June 9, 2015 – Patent Quality Chat webinar series —…

  • The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Litigating Inducement and Willfulness after Commil and Akamai" on June 4, 2015 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET).  Paul Berghoff of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP, Steven Moore of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, and Frank Nuzzi of Siemens Corporation will consider where…

  • D Young & Co will be offering its next European biotech patent law update on June 9, 2015.  The 45-minute webinar will be offered at three times: 4:00 am, 7:00 am, and 12:00 pm (EDT).  D Young & Co European Patent Attorney Simon O'Brien will provide an essential update and live Q&A on EPO biotechnology…

  • Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Patent Inventorship: Best Practices for Determination and Correction" on June 25, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Jill K. MacAlpine, Ph.D. of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner and Lauren L. Stevens of Global Patent Group will provide guidance for patent counsel on identifying and determining inventorship,…

  • The Chisum Patent Academy will be offering its next Advanced Patent Law Seminar on August 12-14, 2015 in Seattle, WA.  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 of Law from 2004-2011.  The…

  • BIO and Biosimilars By Andrew Williams — The 2015 BIO International Convention begins in two weeks in Philadelphia.  For the past few years, we have provided a series of previews with the goal of making the large amount of information and opportunities available at BIO less daunting for our readers.  This year is no exception,…

  • The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Privity and RPI at the PTAB, with Judge Michael Tierney" on June 4, 2015 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET).  Matthew Berkowitz of Kenyon & Kenyon, Eliot Williams of Baker Botts, and Hon. Michael Tierney, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, U.S. Patent &…

  • June 1-2, 2015 – Biosimilars*** (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY June 4, 2015 – "Navigating Section 112(a) Enablement and Written Description — Withstanding 112(a) Rejections and Attacks on Patent Validity and Patentability" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT) June 9, 2015 – "Claim Construction Caselaw Update: Mechanical & Chemical Arts" (American Intellectual…