Category: Conferences & CLE’s

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its 4th Advanced Summit on Medical Device Patents on March 24-26, 2014 in Chicago, IL.  The conference will allow attendees to: • Utilize the new AIA inter partes review and post-grant review procedures to your advantage in the crowded and litigious medical device patent field;• Prepare for increased…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Proactive Patent Procurement and Prosecution Strategies: Minimizing the Threat of Post-Grant Challenges — Insulating Your Patent Portfolio From New Threats" on February 13, 2014 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Christopher A. Bullard of Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt and Scott A. McKeown of Oblon Spivak McClelland…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Protecting IP Rights in Joint Development Agreements and Strategic Alliances — Structuring JDAs to Apportion Contributed, Joint and Derivative IP; Planning for Involuntary Early Endings; and Avoiding Unintended Consequences" on February 20, 2014 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Sharon Tasman Prysan of Health & Technology Law Group…

January 16, 2014 – "Provisional Patent Applications: Preserving IP Rights in First-to-File System — Assessing Whether to Use — and Strategies for Leveraging — Provisional Applications Under the New Patent Regime" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) January 21, 2014 – "Top Patent Law Stories of 2013" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) –…

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "Proposed Patent Reform Legislation: How It May Impact You (Especially if You Are Not Considered to be a 'Patent Troll'" on February 18, 2014 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT).  MBHB attorney and Patent Docs contributor Dr. Andrew W. Williams will…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "After Actavis: FTC Update" on January 9, 2014 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET).  A panel consisting of Steven Lee of Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, Michael Perry of the Health Care Division of the Bureau of Competition at the Federal Trade Commission, and Bruce…

January 8-12, 2014 – National CLE Conference (Law Education Institute, Inc.) – Vail, CO January 16, 2014 – "Provisional Patent Applications: Preserving IP Rights in First-to-File System — Assessing Whether to Use — and Strategies for Leveraging — Provisional Applications Under the New Patent Regime" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) January 21, 2014…

Momentum will be holding an IP Counsel Exchange for Biosimilar Applicants & Sponsors January 23-24, 2014 in New York, NY.  Developed to provide a forum for IP counsel within the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and biotechnology space, the IP Counsel Biosimilars Exchange will focus on providing participants with best practices and proven strategies for best positioning biosimilar/biobetter…

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding a conference on Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Patent Life Cycles and Portfolio Strategies on February 26-27, 2014 in New York, NY.  ACI faculty will help attendees: • Apply second generation small molecule patent portfolio management strategies to large molecule patents;• Understand how safe harbor and 272(e)(1) controversies under Classen…

January 8-12, 2014 – National CLE Conference (Law Education Institute, Inc.) – Vail, CO January 16, 2014 – "Provisional Patent Applications: Preserving IP Rights in First-to-File System — Assessing Whether to Use — and Strategies for Leveraging — Provisional Applications Under the New Patent Regime" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) January 21, 2014…