Category: Conferences & CLE’s

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) will be holding its Intellectual Property Counsels' Committee (IPCC) Fall Conference & Meeting on October 26-28, 2009 in Washington, DC.  The semi-annual IPCC conference will once again be open to the public. The conference will offer presentations on the following topics: Tuesday, October 27: • Patent re-examination;• Federal Circuit case…

Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be holding five sessions of its Patent Litigation 2009 seminar this fall in San Francisco (September 21-22), McLean, VA (October 5-6), Chicago (October 15-16), Atlanta (November 9-10), and New York (November 16-17).  Each session of the Patent Litigation 2009 seminar will offer presentations on the following topics: • Recent developments…

August 17-18, 2009 – Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2009: Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing (Practising Law Institute) – San Francisco, CA September 1, 2009 – Prior Art & Obviousness 2009: The PTO & CAFC Perspective on Patent Law Sections 102 & 103 (Practising Law Institute) – San Francisco, CA September 13-15, 2009 – 2009 Annual…

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its Patent Opinion Writing Boot Camp on October 28-29, 2009 in Philadelphia, PA.  The conference will allow attendees to: • Identify how Seagate has altered opinion practice and the new standard for willful infringement;• Clarify business objectives to determine the ultimate purpose of the opinion and the anticipated…

August 4, 2009 – Venue in Patent Litigation:  New Strategies after Genetech and TS Tech USA (Strafford) – 1:00-2:30 PM (EST) August 17-18, 2009 – Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2009: Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing (Practising Law Institute) – San Francisco, CA September 1, 2009 – Prior Art & Obviousness 2009: The PTO & CAFC…

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its 10th Annual Maximizing Pharmaceutical Patent Lifecycles conference on October 7-8, 2009 in New York, NY.  The conference will allow attendees to: • See how a new global legal paradigm for pharmaceutical patent life cycles is being shaped by forces in the U.S. and abroad;• Understand the interplay…

July 29, 2009 – Pharmaceutical Antitrust Initiatives and Developments in the U.S. and Abroad*** (American Conference Institute) – 1:00-2:30 PM (EST) July 30 – August 4, 2009 – 2009 Annual Meeting (American Bar Association) – Chicago, IL August 4, 2009 – Venue in Patent Litigation:  New Strategies after Genetech and TS Tech USA (Strafford) –…

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its 11th Advanced Forum on Biotech Patents on September 30 to October 1, 2009 in Boston, MA.  The conference will allow attendees to: • Adopt a practical approach to incorporating follow-on biologics into your current patent strategies;• Implement best practices for avoiding § 112 and § 103 rejections…

Strafford will be offering a CLE seminar entitled: "Venue in Patent Litigation:  New Strategies after Genentech and TS Tech USA" on August 4, 2009 from 1:00-2:30 PM (EST).  The CLE will examine the latest case law developments on patent venue, discuss the evolving venue standards in patent litigation, and offer strategies for pursuing and defending…

July 20, 2009 – Buying, Selling and Licensing Patents: Strategies for Turning Your Patent Portfolios into Revenue Streams (Law Seminars International) – Washington, DC July 21-22, 2009 – FDA Boot Camp*** (American Conference Institute) – Chicago, IL July 23-24, 2009 – Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2009: Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing (Practising Law Institute) –…