Category: Conferences & CLE’s

Pracitising Law Institute (PLI) will be offering a webinar on "The Chinese Intellectual Property Framework — Structural Changes" on March 5, 2019 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (ET).  Elizabeth Chien-Hale of CKR Law will focus on some of the most notable changes for 2019:  the role and function of the newly merged CNIPA, the establishment…

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be holding a customer partnership meeting of Technology Center 2800, Semiconductor/Memory Workgroup and Printing/Measuring and Testing Workgroup, from 12:00 pm to 4:30 pm (EDT) on March 12, 2019.  The meeting will include: • Review of the new 101 guidance• Facilitated table discussions with the Technology Center 2800 SPEs…

Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Functional Claiming for Mechanical and Electrical Arts — Surviving 112(f) and Disclosing Functional Basis to Meet Heightened Standard of Review" on March 7, 2019 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Doris Johnson Hines of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner and Theresa Stadheim of Schwegman Lundberg Woessner will…

February 26, 2019 – "New EU Guidelines for Patenting AI and Machine Learning Technologies: Comparison With U.S. Approach — Navigating EPO and USPTO Rules to Maximize Patent Protection" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) February 27, 2019 – "Conducting and Analyzing Prior Art Searches — Strategies for Validity, Patentability, Infringement, FTO and State-of-the-Art Searches"…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Strategies for Addressing Patent Venue Issues" on February 28, 2019 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET).  John Dragseth of Fish & Richardson, P.C., Eileen Hunter of 3M Innovative Properties Co., Charlie McMahon of McDermott Will & Emery will provide insights on strategies to…

February 19, 2019 – Post-argument discussion on the Return Mail Inc. v. United States Postal Service case (American University Washington College of Law Program on Information Justice & Intellectual Property) – 4:00 to 6:00 pm (Eastern), American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC February 20, 2019 – "New Developments in Patent-Eligibility with a Focus…

As part of its ongoing Supreme Court series, the American University Washington College of Law Program on Information Justice & Intellectual Property will be hosting a post-argument discussion on the Return Mail Inc. v. United States Postal Service case from 4:00 to 6:00 pm (Eastern) on February 19, 2019 at the American University Washington College…

The John Marshall Law School Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law will be hosting Prof. Thomas F. Cotter of the University of Minnesota Law School, who will be giving a presentation entitled "Patent Wars" from 1:15 to 2:45 pm (CST) on February 27, 2019 at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, IL. …

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be holding a customer partnership meeting of Technology Center 2600 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm (EST) on March 5, 2019.  The agenda for the meeting is as follows: • Meet and greet — 8:30 am – 9:00 am• Recent Examiner Training 102/103 (parts 1 and 2) –…

The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) PTAB/TTAB Committee Committee will be offering a webcast entitled "Life After SAS and Oil States: What Has Changed and Where Do We Go from Here?" on February 21, 2019 from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm (EST).  Jason Romrell of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP will moderate a…