Category: Conferences & CLE’s

August 9, 2018 – "Hatch-Waxman Litigation and 30-Month Stays: Multiple Stays, Late-Listed Patents, and More" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT) August 9, 2018 – "Strategies and Pitfalls of CIP and Provisional Practice" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET) August 14, 2018 – Patent Quality Chat webinar (U.S. Patent 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 August 14, 2018.  In the latest webinar, entitled "AIA Trial Statistics from PTAB and Using AIA Trials to Enhance Patent Examination," Janet Gongola, Vice Chief Judge for Engagement, Patent Trial…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Strategies and Pitfalls of CIP and Provisional Practice" on August 9, 2018 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET).  Courtenay Brinckerhoff of Foley & Lardner LLP, Charles Chesney of Qualcomm Inc., and Roland McAndrews of Bookoff McAndrews PLLC will discuss potential pitfalls associated with…

July 31, 2018 – "Structuring Freedom to Operate Opinions: Reducing Risk of Patent Infringement — Combating Troubling FTO Results, Overcoming Potential Roadblocks, Addressing Impact of Post-Grant Process on FTO Opinions" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT) August 9, 2018 – "Hatch-Waxman Litigation and 30-Month Stays: Multiple Stays, Late-Listed Patents, and More" (Strafford) – 1:00…

Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Navigating the Patent Prosecution Highway and Other Accelerated Filing Options — Evaluating the Different Options, Weighing the Benefits and Risks, Obtaining Patent Protection" on August 21, 2018 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Ralph G. Fischer and Duane A. Stewart, III of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney will provide…

Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Patent Drafting for Machine Learning: Structural Claim Limitations, Avoiding 101 or 112 Rejections" on August 16, 2018 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Gregory Rabin of Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner and Michael D. Stein of Baker & Hostetler will guide patent practitioners in overcoming the challenges when seeking…

July 24, 2018 – "Proving and Avoiding Inequitable Conduct and Unclean Hands in Patent Prosecution and Litigation" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT) July 24, 2018 – "WesternGeco and Lost Profits: Fair Compensation for Domestic Infringement or Extraterritorial Extension of Patent Rights?" (Practising Law Institute) – 1:00 – 2:00 pm (Eastern) July 25, 2018…

J A Kemp will be offering a webinar entitled "Is Your Patent Portfolio SPC Ready?" on July 27, 2018 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm (Greenwich Mean Time).  Graham Lewis and Chris Milton of J A Kemp will use case studies to illustrate their tips for preparing your patent portfolio to take maximum advantage of the Supplementary…

Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Structuring Freedom to Operate Opinions: Reducing Risk of Patent Infringement — Combating Troubling FTO Results, Overcoming Potential Roadblocks, Addressing Impact of Post-Grant Process on FTO Opinions" on July 31, 2018 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Doris Johnson Hines of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner and Laura…

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be holding a Semiconductor Customer Partnership Meeting from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm (ET) on July 26, 2018 at the USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, VA.  The semiconductor workgroup examines solid-state devices and manufacturing processes, memory storage and retrieval, and lasers technologies.  The Customer Partnership Meeting will address the…