Category: Conferences & CLE’s

February 10, 2021 – Celebration spotlighting three contemporary Black women inventors: Aprille Ericsson, Ayanna Howard, and Arlyne Simon (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) – 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm (ET) February 16, 2021 – "New Ways of Understanding the Patent-Eligibility of Software and Business Methods" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 am to…

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "New Ways of Understanding the Patent-Eligibility of Software and Business Methods" on February 16, 2021 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT).  In this presentation, MBHB attorney and Patent Docs author Michael Borella will discuss the Alice v. CLS Bank test, for…

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be offering a free online Black History Month celebration spotlighting three contemporary Black women inventors:  Aprille Ericsson, Ayanna Howard, and Arlyne Simon.  The online event will take place on February 10, 2021, from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm (ET).  The panelists will offer firsthand accounts of their amazing…

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its Inaugural Summit on Women Leaders in IP Law on March 9, 2021 as a VIRTUAL conference from 8:45 am to 5:15 pm EST.  ACI faculty will give presentations on: • Honoring the Top Accomplishments of Women in IP/2019, featuring Deputy Chief Administrative Patent Judge Jacqueline Wright Bonilla;•…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "PTAB: Year in Review – 2020" on February 4, 2021 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm (ET).  Chris Comiskey of Collins Aerospace, Michael R. Houston of Foley & Lardner LLP, and Shaun Snader of United Therapeutics will discuss 2020's major developments at the…

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will offer a webinar entitled "China IP Basics, Part 1: Protecting your patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights" on February 4, 2021 from 9:00 to 10:50 am (ET).  The webinar is designed to address the needs of small and medium-sized businesses looking to protect their IP in China, and…

J A Kemp will be offering a webinar entitled "SPCs — Update on Recent Political and Legal Developments" on February 2, 2021 from 2:30 to 3:30 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).  Ravi Srinivasan and Graham Lewis of J A Kemp will use case studies to illustrate tips for preparing a patent portfolio to take maximum…

January 26, 2021 – "Second Medical Use Patents — Verifying Validity" (Gowling WLG) – 9:00 to 10:00 am EST January 27, 2021 – "Videoconferencing at the EPO" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (ET) January 27, 2021 – "Means Plus Function Claim Construction in Patent Prosecution and Litigation" (Fitch Even) –…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Videoconferencing at the EPO" on January 27, 2021 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (ET).  Mike Jennings of AA Thornton, James Pickford of Procter & Gamble, and Gwilym Roberts of Kilburn & Strode will provide an overview of how videoconferencing is being relied…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "How Allyship Advances Diversity & Inclusion in the IP Legal Profession: Part 1 – Personal Experiences" on January 28, 2021 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm (ET).  Eldora Ellison of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, PLLC; Natalie Gonzales of Baker Botts L.L.P.; Aamir…