Category: Conferences & CLE’s

The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a CLE program and dinner entitled "2018 Bench & Bar® in Dialogue: Federal Circuit Court Visit!" on October 3, 2018 from 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm (CT) at the Langham Hotel in Chicago, IL.  The program will include presentations on the following topics: • Supreme Court…

The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) Patents-International Committee will be presenting a panel discussion entitled "European and Canadian Patent Practices" on September 26, 2018 from 11:45 am to 1:00 pm (CT) at the DePaul College of Law in Chicago, IL.  Part 1 of the seminar, to be presented by Dr. Mash-Hud Iqbal of…

Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Using Broadest Reasonable Interpretation to Your Advantage in Patent Prosecution — Establishing Scope of Claims, Avoiding Sect. 112(f), Preserving Enforceability" on September 27, 2018 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Christopher Francis and Daniel Hegner of Bejin Bieneman will guide patent prosecution under the broadest reasonable interpretation (BRI)…

A one-day, comparative law symposium on "Patent Litigation in Japan and Germany" will be held on October 4, 2018 at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (GPTO) in Munich, Germany.  Experts on patent litigation proceedings from Japan and Germany will be speaking at the event, providing an overview of the current case law in…

September 11, 2018 – "How Notre Dame's IDEA Center Took University Start-Up Formation from Puny to Powerhouse: A Case Study in Performance Improvement" (Technology Transfer Tactics) – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm (ET) September 12, 2018 – "Evolving PTAB Trial Practice: Navigating Complex Procedural Rules — Strategically Using Routine and Additional Discovery, Requests for Joinder,…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "The Revised PTAB Trial Practice Guide and Its Impact on Your Practice" on September 13, 2018 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET).  Hon. Michael Tierney, Lead Administrative Patent Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Tarek Fahmi of Ascenda…

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be holding its next biotechnology/chemical/pharmaceutical (BCP) customer partnership meeting on September 24, 2018 at the USPTO Headquarters (Alexandria, VA).  The agenda for the meeting is as follows: • Welcoming and Opening Remarks (10:00 – 10:10 am EDT) – Gary Jones, Daniel Sullivan, and Andrew Wang, Directors, TC1600, USPTO…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will be holding its 46th Annual Meeting on September 23-25, 2018 in Chicago, IL.  Among the presentations being offered at the annual meeting are: • A Year in Review: Patent Case Law Update• AIA Estoppel: A New Flavor of Collateral Estoppel and/or Res Judicata?• The Intersection of IP and…

Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "3D Printing: Implications for Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secrets and Copyrights — Challenges With Additive Manufacturing, Policing and Enforcement Strategies to Protect IP" on September 18, 2018 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Elizabeth D. Ferrill of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, Christopher Higgins of Orrick Herrington &…

September 6, 2018 – "From BRI to Phillips at the PTAB: Consequences for Practice" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET) September 11, 2018 – "How Notre Dame's IDEA Center Took University Start-Up Formation from Puny to Powerhouse: A Case Study in Performance Improvement" (Technology Transfer Tactics) – 1:00 pm to 2:00…