Category: Conferences & CLE’s

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar on the "New USPTO Rules of Conduct" on June 6, 2013 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET).  A panel consisting of Glenn Barrett, Counsel and Patent Group Coordinator for ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company; Bradley Forrest of Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner; and James Silbermann, Office…

Law Seminars International (LSI) will be offering a one-hour telebriefing entitled "Bowman v. Monsanto: Practical Implications of the Supreme Court's Ruling" on June 5, 2013 from 2:00 – 3:00 pm (Eastern).  Jeffrey I.D. Lewis of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP will moderate a panel including James W. Dabney of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "AIA Impact on Section 103 and Non-Obviousness: Navigating Timing Changes, Post-AIA Treatment of KSR, and Secondary Considerations to Meet Patent Validity Requirements" on June 25, 2013 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm (EDT).  Thomas L. Irving and Erika H. Arner of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner will provide…

May 29, 2013 – AIA and Patent Due Diligence Understanding the AIA Impact and Best Practices for the Due Diligence Process (Strafford) – 1:00 – 2:30 pm (ET) May 30, 2013 – Harmonization of USPTO Ethical Standards in the Post-AIA Era (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 – 11:15 am (CT) May 30,…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "CLS Opinions: What to Do Now" on May 30, 2013 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET).  A panel consisting of Michael Chernoff, Director of Legal Services, Patent Operations for Accenture; Andrew Hirshfeld, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy at the U.S. Patent and Trademark…

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its Advanced Summit on Global Patenting Strategy and Practice on July 15-16, 2013 in New York, NY.  ACI faculty will help attendees: • Develop a global patenting strategy to protect the commercial embodiment of your product in critically important markets around the world;• Determine the impact of patent…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Post-Grant Patent Proceedings Before the PTAB" on June 12, 2013 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm (EDT).  Scott A. McKeown and Greg H. Gardella of Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt will discuss the new post-grant patent practice and offer best practices for counsel to either patentees or third…

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "Preventing Chinese Trade Secret Theft: The Obama Administration's Strategy on Mitigating the Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets" on June 11, 2013 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT).  MBHB attorney Joshua Rich will cover recent developments in the attempt to mitigate theft…

May 21, 2013 – Ethics in IP Practice (Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago) – Chicago, IL May 21-23, 2013 – Pharma Legal Affairs (IBC Life Sciences) – Shanghai, China May 27, 2013 – A Harmonized Patent World — Are We Getting There? (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – Brussels, Belgium May 29, 2013 – AIA…

The Chisum Patent Academy will be offering its next Advanced Patent Law Seminars from July 31 to August 2, 2013 and from August 5-7, 2013 in Seattle, WA.  The three-day seminar will focus on the following patent law topics: • Patent Practice Gone Wrong: Lessons from Recent Cases on Patent Malpractice and Rule 11 Sanctions•…