The Chisum Patent Academy will offer its third annual Intensive Patent Law Seminar on July 25-27, 2011 in Seattle, WA. The seminar, which is conducted in a roundtable, interactive style, targets first principles as well as the latest patent law developments from the Federal Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. The syllabus for the 2009 and 2010 courses can be viewed here; topics likely to be covered in the 2011 summer seminar include legislative reform of the patent laws; nonobviousness in the post-KSR world; the interaction of claim interpretation and the claim definiteness requirement; the burden of proof for establishing patent invalidity in view of the Supreme Court's pending decision in Microsoft v. i4i; inequitable conduct standards in view of the Federal Circuit's pending en banc decision in Therasense; indirect infringement liability including the intent standard to be developed in the Supreme Court's pending decision in Global-Tech v. SEB; and the evolving Federal Circuit case law on joint direct infringement of system and method claims.
The summer seminar is team-taught by Donald Chisum, author of the treatise Chisum on Patents (LexisNexis), and Janice Mueller, a tenured full Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she teaches and writes in the field of intellectual property law with an emphasis in patent law. The seminar's coverage is geared for attorneys, experienced paralegals, engineers, and scientists who seek an intensive introduction to or refresher in substantive patent law, including key aspects of both patentability and enforcement.
The registration fee for the seminar is $2,000; registration will be limited to a maximum of ten students. Those interested in registering for the seminar can do so here. Before sending payment, the Chisum Patent Academy recommends that you contact them at [email protected] to confirm that seats are still available. Additional information regarding the seminar can be found here.
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