Category: Conferences & CLE’s

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP and Patent Docs will be hosting two onsite CLE programs on "Recent Developments in Biopharma Patent Law" from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm (PT) on April 23, 2019 in San Diego, CA and on April 24, 2019 in Burlingame, CA.  MBHB attorneys and Patent Docs authors Kevin Noonan and…

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be holding two events on April 22 and April 29 to celebrate World IP Day and this year's theme of "Reach for the Gold: IP and Sports." The first event, to be held from 11:00 am to noon on April 22 at the USPTO headquarters, will be "A conversation…

The Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional Office of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be holding a Chicago Regional Seminar on April 18, 2019 from 12:30 to 5:00 pm (CT) at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in Chicago, IL.  The seminar agenda includes the following: • USPTO Update• Patent Quality Update including Federal…

Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Drug Substance Patents: FDA Guidance, Protecting Composition-of-Matter Patents, Drafting Solid Form Claims" on April 25, 2019 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Eyal H. Barash of Barash Law and Steef Boerrigter of SSCI will guide patent counsel on solid form patents, how to patent them, and challenges that…

The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a CLE program entitled "From Boston & Beyond: Local and Global Implications of Recent Changes in Patent Practice" on April 23, 2019 from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm (EST) at the Suffolk University School of Law in Boston, MA.  The program will include presentations on the…

Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Drafting Patent Applications for AI Systems — Overcoming Patent Eligibility, Inventorship, and Enablement Challenges and Avoiding Rejections" on April 23, 2019 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Elliot C. Cook, Susan Y. Tull, and Cory C. Bell of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner will guide patent practitioners…

April 9, 2019 – Patent Quality Chat on "New pilot program for motions to amend in AIA trial proceedings" (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) – 12:00 to 1:00 pm (ET) April 9, 2019 – "Protecting Software as a Medical Device: Patents, Design Patents and Trade Secrets" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT) April 16,…

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "Trade Secrets Litigation 2019: Developments from the Trial Courts to the Supreme Court" on April 16, 2019 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT).  In this presentation, MBHB attorney and Patent Docs contributor Joshua Rich will address the following topics: • The…

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP and Patent Docs will be hosting two onsite CLE programs on "Recent Developments in Biopharma Patent Law" from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm (PT) on April 23, 2019 in San Diego, CA and on April 24, 2019 in Burlingame, CA.  MBHB attorneys and Patent Docs authors Kevin Noonan and…

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 April 9, 2019.  In the latest webinar, on the "New pilot program for motions to amend in AIA trial proceedings," Deputy Chief Judge Jackie Bonilla and Lead Judge Jessica Kaiser…