Career planning networking EVENT UPDATE:
AIPLA – 7TH ANNUAL TRADEMARK BOOT CAMP [JUNE 4-5, 2015]
Learn the basics of trademark practice, featuring topics such as:
- Pre-filing considerations
- Prosecution basics
- Appeals
- International applications
The Seventh Annual Trademark Boot Camp has been expanded to a two-day comprehensive CLE program and is designed for new practitioners or others interested in learning the basics of trademark practice. Day one includes instructional sessions on registration application pre-filing considerations, prosecution basics, appeals, and international applications. Day two focuses on trademark disputes including practice before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board as well as cease and desist correspondence and co-existence agreements. Participants will also participate in two hands-on workshops taught by skilled and experienced trademark practitioners: (1) Ordering and analyzing search reports and preparing clearance opinions, and (2) responding effectively to office actions. Representatives from the United States Patent & Trademark Office have also been invited to serve as instructors for the office action response workshop.
Where: Alexandria, VA
Complete details, Program and Registration: Available @ aipla.org/learningcenter/ATMBC/Pages/default.aspx
ABA – ANTITRUST IN THE AMERICAS CONFERENCE [REGISTRATION DEADLINE: JUNE 8, 2015]
The Antitrust in the Americas is a unique conference that brings together leading practitioners, government enforcers, in-house counsel, economists and scholars to discuss significant developments in competition law enforcement, priorities, policy and compliance issues covering key antitrust jurisdictions in North and South America. Competition law enforcement continues to grow in South America and multinational corporations where major M&A transactions, global and local cartel conduct, and aggressive conduct by market leaders face close scrutiny. The Conference will offer interactive programs that cover developments and topics of interest to practitioners and corporate counsel, as well as provide opportunities to network.
The program will include developments in multijurisdictional cartel and merger cases – including issues that arise in coordinating global investigations, defense strategies, timing, settlements and remedies in the relevant jurisdictions.
A key session of the conference will be a round table of enforcers representing key jurisdictions in the Americas who will discuss their enforcement priorities, challenges, and collaborative efforts with their counterparts across borders.
The conference will also feature an interactive case study on compliance in which corporate counsel, practitioners and enforcers will share their experiences and best practices on developing and operating effective compliance programs throughout the region. This and other sessions will be designed to facilitate audience participation and discussion.
Brochure: Available @ americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/events/antitrust_law/2015/06/antitrust_in_americas/brochure
Agenda: Available @ americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/events/antitrust_law/2015/06/antitrust_in_americas/agenda
Complete details and Registration: Available @ americanbar.org/calendar/2015/06/antitrust_in_the_americas/overview.html
AIPLA – 2015 ELECTRONIC & COMPUTER PATENT LAW SUMMIT [JUNE 16, 2015]
Intellectual property rights, particularly patents, are a key consideration in any business decision relating to electronic technology and digital computing. The legal landscape related to patent prosecution and patent litigation is changing rapidly. It is crucial to understand these changes and how they will affect you or your clients. This single-day multi-session seminar will cover a broad range of topics including:
- New Patent Office initiatives, particularly updated examination guidelines related to patent subject matter eligibility along with perspectives from litigation and prosecution practitioners from the United States and abroad in response thereto;
- Litigation updates surrounding divided infringement and RAND/FRAND;
- Open source; and
- Trade Secret considerations.
Guidance on these topics and more will be presented by leading in-house and private practitioners, as well as preeminent legal scholars. Representatives will be invited from the judiciary and the U S Patent Trademark Office.
Who: In-house counsel, patent practitioners including litigators and patent prosecution attorneys, and scholars who are generally interested in developments surrounding intellectual property law as it relates to electronic technology and digital computing.
Where: SMU Dedman School of Law, Underwood Law Library, Building #5, 6550 Hillcrest Ave., Dallas, TX
Complete details, Program and Registration: Available @ aipla.org/learningcenter/ECPL/Pages/default.aspx
AIPLA / USPTO – PATENT TRIAL AND APPEALS BOARD (PTAB): BENCH AND BAR CONFERENCE [JUNE 18, 2015]
Where: Alexandria, VA
When:
- Program @ 1 P.M. – 5 P.M.
- Reception @ 5 P.M. – 7 P.M.
Complete details, Program and Registration: Available @ aipla.org/learningcenter/PTABBenchAndBar/Pages/default.aspx
AIPLA – 2015 PATENT COOPERATION TREATY SEMINAR (+ “PCT PRIMER” WEBINAR) [JULY 2015]
Where / When: TWO sessions to choose from!
- July 20-21, 2015 @ San Francisco, CA
- July 23-24, 2015 @ Alexandria, VA
*Webinar: For newcomers, there will be a “PCT Primer” Webinar, which will provide an overview of the PCT system and the basics of filing a PCT application. The Webinar will take place on Wednesday, July 14, 2015 from 12:30 P.M. – 1:30 P.M. EDT. The Webinar is free to all PCT Seminar registrants. You must register for the Webinar at the same time you register for the Seminar.
Complete details, Program/Schedule and Registration: Available @ aipla.org/learningcenter/PCT/Pages/default.aspx
*Pre-registration is available until Tuesday, July 14, 2015 and is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Only on-site registration will be accepted after that date (walk-ins onsite will be permitted on a “space available” basis only).