Category: Conferences & CLE’s

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Maximizing Patent Prosecution Opportunities in Europe: Tactics for Counsel When Drafting U.S.-Origin Applications — Navigating Differing USPTO and EPO Legal Standards While Maintaining U.S. Patent Strategy" on January 23, 2014 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Rebecca M. McNeill of VIVICAR Law and Jens Viktor Nørgaard of HØIBERG…

D Young & Co will be offering its next European biotech patent law update on January 22, 2014.  The 45-minute webinar will be offered at three times: 4:00 am, 7:00 am, and 12:00 pm (EST).  D Young & Co European Patent Attorneys Simon O'Brien and Robert Dempster will provide an essential update and live Q&A…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "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" on January 16, 2014 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Dale S. Lazar and Timothy W. Lohse of DLA Piper, and…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Combating Patent Trolls: Third-Party Solutions and Defense Strategies in Litigation and Post-Grant Proceedings — Leveraging Counterclaim, Summary Judgment and Other Tactics; Utilizing Legislative, Insurance and Third-Party Tools" on January 30, 2014 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Michael L. Kiklis of Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt and…

January 8-12, 2014 – National CLE Conference (Law Education Institute, Inc.) – Vail, CO January 21, 2014 – "Top Patent Law Stories of 2013" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT) January 22-23, 2014 – Patent Reform*** (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY March 5-7, 2014 – Advanced…

December 16, 2013 – "Means-Plus-Function Patent Claims After the AIA — Assessing Benefits and Risks, Surviving AIA's PGRs, IPRs and Reissue" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) January 8-12, 2014 – National CLE Conference (Law Education Institute, Inc.) – Vail, CO January 21, 2014 – "Top Patent Law Stories of 2013" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert…

December 9, 2013 – Biotechnology/Chemical/Pharmaceutical (BCP) customer partnership meeting (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) – 9:00 am to 2:45 pm (ET) December 9-10, 2013 – Patent Infringement Litigation Summit (Legal iQ (IQPC)) – San Francisco, CA December 10-11, 2013 – Advanced Forum on Patent Litigation*** (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY December 10-11, 2013…

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be holding its next biotechnology/chemical/pharmaceutical (BCP) customer partnership meeting on Monday, December 9, 2013.  The agenda for the meeting is as follows: Morning Session • Meet and Greet (8:30 – 9:00 am ET) — Wanda Walker, Jerry Lorengo, and James Wilson (Acting), Directors, TC1600 SPEs • Opening Remarks…

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar on the "Top Patent Law Stories of 2013" on January 21, 2014 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT).  Patent Docs co-authors and MBHB attorneys Donald Zuhn and Kevin Noonan will take a look back at the top patent stories of 2013, many…

The Chisum Patent Academy will be offering its next Advanced Patent Law Seminars on March 5-7, 2014 in Cincinnati, OH, and on August 13-15 and August 18-20, 2014 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…