Category: Conferences & CLE’s

February 26, 2020 – "Blocking Patents in Prosecution Strategy and Corporate IP Strategy after Acorda" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET) March 5, 2020 – "Enhancing Diversity & Inclusion in IP Law and Beyond" (Federal Circuit Bar Association) – 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm (ET), Washington, DC March 11, 2020 –…

The New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association (NJIPLA) will be holding a Patent Litigation Seminar from 12:00 to 5:30 pm on March 11, 2020 in Iselin, NJ.  The seminar will offer presentations on the following topics: • Patent Cases at the Supreme Court: From Petitions to CVSGs to Arguments, and Everything in Between• Written Description…

J A Kemp will be offering a webinar entitled "Opposition Practice at the EPO" on March 12, 2020 from 15:30 to 16:30 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).  Sarah Roques and Ravi Srinivasan of J A Kemp will consider opposition practice, including how to set up an attacking opposition, and also highlight strategies for defence, including…

The UIC John Marshall Law School is holding a conference entitled "Digital Platforms: Innovation, Antitrust, Privacy & the Internet of Things" on March 13, 2020 from 8:45 am to 4:30 pm.  According to the announcement: Online platforms have become a focal point for many in the United States as well as in key jurisdictions around…

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its 18th Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents conference on May 20-21, 2020 in New York, NY. The conference will offer presentations on the following topics: • PTAB Keynote from Hon. Jacqueline Bonilla• Written Description and Enablement Requirements for Small Molecule Patenting in U.S., Europe, and China• Written…

February 18, 2020 – "Patent Eligibility and Section 101 Update" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT) February 19, 2020 – "Application readiness: Assessing incoming applications" (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) – 12:00 to 1:00 pm (ET) February 20, 2020 – "Blocking Patents in Litigation after Acorda: What's Acorda's…

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its 14th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes master symposium on April 27-28, 2020 in New York City. The conference will offer presentations on the following topics: • Strategic Legal and Economic Guidance in View of Regulatory and Jurisprudential Developments• Assessing the Limitations and Prospects of Obviousness-Type Double Patenting• The…

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "Navigating USPTO Pilot Programs" on March 11, 2020 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT).  In this presentation, MBHB attorneys Lawrence Aaronson and Brett Scott will present a survey of various USPTO pilot programs, some less known than others, but all useful…

The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a CLE program on "Enhancing Diversity & Inclusion in IP Law and Beyond" on March 5, 2020 from 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm (ET) at The Army and Navy Club in Washington, DC.  The program will include two panels:  a Pipeline Panel will explore how a…

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be offering the next webinar in its Patent Quality Chat webinar series from 12:00 to 1:00 pm (ET) on February 19, 2020.  The latest webinar, entitled "Application readiness: Assessing incoming applications," will address how the USPTO is studying the shared responsibility of patent examination quality in the area…