The National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP) will be holding its Annual Meeting & Conference on July 27-29, 2017 at the Silicon Valley U.S. Patent & Trademark Office in San Jose, CA.  Topics to be discussed during the conference will include:

July 27
• 20,000-foot Overview of Current Challenges and USPTO Plans/Programs
• Examiner Panel
• Panel of PTAB Judges
• Ethics Considerations
• Pilot Programs Available

July 28
• Patent Validity in a Post-Alice World
• How to Address/Fix 101 Issues — to be presented in part by Patent Docs author and MBHB attorney Michael Borella
• When Things Go Wrong
• Patent Monetization: Buy, Sell, License, Hold?

July 29
• U.S. Case Law Updates
• Patenting for the Small Company
• Foreign Practice
• Patent Agent Privilege
• Case Hypo

An agenda for the meeting can be found here.

The registration fee for the annual meeting and conference is $895 (for NAPP member practitioners) or $1,095 (for non-member practitioners).  Those interested in registering for the meeting can do so here.