• Recent developments in patent term adjustments and extensions;
• Abstract reasoning -- Recent developments in the law of patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101;
• E-discovery in patent litigation -- A model order to quiet the tail that wags the dog;
• Understanding the America Invents Act -- A sweeping change of U.S. patent practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office;
• The America Invents Act -- Dissection of the new rules for post-grant review and inter partes review;
• What's going on? A summary of hot IP topics;
• Diagnostics and gene patents: What is the future for personalized medicine patents? -- panel includes Patent Docs author Kevin Noonan; and
• Developments in the implementation of the biosimilars act: Where are we now and where are we headed?
On March 29, the luncheon speaker will be David J. Kappos, Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In addition, an evening reception will be held at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
The program schedule for the conference can be found here.
The registration fee is $295 (law students), $345 (corporate counsel and government, public interest, and academic rate), $695 (ABA-IPL section members and members of co-sponsoring section), $770 (ABA members), or $845 (non-ABA members). Those registering before March 14, 2012 will receive a $50 discount (or a $100 discount off the non-ABA member rate). Detailed registration information (and a registration form) can be found here.
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