Category: Conferences & CLE’s

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) will be holding its Intellectual Property Counsels' Committee (IPCC) Spring Conference & Meeting on March 25-27, 2009 in Phoenix, AZ.  The semi-annual IPCC conference will be open to the public for the first time ever.  The registration fee for the conference ranges from $400 for BIO members to $700 for…

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its 5th Annual Document Management, E-Discovery, and Litigation Readiness for Life Sciences conference from March 24, 2009 in New York, NY.  The conference will provide information on: • Implementing an effective litigation hold on ESI — and auditing compliance;• Gathering and monitoring e-data stored on multiple databases in…

Law Seminars International (LSI) will be holding a one-day workshop on Current Strategies for Patent Claim Construction:  Key Updates on Patent Prosecution and Litigation on March 13, 2009 in San Francisco, CA.  The workshop will address: • The latest on managing patent drafting;• Case law overview on patent claim interpretation;• Judicial perspective on patent claim…

February 12, 2009 – Patent Portfolio Strategies in the Post-KSR Environment (FX Conferences) – 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM (EST) February 12, 2009 – Stanford IP Litigation Clearinghouse: A Pioneering Database with "Life and Death" Statistics for Patent Litigators (Practising Law Institute) – 1:00-2:00 PM (EST) February 13, 2009 – Fourth Annual Workshop on Patent…

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding the next session of its FDA Boot Camp conference on March 30-31, 2009 in New York, NY.  The conference will allow attendees to: • Master the basics of the application and approval processes for drugs, biologics, and devices;• Comprehend the structure of the FDA and the roles of…

Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be offering an audio webcast entitled: "Stanford IP Litigation Clearinghouse:  A Pioneering Database with 'Life and Death' Statistics for Patent Litigators" on February 12, 2009 from 1:00-2:00 PM (EST).  Professor Mark Lemley of Stanford Law School; Matthew Lynde of Cornerstone Research; and Joshua Walker, Executive Director of the IP Litigation…

FX Conferences will be offering an audio conference entitled "Patent Portfolio Strategies in the Post-KSR Environment" on February 12, 2009 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM (EST).  Bruce Sunstein of Bromberg & Sunstein LLP will examine how the Supreme Court’s decision in KSR Int'l Co. v. Teleflex, Inc. changes the landscape for biopharma companies and…

The ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education will be offering a webcast entitled: "Compulsory Licensing and Other IP Controls" on February 14, 2009 from 7:30-9:00 AM (CST).  William Fisher, Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Harvard University; Ronald Cass of Cass & Associates; Greg Slater of Intel Corp., and Yee Wah Chin of Ingram Yuzek…

January 26-27, 2009 – Structuring and Negotiating Pharma & Biotech Collaborative Agreements (C5) – London, England January 27-28, 2009 – ITC Litigation (American Conference Institute)*** – Washington, DC January 28-29, 2009 – 6th National Conference on Pharma/Biotech IP Due Diligence (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY January 29, 2009 – Effective Licensing in the…

    By Donald Zuhn — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced today that it will be holding Innovation Week 2009 at the Office's headquarters in Arlington, VA from June 22-27.  The Patent Office describes Innovation Week 2009 as a weeklong celebration of the vital role patents and the USPTO play in our economy and…