Category: Conferences & CLE’s

March 25-27, 2013 – 2013 Spring Intellectual Property Counsels Committee (IPCC) Conference (Biotechnology Industry Organization) – San Diego, CA April 3-5, 2013 – 28th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference (American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Intellectual Property Law) – Arlington, VA April 4, 2013 – Double Patenting: Defeating Rejections and Avoiding Terminal Disclaimers (Strafford) –…

The University of Kansas School of Law, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, University of San Diego School of Law, and Boston College Law School will be holding the third annual Patent Conference — PatCon 3 — on April 12-13, 2013 at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law in Chicago, IL.  The conference will consist of the…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Advanced AIA Issues for Patent Claim Construction: Best Practices Absent Clear Court Guidance" on April 18, 2013 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm (EDT).  Thomas L. Irving of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, Lauren L. Stevens of Foley & Lardner, and Colin G. Sandercock of Perkins Coie will…

C5 (UK) will be holding its 10th International Forum on Freedom to Operate on May 15-16, 2013 in Frankfurt, Germany.  C5 faculty will offer presentations on the following topics: • A timeline of best practice at key milestones in the development pathway to ensure you develop & execute a robust and rigorous FTO search strategy;•…

C5 (UK) will be holding its 2nd Forum on Pharma & Biotech Collaborations on May 14, 2013 in Frankfurt, Germany.  C5 faculty will offer presentations on the following topics: • Identifying the current deal drivers and trends in deal-making: What it means for your next collaboration agreement;• How leading pharma & biotech choose the right…

March 18-19, 2013 – 7th Annual Patent Law Institute (Practising Law Institute) – San Francisco, CA March 19-20, 2013 – FDA Boot Camp*** (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY March 20, 2013 – Improving the Success of Appeals to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 –…

IBC Life Sciences will be holding its 2nd annual Pharma Legal Affairs conference on May 21-23, 2013 in Shanghai, China.  IBC faculty will offer presentations on the following topics: • India: Latest change toward "the public good" regime;• Overcoming the hurdles of obtaining drug approvals in the China market;• South East Asia: Understanding the legal…

March 10-13, 2013 – Genes & Diagnostics: A Myriad of Issues in Biotech IP (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory March 13, 2013 – First to File: Final Rules and Guidance — Navigating Significant Changes to Derivation Practice, What Constitutes Prior Art and More (Strafford) – 1:00 – 2:30 pm (EDT) March…

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) will be holding its annual BIO International Convention on April 22-25, 2013 in Chicago, IL.  Founded in 1993, BIO is a nonprofit association seeking supportive biotechnology policies on behalf of more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers, and related organizations across the United States and in more…

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its next Paragraph IV Disputes conference on May 7-8, 2013 in New York, NY.  The conference will allow attendees to: • Assess how new PTO proceedings will influence the course of Hatch-Waxman litigation;• Understand how new 271(e)(1) controversies under Claussen and Momenta will affect ANDA filings;• Decipher the…