The Intellectual
Property Owners Association (IPO) will be holding its 2010 Annual Meeting on
September 12-14, 2010 in Atlanta, GA. 
Among the presentations being offered at the annual meeting are:

• Major recent
updates impacting patent law: 
Changes in the landscape;
• False marking of
patent numbers:  Litigation spike
or continuing issue?
• The sum of all
fears:  Compulsory licensing as an
emerging global IP issue;
• Recent trends in
European practice;
• A new patent
dance:  The Biologics Price
Competition and Innovation Act;
• Patent
prosecution;
• Alternatives to
District Court litigation;
• Establishing an
objective value of IP;
• Practical tips
for policing IP portfolios around the world; and
• Ethics session.

In addition, the
Hon. Randall R. Rader, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit, will present the luncheon keynote on September 13, and Kevin Kennedy,
President & CEO of Avaya, Inc., will present the luncheon keynote on
September 14.

A preliminary
program for the meeting and one-day program, including an agenda and
descriptions of the scheduled sessions, can be obtained here.  The brochure for the meeting is not yet
available.

The registration
fee for the meeting is $950 for IPO members or $1,450 for attendees who are not
IPO members (attendees registering before July 31 will receive a $100
discount).  Those interested in
registering for the meeting can do so here.