AIPLA WEBINAR: “PRACTICAL TIPS ON DRAFTING YOUR FIRST PATENT APPLICATION” [TODAY MAR. 24, 2016 AT 4PM]
AIPLA is proud to present online programming geared at providing “practice ready” training and education for law students. The online programming is administered in partnership with the participating law schools and with AIPLA’s Education Committee, New Lawyers Committee, Law Students Committee, and Online Programs Committee. This series will use a live webinar format.
Practical Tips on Drafting Your First Patent Application: The presentation will address the practical aspects of drafting patent applications. Inventors frequently have trouble defining and describing the novelty of their own inventions. Patent attorneys must help the inventor distill a description that captures the essence of the invention and claims it as broadly as possible. And it all has to happen on a budget. The program will step through the process of drafting a patent application, from client interview through finished document. Pitfalls and cautionary advice will be discussed along the way.
Speakers:
- Jonathan Urbanek, Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery, LLP
- Conor Hunt, Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery, LLP
When: 4 P.M. – 5 P.M. Eastern
Complete details and Registration: Available @ aipla.org/learningcenter/live_webinars/Pages/The-Education-Committee’s-Law-School-Online-Programming-SubCommittee-presents.aspx
- Registration: *FREE to AIPLA student members
CP&P EVENT: INTERESTED IN BECOMING A PATENT ATTORNEY/AGENT? [MAR. 31, 2016]
Contact: Kindly RSVP to jciminer@fiu.edu
USPTO: DESIGN DAY 2016 (10TH ANNIVERSARY) [APR. 19, 2016]
Spend the day at this free seminar with United States Patent and Trademark Office Design Examiners, Managers, Design Patent Practitioners and Industrial Designers from across the country. Join for a lively and thought-provoking discussion about all aspects of design patents, from conception through enforcement. No CLE credit is offered for this event.
Learn about:
- Developments at the USPTO including training of new design patent examiners, and the new ID5 initiative
- Updates on U.S. implementation of the Hague system from WIPO’s perspective
- Best practice tips and pitfalls of design patent prosecution from a panel of experienced practitioners and USPTO examiners
- From industry leaders about how to take a design from concept to patenting to enforcement
- Updates and changes to the MPEP and the effect on design practice
- Important design patent decisions over the past year, as summarized in the popular case law wrap-up
This event is co-sponsored by AIPLA, the IP Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA-IPL), the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), and the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA); and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Where: NEW THIS YEAR! Design Day will be webcast from all four USPTO regional offices; Silicon Valley, CA; Denver, CO; Dallas, TX; and Detroit, MI. In your registration, please indicate whether you will be joining us in Alexandria or attending via webcast from a regional USPTO office. Please provide an accurate email address and we will send an email with the specific location at the regional office once that information is available. Also when you register check your affiliation, Government, Private Practice, In-House Counsel, Industry, Industrial Designer, Academic or Other.
When: 8 A.M. – 5 P.M.
Complete details and Registration: Available @ eventbrite.com/e/2016-uspto-design-day-registration-21429490182
Contact: In preparation for our panel on best practice tips and pitfalls, please email your own personal tips for success or issues that frustrate you during design patent prosecution before the USPTO that you’d like to see improved to Beth Ferrill @ elizabeth.ferrill@finnegan.com
AIPLA: 2016 SPRING MEETING [MAY 18-20, 2016]
The Spring Meeting offers you opportunities to connect with others in the IP industry from around the world to learn during sessions such as:
- Update and best practices at the PTAB
- Copyright and the Internet Issues regarding linking, website content, and GUIs
- Trademarks on labeling of “Green” products
- 101 Update
- The fallout of Alice, and resulting impact on Trade Secret practice
- Practical and ethical issues on the use of non-lawyers in providing IP services
- Mid-year case law review
Complete details: Available @ aipla.org/learningcenter/SM16/Pages/default.aspx
OREGON LAW SUMMER SPORTS INSTITUTE [JUL. 6 – AUG. 5, 2016]
Oregon Law’s award-winning Summer Sports Institute is an intensive 5-week, 6-credit law program inspired by the rich legacy of Oregon’s excellence in academics and athletics. Led by an all-star faculty of the top sports law professors from across the nation, as well as professionals from throughout the sports industry, the Institute offers students a comprehensive introduction to legal topics involving sports management and regulation. Learn from professors at Marquette, Tulane, USF, Pepperdine, and New Hampshire, and meet attorneys from Nike, adidas, and more.
Spend a summer living in beautiful Eugene, Oregon, and immerse yourself in the Oregon Law Summer Sports Institute’s mix of courses, guest lectures, group trips and experiences extending far beyond the classroom—including trips to Nike and adidas headquarters in Portland, whitewater rafting, and more.
Where: Eugene, OR
Complete details: Available @ law.uoregon.edu/explore/OLSSI
Contact: If you have any questions about the application process, or the Summer Sports Institute generally, please contact the Academic Extension office: @ academicextension@uoregon.edu
For questions about the curriculum, please contact Institute Director Rob Illig @ rillig@uoregon.edu
*Message from Melissa Quintana, FIU Law’s EASL President: Mention name Samantha Iannucci to have the $50 application fee waived/reimbursed. If you have any further questions or have real interest in the program, please reach out to Melissa and she will put you in contact with the Professor at Oregon Law who is heading the program.
