The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) and the Center for Intellectual Property Law and Information Technology at DePaul College of Law will be offering a town hall lecture on The Leahy Smith America Invents Act: Implementation and Implications on November 16, 2011 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm (CT) at the DePaul Center in Chicago, IL. Albert Tramposch, Administrator for Policy and External Affairs for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will discuss the PTO's plans for implementing the new law, including the many changes that the new act makes in converting the U.S. patent system from a first-to-invent to a first-inventor-to-file system and how the U.S. approach might differ from that of other first-to-file countries.
The registration fee for the lecture (which includes lunch) is $25. DePaul University College of Law is an accredited Illinois CLE provider, and the program has been approved for up to 1.25 hour of CLE credit. Those interested in registering for the lecture can do so here.
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