Category: Conferences & CLE’s

A special Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory conference on "Genes & Diagnostics: A Myriad of Issues in Biotech IP" will be held on March 10-13, 2013.  The conference will offer the following sessions: • Keynote address — "Reexamining the promise and perils of personalized medicine: Patents and beyond" — to be presented by Timothy Caulfield, Faculty…

Technology Transfer Tactics will be offering a webinar entitled "Implementing the New Priority Rules Under the AIA" on March 7, 2013 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm (Eastern).  Charles R. Macedo of Amster, Rothstein and Ebenstein, LLP will discuss how to adjust filing strategies and procedures in view of the AIA's new prior art and priority…

January 27, 2013 – Canadian IP Law Update — Practical Tips and Information for U.S. Attorneys (Smart & Biggar) – Minneapolis, MN January 29, 2013 – Combined Customer Partnership Meeting of TC3700 and TC1600 (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) – Alexandria, VA January 29-30, 2013 – Biotech & Pharma Patent Litigation*** (C5) – Amsterdam, Netherlands…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "First to File: Final Rules and Guidance — Navigating Significant Changes to Derivation Practice, What Constitutes Prior Art and More" on February 20, 2013 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm (EST).  Stephen G. Kunin of Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt LLP and Brad D. Pedersen of Patterson Thuente…

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar on the "When Trade Secrets Go Abroad: Strategies for Combating Trade Secret Misappropriation" on February 21, 2013 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT).  MBHB attorneys Dr. Emily Miao and Joshua Rich will present strategies that trade secret owners can use to combat…

January 22, 2013 – Top Patent Law Stories of 2012 (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 to 11:15 am (CT) January 22, 2013 – Patent Term Adjustments and Extensions: Recent Developments — Leveraging Exelixis, Other Court Decisions and Recent USPTO Rule Changes to Maximize PTAs and PTEs (Strafford) – 1:00 – 2:30 pm…

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding the next session of its FDA Boot Camp conference on March 19-20, 2013 in New York, NY.  ACI faculty will help attendees: • Master the basics of the application and approval processes for drugs, biologics, and devices;• Comprehend the structure of the FDA and the roles of the…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Patent Term Adjustment: An Update" on January 24, 2013 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET).  A panel consisting of Patricia Carson of Kirkland & Ellis, LLP; Adrian Looney of Pfizer, Inc.; and Eli Loots of Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP will consider: •…

The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Intellectual Property Law, Section of Science and Technology, and Center for Professional Development will be offering a live webinar and teleconference entitled "Single Claim Restriction Requirements: 
The Interplay Between 35 USC Section 112 and 35 USC Section 121" on February 5, 2013 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm (Eastern). …

The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) will be offering a program on "Coping With The New First-Inventor-to-File Prior Art Law: What Patent Prosecutors Need to Know and Do Before and After the Effective Date" on January 25, 2013 from 12:00 to 2:30 pm (Central) at the DePaul University Law School in Chicago, IL. …