Category: Conferences & CLE’s

The Association of Intellectual Property Firms (AIPF) will be offering a webinar entitled "Optimizing Relations with the USPTO: All the Questions You Always Wanted to Ask and Could Never Get Answers For" on November 9, 2011 from 12:30 – 1:30 PM (EST).  Stuart S. Levy of Sughrue Mion, PLLC and Jennifer C. Bailey of Hovey…

The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Intellectual Property Law, Section of Public Contract Law, and Center for Continuing Legal Education will be offering a live webinar entitled "The Impact of Stanford v. Roche on Private Party Transactions:  Inventor Ownership and Government Rights Under Bayh-Dole" on September 28, 2011 from 1:00 – 2:30 PM (Eastern). …

Management Forum and JNB Marketing & Events and will be offering a three-day course entitled "Biotechnology from the Ground Up" on November 2-4, 2011 in San Diego, CA.  The course will offer presentations on the following topics: Day One• Introduction to Biotechnology• Introduction to Molecular Biology• Re-Expression of Proteins• Development of Production Organisms• Fermentation Technology…

September 6-7, 2011 – Pharmaceutical Law Academy (IBC Legal Conferences) – London, UK September 8, 2011 – Patents and the Written Description Requirement: Lessons Learned Since Ariad v. Lilly (Strafford) – 1:00 – 2:30 PM (EDT) September 11-13, 2011 – 2011 Annual Meeting (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – Los Angeles, CA September 13, 2011 –…

The South African Department of Science and Technology is sponsoring a conference on Accelerating IP and Innovation in South Africa on September 18-20, 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa.  The event is being organized by co-chairs Sherry Knowles of Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies (and former Chief Patent Counsel at GlaxoSmithKline); Jonathan Youngleson, Chief Director of…

The Association of Intellectual Property Firms (AIPF) will be offering a webinar entitled "A Discussion with Robert Stoll of the USPTO" on October 26, 2011 from 1:00 – 2:00 PM (EDT).  The webinar features USPTO Commissioner for Patents Robert L. Stoll and Stuart S. Levy of Sughrue Mion, PLLC.  Those interested in attending the webinar…

Managing Intellectual Property will be offering a webinar entitled "Patent reform: prepare for the new post grant system" on September 15, 2011 from 12:00 – 1:30 PM (EDT).  Eileen McDermott, Americas editor for Managing IP will moderate a panel consisting of Laura Johnson, vice president of IP for DexCom, and Peng Chen and Mehran Arjomand…

Judges from both the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Tokyo Intellectual Property High Court will be participating in a Joint Judicial Conference on October 26-27, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan.  The conference will include sessions and breakout panels on the following topics: • En Banc Session of the Courts• Breakout Panel…

The National Small Business Association (NSBA) and Washington, DC, Northern Virginia, and Baltimore sections of the IEEE will be holding a forum entitled "The Overhaul of U.S. Patent Law" on August 30, 2011 from 1:00 to 4:30 pm (ET) at the University of California Washington Center, 1608 Rhode Island Avenue, NW in Washington, DC.  Note:…

The Association of Intellectual Property Firms (AIPF) will be holding its 2011 Annual Meeting on September 18-20, 2011 in Chicago, IL.  A program for the meeting, including an agenda, descriptions of the scheduled sessions, and list of speakers, can be viewed here.  A schedule of registration fees for the meeting can be found here, and…