The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Intellectual Property Law will be holding the 24th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference on April 1-4, 2009 in Arlington, VA. Among the topics that will be covered at the conference are:
• From Drafting to Appeal – The Changing U.S. Prosecution Practice
• Prosecuting for Enforcement Success in Europe, China, Japan, and Australia
• The Role of Intellectual Property in Personalized Medicine
• Swearing-in Ceremony and Mock Appellate Argument at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Litigating Multi-Party, Multi-Patent Patent Cases: Challenges, Considerations and Solutions
• How to Extract Value from an IP Portfolio
• Avoiding the Inevitable: Managing the Risk of Inevitable Disclosure Claims
• The Ethics of Patent Prosecution
• Using Financial and Economic Analysis for IP Litigation, Licensing, and Profit
• The Ethics of IP Litigation
• Supreme Court’s Effect on Patent Licensing Practice
On the first day of the conference, the luncheon speaker will be Congressman Rick Boucher (D-VA), who will give a presentation on "IP Legislation in the 111th Congress." In addition, an evening reception will be held at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. On the second day of the conference, the luncheon speaker will be Sherry Knowles, Senior Vice President and Chief IP Counsel for GlaxoSmithKline, who will give a presentation entitled "Are Governments Overreaching? Current Challenges to Our Intellectual Property."
The program schedule for the conference can be found here. A complete brochure for the conference, including the program schedule, a list of speakers, and registration form can be downloaded here.
The registration fee ranges from $245 for students to $795 for non-ABA members. Those registering before March 17 will receive a $50 discount. Detailed registration information can be found in the conference brochure or on the ABA website.
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