Category: Conferences & CLE’s

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Hatch-Waxman and Biologic Strategies at the PTAB" on March 3, 2015 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET).  Cynthia Hardman of Goodwin Procter, LLP; Gerald Flattmann Jr. of Paul Hastings; and Teresa Stanek Rea of Crowell & Moring, LLP will analyze how inter partes review…

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will be offering a webinar entitled "Best Practices to Secure Allowance of Patent Application Claims Using Evidence" on March 3, 2015 from 12:30 – 2:00 pm (ET).  Courtenay Brinckerhoff of Foley & Lardner; Matthew Dowd of Wiley Rein, LLP; and Mary Till, USPTO Office of Patent Legal Administration will…

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its 6th Advanced Forum on M&A and Strategic Alliances in the Life Sciences Industries from April 27-29, 2015 in New York, NY.  The conference will allow attendees to: • Develop a strategic plan of action based on your organizations' business goals;• Understand what investors are looking for and…

February 25, 2015 – European biotech patent law update (D Young & Co) – 3:00 am, 6:00 am, and 11:00 am (ET) February 25, 2015 – "Prevailing Before the PTAB 'Death Squad': Practical Considerations for Petitioners and Patent Holders" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT) February 26, 2015…

Momentum will be holding its 2nd IP Counsel Exchange on Post-Grant Patent Challenges at the PTAB on March 30-31, 2015 in San Jose, CA.  The conference will offer presentations on the following topics: • Perspectives from the Chief Administrative Patent Judge — Hon. James D. Smith, Chief Administrative Judge Patent Trial and Appeal Board, U.S.…

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding a conference on Post-Grant PTO Proceedings on March 25-26, 2015 in New York, NY.  ACI faculty will help attendees: • Evaluate and audit existing patent portfolios to identify patents which are most vulnerable to these new post grant challenges;• Analyze the impact of CLS Bank v. Alice Corp.…

Maschio & Soames will be offering a Global Biotech IP Update webinar on "Patent Eligibility Requirements in Life Sciences" on March 3, 2015 at 2:00 pm CST (Chicago), and Wednesday, March 4 at 12:00 noon AEDT (Melbourne) and 12:00 noon GMT (London).  Robert Dempster of Maschio & Soames IP Ltd., David Gass of Marshall, Gerstein…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Drafting and Prosecuting Patent Applications to Withstand PTAB Scrutiny — Building Reasonable Claim Construction to Avoid Unpatentability and Using Declarations to Survive Post Grant Proceedings" on March 5, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Anthony M. Gutowski, Thomas L. Irving, John Mulcahy of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett…

February 19, 2015 - "Readjusting the USPTO 101 Guidance for Life Science Inventions to Alice and Public Input: Are We There Yet?" (American Intellectual Property Law Association) – 12:30 – 2:00 pm (Eastern) February 19, 2015 – "Structuring Patent Indemnification Provisions After the AIA — Allocating Infringement Risk While Accounting for AIA Changes to PTAB Estoppel…

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar on "Abstract Ideas after Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l: The USPTO Issues Interim Guidance and Examples" on March 19, 2015 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT).  In this presentation, Patent Docs contributor and MBHB attorney Michael S. Borella will provide an integrated view…