Category: Conferences & CLE’s

Law Seminars International (LSI) will be holding a one-day workshop on Using Cost-Effective Patent Strategies on July 15, 2009 in Seattle, WA.  During the workshop, LSI's faculty will offer presentations on the following topics: • Value of patents under recent law:  Planning procurement in light of a changing landscape;• If not filing patents:  Using trade…

April 27-28, 2009 – 3rd Annual Paragraph IV Disputes Conference*** (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY April 29-30, 2009 – Corporate IP Counsel Summit (World Research Group) – New York, NY May 18-21, 2009 – BIO International Convention (Biotechnology Industry Organization) – Atlanta, GA May 20, 2009 – Tafas v. Doll — Dissecting the…

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be offering a webinar entitled:  "Tafas v. Doll — Dissecting the Decision and Preparing for Resurgence of USPTO Rules Limiting Patent Claims" on May 20, 2009 from 1:00-2:30 PM (EST).  Michele Cimbala, Ph.D.; Elizabeth Haanes, Ph.D.; Eric Steffe; and Robert Greene Sterne of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox will focus…

April 20-21, 2009 – 5th International Judges Conference on Intellectual Property Law (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – Washington, DC April 20-21, 2009 – 6th Annual Freedom to Operate Forum (C5 (UK)) – London, England April 22, 2009 – "How Recent Patent Developments May Be Creating a 'Perfect Storm' for Biotechnology" (Association of Patent Law Firms)…

The Association of Patent Law Firms (APLF) will be offering a dial in presentation entitled:  "How Recent Patent Developments May Be Creating a 'Perfect Storm' for Biotechnology" on April 22, 2009 from 12:30-1:30 PM (EST).  Kevin Noonan, Andrew Williams, and Donald Zuhn of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert and Berghoff LLP will discuss recent decisions on obviousness…

Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine will be hosting the second IP Business Congress on June 21-23, 2009 in Chicago, IL.  The IP Business Congress is designed to meet the needs of senior business executives responsible for the creation and management of IP value inside corporations, as well as those who advise them.  Among the plenary…

Law Seminars International (LSI) will be holding a one-day workshop on Patent Enforcement & Early Stage Litigation on June 19, 2009 in San Francisco, CA.  During the workshop, LSI's faculty will offer presentations on the following topics: • Recent decisions impacting patent viability, value, and enforceability;• A fresh look at the plaintiff's decision to sue…

April 13, 2009 – New PTO Rules and Patent Reform in the 111th Congress (Practising Law Institute) – 1:00-3:00 PM (EST) April 16, 2009 – Biologue Chicago (Biotech Committee of the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago) – Chicago, IL April 20-21, 2009 – 5th International Judges Conference on Intellectual Property Law (Intellectual Property Owners…

Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be offering an audio webcast entitled: "New PTO Rules and Patent Reform in the 111th Congress" on April 13, 2009 from 1:00-3:00 PM (EST).  Robert Spar, former Director of the Office of Patent Legal Administration for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; John White of the Practising Law Institute and…

C5 (UK) will be holding its annual Biotech Patenting conference on June 16-17, 2009 in Munich, Germany.  The conference will allow attendees to: • Identify the principles followed by the courts and patent offices when determining inventorship and entitlement disputes;• Capitalize on gene patenting and stem cell related inventions;• Understand the practical impact of recent…