The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will be holding its 2010 annual meeting on October 21-23, 2010 in Washington, DC. Among the sessions being offered during the annual meeting are:
• KSR and the ripple effect: Examining the broad and increasing impact of KSR on patent litigation and practice -- including presentations on:
• Two stones, one bird: Should patentee plaintiffs use reexamination to validate patents granted prior to KSR?
• Chemically complicated: Effective arguments to combat "obvious to try"
• Rejections with respect to Takeda and the chemical arts;
• Adjusting the rearview mirror: Blocking "impermissible hindsight" when making obviousness determinations;
• KSR's impact -- did the brake pedal work?
• Designing IP strategies for early-stage R&D programs post-KSR; and
• Too little, too late: Avoiding and winning appeals post-KSR.
• Blog on! Thoughts on patent blogging from inside and outside the blogosphere -- including presentations on:
• Information lag? Information blag! Patent and other law blogs as sources of information and research tools;
• Legal issues involved in blogging;
• A stumbling blog before the blind? The troll tracker and IP Watchdog cases; and
• Blog panel discussion -- including Patent Docs author Donald Zuhn and Patently-O author Dennis Crouch
• De-mystifying the amicus process and its practical impact on your case: Amicus briefs can influence your appeal and help your voice be heard by the courts;
• The role and impact of amicus: An examination of the role of amicus in proceedings before the Supreme Court and Federal Circuit;
• Patent pool licensing (panel discussion);
• Pinning down a moving target: Patenting biotech in uncertain times and bringing it to market (Biotechnology/Special Committee on the FDA); and
• To disclose or not to disclose: That is the question in a changing inequitable conduct landscape (Chemical Practice Committee).
In addition, there will be luncheon keynotes from Director David Kappos of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, October 21, and the Hon. Arthur J. Gajarsa of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Friday, October 22.
A complete list of committee meetings and educational sessions being held during the annual meeting can be found here. Preliminary schedules for each day's sessions can be found here (Thursday, October 21), here (Friday, October 22), or here (Saturday, October 23). A program, which includes an agenda, list of speakers, and registration information can be downloaded here.
The registration fee for the AIPLA annual meeting is $775 (AIPLA members), $1,095 (non-members), $55 (AIPLA student members), or $70 (government employees or AIPLA academic/government members). AIPLA members or non-members registering by October 7, 2010 will receive a $150 discount off the registration fee. Those interested in registering for the conference can obtain a registration form here.
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