Category: Conferences & CLE’s

The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) Trade Secret and Unfair Competition Committee will be presenting a presentation by Bruce Hennes of Hennes Communications entitled "Crisis Management for IP Lawyers & Their Clients — Trade Secrets and Reputation Risk Management" on October 24, 2018 from 3:00 to 4:00 pm (CT) at the Union League Club…

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP and Patent Docs will be hosting a CLE program on Biopharma Patent Law from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm on October 24, 2018 at the Boston Marriott Cambridge in Cambridge, MA.  MBHB attorneys and Patent Docs authors Kevin Noonan and Donald Zuhn, and MBHB attorneys Josh Rich, Lisa Hillman,…

September 23-25, 2018 – Annual Meeting (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – Chicago, IL September 24, 2018 – Biotechnology/chemical/pharmaceutical (BCP) customer partnership meeting (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) – Alexandria, VA September 26, 2018 – "IP Audit Checklist: Best Practices to Identify, Protect, Monetize and Enforce University IP Assets" (Technology Transfer Tactics) – 1:00 pm to…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Biosimilars in the Antitrust Spotlight: Patent Litigation and Settlement" on October 4, 2018 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET).  Nicholas Mitrokostas of Goodwin Procter LLP, Richard Mortimer of Anaylsis Group, and Michael Perry of Baker Botts LLP will discuss: • The likely shape…

Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC will be offering an in-person PCT Seminar on October 16-18, 2018 in Redwood City, CA.  Carl Oppedahl of Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC will address the following: I.  Strategic topics: • Whether to use PCT or Paris Convention. • Choosing wisely when picking a Receiving Office. • Choosing wisely when…

Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Patent Term Adjustments and Extensions: Leveraging Recent Decisions and USPTO Rule Changes" on October 11, 2018 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Thomas L. Irving, Jill K. MacAlpine, and Charles E. Van Horn of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner will guide IP counsel in calculating patent term…

The John Marshall Law School Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law will be hosting an IP Executive Seminar on "Standard Essential Patents: What Every IP Attorney and In-house Counsel Should Know" from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm on October 12, 2018 in Chicago, IL.  The program, which will be presented by Graham Bell…

Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Negotiating IP Rights in Industry Sponsored Research Agreements — Structuring Ownership, Licensing, Assignment, Confidentiality, Publication and Use Provisions" on October 16, 2018 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Jeffrey D. Morton of Snell & Wilmer will guide counsel on negotiating and structuring industry sponsored research agreements (SRAs) to…

September 18, 2018 – "The Continued Influence of PTAB Proceedings on Bio/Pharma Patents" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT) September 18, 2018 – "3D Printing: Implications for Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secrets and Copyrights — Challenges With Additive Manufacturing, Policing and Enforcement Strategies to Protect IP" (Strafford) – 1:00…

The Program in Intellectual Property Law, Center for Empirical Studies of Intellectual Property, and Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States at the Chicago-Kent College of Law will be holding its ninth annual Supreme Court IP Review (SCIPR) — Patent Edition on September 21, 2018 from 9:00 am to 5:15 pm (Central) at…