Category: Conferences & CLE’s

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "Are We Innovators, or Are We Trolls: The Slippery Slope of Defining A Patent Troll" on July 30, 2013 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT).  MBHB attorneys Alison J. Baldwin and Sarah J. Duda will cover proposed governmental anti-patent troll actions…

Law Seminars International (LSI) will be offering a one-hour telebriefing entitled "FTC v. Actavis: Practical Implications of the Landmark Supreme Court Decision" on July 16, 2013 from 3:00 to 4:00 pm (Eastern).  Jarod M. Bona of DLA Piper will moderate a panel that includes Markus H. Meier, Assistant Director, Health Care Division, Bureau of Competition,…

The American Bar Association (ABA) will be holding its 2013 Annual Meeting from August 8-11, 2013 in San Francisco, CA.  During the Annual Meeting, various ABA sections and divisions will be offering more than 250 CLE programs, including the following programs that will be offered by the Intellectual Property Law section: • European Patent Litigation:…

July 1-2, 2013 – TTS Europe (TTS Ltd. and Wellcome Trust) – London, UK July 10, 2013 – New USPTO Professional Conduct Rules (Law Seminars International) – 2:00 to 3:00 pm (Eastern) July 10, 2013 – CLS Bank v. Alice Corp.: Navigating Patent Eligibility of Software-Related Inventions Absent Clear Guidance (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30…

Law Seminars International (LSI) will be offering a one-hour telebriefing entitled "New USPTO Professional Conduct Rules" on July 10, 2013 from 2:00 – 3:00 pm (Eastern).  Patent Docs contributor Andrew Williams of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will provide an introduction and overview of the new rules from a practitioner's perspective and William R.…

Technology Transfer Tactics will be offering a webinar entitled "Analyzing and Adapting to the Supreme Court's Myriad Ruling" on August 8, 2013 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm (Eastern).  Patent Docs author Dr. Kevin Noonan of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will help clarify and assess the effects of the Myriad decision for IP and…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Conflicts in Patent Prosecution: Avoiding the Ethical Pitfalls Minimizing Risks of Malpractice Liability and Ethics Sanctions" on September 18, 2013 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm (EDT).  Stephen T. Schreiner of Goodwin Procter will provide guidance to IP counsel on the conflicts issues that often arise in patent prosecutions,…

June 25, 2013 – AIA Impact on Section 103 and Non-Obviousness: Navigating Timing Changes, Post-AIA Treatment of KSR, and Secondary Considerations to Meet Patent Validity Requirements (Strafford) – 1:00 – 2:30 pm (EDT) June 25-26, 2013 – Maximising Pharma Patents (C5 (UK)) – London, England June 26, 2013 – The Supreme Court Decision(s) in Myriad:…

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its Legal and Regulatory Summit on Generic Drugs on July 17-18, 2013 in New York, NY.  ACI faculty will help attendees: • Adapt to the implementation and economic impacts of the Generic Drug User Fee Amendments• Understand the opportunities and challenges presented by the Health Care Reform Law's…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Reverse Payments: Impact of U.S. Supreme Court on Hatch-Waxman Litigation" on June 20, 2013 beginning at 4:30 pm (ET).  A panel consisting of Jeffery Cross of Freeborn & Peters; Albert Foer, president and founder of the American Antitrust Institute; and Lawrence Rosenberg of…