The American Bar Association (ABA) will be holding its 2009 Annual Meeting from July 30 to August 4, 2009 in Chicago, IL. During the Annual Meeting, various ABA sections and divisions will be offering more than 250 CLE programs, including the following programs that will be offered by the Intellectual Property Law section:
• Patent Reform Act 2009: A Fresh Look? (Friday, July 31, 10:30 - 11:30 am)
• Helping Companies in a Down Economy: Strategic Planning for Identifying and
Valuing Your IP (Friday, July 31, 2:00 - 3:30 pm)
• In re Bilski: Are Method Claims a Thing of the Past? (Friday, July 31, 4:00 - 5:00 pm)
• IP Policy in the Crossfire: Section Business Session (Saturday, August 1, 8:30 - 11:00 am)
• Mr. Lincoln's Patent (Sunday, August 2, 8:30 - 10:00 am)
The full program schedule for the Annual Meeting can be found here. The registration fee for individual CLE programs ranges from $35 for government lawyers and judges to $75 for ABA members (students will be admitted to all CLE programs at no additional charge). An All-Access CLE Badge (which can be used for admittance to governance meetings, non-CLE programs and all CLE programs) ranges from for $495 (ABA members registering before May 29, 2009) to $875 (non-ABA members). Those interested in registering for the Annual Meeting can do so here.
One of you guys will have to go to the Bilski meeting and tell us if method claims are a thing of the past or not.
Posted by: 6 | May 25, 2009 at 07:31 AM