The Biotechnology
Industry Organization (BIO) will be holding its 2012 Fall Intellectual Property
Counsels Committee (IPCC) Conference on November 12-14, 2012 in Charleston, SC.  The semi-annual IPCC conference will once
again be open to the public.

The conference will
offer presentations on the following topics:

Monday, November 12:

• Picking the Best
Tools From Your Tool Box: Responding Strategically to Freedom To Operate
Obstacles Under the AIA (Pre-Conference Workshop)

Tuesday, November
13:

• The Unitary European Patent
• Cases To Watch
• Pitfalls and Perplexities of Biotech
Patenting
• The Honorable Jimmie V. Reyna, Circuit Judge,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (luncheon speaker)
• How Do You Infringe a Pharmaceutical Method
Claim?
• Navigating Through a Storm: Challenging
Patent Term Adjustment Regulations

Wednesday, November
14:

• The Honorable Judge Sally Gardner Lane,
Administrative Patent Judge, Trial Division, Board of Patent Appeals and
Interferences (keynote breakfast)
• The Trade Secret Minefield
• Will Prometheus & Myriad Change the World? What Do They
Really Mean For the Biotechnology Industry?

In addition, there
will be a welcome reception at High Cotton from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm on November
12, and a dinner reception at Magnolia's from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm on November
13.

A program agenda
for this conference, including a list of speakers and descriptions of the
presentations and events can be obtained here.

Registration information
can be found here.  Additional information regarding the
conference can be found at the conference website.