The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be co-sponsoring the 22nd Annual Conference on USPTO Law and Practice (PTO Day) on December 5, 2011 in Washington, D.C. The PTO Day program includes patent general sessions on the following topics:
• PTO Year in Review and in depth look at First to File
• Looking ahead to Post Grant Review and Inter Partes Review at the PTAB
And breakout sessions on the following topics:
• Prometheus & Myriad – bio/life sciences
• Bilski – electrical/physical sciences
• Therasense, Best Mode, and Supplemental Examination from the AIA (ethics session)
• Revising ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct (ethics session)
In addition, USPTO Director David Kappos will provide a luncheon address. A copy of the program, including a list of speakers, can be found here.
The registration fee for the conference ranges from $225 (government/academic registration) to $700 (general registration). Those interested in registering can do so here.
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