Category: Conferences & CLE’s

Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "New USPTO Guidelines and the Obviousness Standard for Patents" on January 12, 2011, from 1:00 – 2:30 PM (EST).  Karen Canaan of CanaanLaw will provide a review of the USPTO's new post-KSR guidelines and how the courts and the USPTO are applying the obviousness standard, and will discuss…

Law Education Institute, Inc. (LEI) will be holding the 28th Annual National CLE Conference on January 1-5, 2011 in Vail, Colorado.  The Intellectual Property program of the conference, which will be held at the Vail Marriott Resort & Spa, will offer presentations on a number of topics, including: • The state of inequitable conduct;• Continued…

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) recently announced that it will be holding both its 2013 and 2016 International Conventions in Chicago, the site of BIO 2010 this past May and BIO 2006 four years earlier.  The Convention attracts more than 15,000 industry leaders from 48 states and 60 countries and highlights the latest advancements in…

The World Bank Legal Vice Presidency will be hosting a Symposium on "The Role of Intellectual Property in Development" on Thursday, December 16, 2010 from 12:30 to 4:15 pm at its headquarters in Washington, DC.  The Symposium is being coordinated by Ms. Akiko Ogawa, a former Visiting Scholar to Chief Judge Rader, in the Vice…

November 30 to December 1, 2010 – 12th Advanced Forum on Biotech Patents (American Conference Institute) – Boston, MA December 6, 2010 – 21st Annual Conference on USPTO Law and Practice (PTO Day) (Intellectual Property Owners Association and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) – Washington, DC December 7-8, 2010 – Developing IP Strategies for Crystalline…

The World Bank Legal Vice Presidency will be hosting a Symposium on "The Role of Intellectual Property in Development" on Thursday, December 16, 2010 from 12:30 to 4:15 pm at its headquarters in Washington, DC.  The Symposium is being coordinated by Ms. Akiko Ogawa, a former Visiting Scholar to Chief Judge Rader, in the Vice…

November 30 to December 1, 2010 – 12th Advanced Forum on Biotech Patents (American Conference Institute) – Boston, MA December 6, 2010 – 21st Annual Conference on USPTO Law and Practice (PTO Day) (Intellectual Property Owners Association and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) – Washington, DC December 7-8, 2010 – Developing IP Strategies for Crystalline…

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has announced the agenda for the next biotechnology/chemical/pharmaceutical (BCP) customer partnership meeting to be held on December 8, 2010.  The proposed agenda is as follows: Morning Session • Greetings and Overview (10:00 – 10:15 am EDT):  Jackie Stone, George Elliott, and Remy Yucel, Directors, Technology Center 1600 • PPH/Workshare…

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding a conference entitled "The Life Sciences Lawyer's Guide to Patent Term Adjustment and Patent Term Extensions" on January 26-27, 2011 in New York, NY.  ACI faculty will help attendees: • Understand the unique role of PTE and PTA in patent life cycle management for the life sciences industry;•…

November 15-16, 2010 – European Pharmaceutical Regulatory Law Boot Camp*** (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY November 15-16, 2010 – Patent Litigation 2010 (Practising Law Institute) – New York, NY (Groupcasts to be held in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Mechanicsburg, PA) November 18, 2010 – Current Developments in Trilateral Offices (Intellectual Property Owners Association) –…