Category: Conferences & CLE’s

June 19, 2018 – "Protecting Software as a Medical Device: Patents, Design Patents and Trade Secrets" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT) June 19, 2018 – "The Influence of PTAB Proceedings on Bio/Pharma Patents" (Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization) – Lake Forest, IL June 21, 2018 – "Double Patenting: Defeating Double Patenting Rejections and Avoiding…

The Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization (iBIO) will be hosting a CLE breakfast on "The Influence of PTAB Proceedings on Bio/Pharma Patents" on June 19, 2018 at Horizon Pharma Inc. in Lake Forest, IL.  Paula S. Fritsch and Alison J. Baldwin of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will discuss the following topics: • A review…

Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Post-Sale Restrictions: Protecting Patented Products After Lexmark" on July 5, 2018 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Andrew Dolak of O'Melveny & Myers, and Audra C. Eidem Heinze and Timothy C. Meece of Banner & Witcoff will review the Supreme Court's Lexmark decision and discuss the impact of…

The Knowledge Group will offer a webcast entitled "Patent Portfolio Management: Best Practices in 2018" on June 28, 2018 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm (ET).  Van Thompson of TechInsights, Peter A. Nieves of Sheehan Phinney, and Christopher Daley-Watson Partner of Perkins Coie LLP will address the following topics: • Patent Portfolio Management: Practical Tips and…

June 12, 2018 – "Best Practices Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board" (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) – 12:00 to 1:00 pm (ET) June 12, 2018 – "Patent Eligibility, Prior Art and Obviousness 2018: Current Trends in Sections 101, 102, and 103" (Practising Law Institute) – San Francisco, CA June 13-15, 2018 – Patent…

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 June 12, 2018.  In the latest webinar, entitled "Best Practices Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board," Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Judges Kalyan Deshpande, Susan Mitchell, and Michael Zecher…

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Patent Eligibility in the Life Sciences: Exergen and Praxair – and USPTO Memos on Vanda and Berkheimer" on June 14, 2018 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET).  Paul Golian of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Ali Salimi of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, and…

Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Double Patenting: Defeating Double Patenting Rejections and Avoiding Terminal Disclaimers" on June 21, 2018 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Thomas L. Irving and Jill K. MacAlpine of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, and Amelia Feulner Baur and Rebecca B. Scarr of McNeill Baur will guide IP…

Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be offering a program entitled "Patent Eligibility, Prior Art and Obviousness 2018: Current Trends in Sections 101, 102, and 103" on June 12, 2018 in San Francisco, CA.  The program, which will be webcast, is geared to patent lawyers who have some familiarity with existing 35 U.S.C. Sections 101/102/103 and regularly work…

Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Means-Plus-Function Patent Claims: Treatment in Prosecution, Litigation and Post-Grant Proceedings" on June 26, 2018 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Thomas L. Irving, Anthony M. Gutowski, and C. Brandon Rash of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner will provide patent counsel with a review of the impact of…