Category: Conferences & CLE’s

Technology Transfer Tactics will be offering a webinar entitled "Myriad: The Gene Patent Fight Continues . . ." on October 4, 2012 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm (Eastern).  Patent Docs author Dr. Kevin Noonan of McDonnell, Boehnen, Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will analyze the most recent decision in the AMP v. USPTO case and discuss…

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding a conference on Orphan Drugs and Rare Diseases: Maximizing Opportunities and Overcoming Stumbling Blocks in the Designation and Development Process on November 28-29, 2012 in Boston, MA.  The conference will allow attendees to: • Understand and comply with the FDA's current regulations and policies to gauge the legitimate…

September 5, 2012 – Inter Partes Review: Rules and Strategy (Intellectual Property Owners Association ) – 2:00 – 3:00 pm September 6, 2012 – A Review of the Impact of Recent Supreme Court and Federal Circuit Decisions on Patent Strategy (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 – 11:15 am (CT) September 9-11, 2012…

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will be holding its 2012 annual meeting on October 25-27, 2012 in Washington, DC.  Among the sessions being offered during the annual meeting will be: Plenary Session — The Impact of the AIA Rules Concurrent Track — Patent Litigation Under the AIA — including presentations on: • AIA…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar on "Supplemental Examination: Rules and Strategy" on September 18, 2012 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET).  A panel consisting of Robert Bahr, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, USPTO; Courtenay Brinckerhoff of Foley & Lardner LLP; and Kurtis MacFerrin of Google, Inc. will discuss the…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar on "Inter Partes Review: Rules and Strategy" on September 5, 2012 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET).  A panel consisting of the Hon. Sally Medley, Administrative Patent Judge, USPTO; Kevin Laurence of Stoel Rives, LLP; and Scott Markow of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. will…

August 27, 2012 – AIA Post-Grant Implementation Begins – Is Your Business Strategy Aligned? (Foley & Lardner) – 3:00 pm (Eastern) August 30, 2012 – The Written Description Requirement: Are Antibodies Chemicals, Proteins, or Exceptions? (American Bar Association) – 1:00 – 2:30 pm (Eastern) September 6, 2012 – A Review of the Impact of Recent…

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "New USPTO Rules for Post-Grant Proceedings:  Meeting the New Requirements for Post-Grant and Inter Partes Reviews and Supplemental Examination" on September 18, 2012 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm (EDT).  Scott A. McKeown, Greg H. Gardella, and Jessica J. Harrison of Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt will provide…

The Center for Business Intelligence (CBI) will be holding its 4th Life Sciences Congress on Paragraph IV Disputes on October 25-26, 2012 in Washington, DC.  The conference will offer presentations on the following topics: • Through the looking glass — Fine-tune fundamentals of Hatch-Waxman and anticipate future developments in patent litigation;• The next big wave…

August 21, 2012 – Mayo v. Prometheus: The Supreme Court's New Methodology for Analyzing Patent Eligibility (American Bar Association) – 1:00 – 2:30 pm (EDT) August 22, 2012 – The Final USPTO AIA Rules: What You Need to Know (American Intellectual Property Law Association) – 12:30 – 2:00 pm (Eastern) August 24, 2012 – The…