The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will be holding its 16th Annual Patent Cooperation Treaty Seminar on July 23-24, 2012 in Alexandria, VA. The seminar will offer sessions on the following topics:
• Overview of the PCT System; Introduction to and Benefits of the PCT; Why You Might Use PCT Even if You Do Not Intend to Do Any Foreign Filings
• Choosing the Receiving Office; Pros and Cons of Using RO/US and RO/IB; Follow-On Filings at the IB
• ePCT
• Best Practices for Completing the Request Form
• America Invents Act Implications for the PCT
• Signature Requirements; Agents and Common Representatives; Withdrawals; Recording Changes and Provisional Protection; Power of Attorney Best Practices
• PCT Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Basics; PPH Prosecution Highway Programs and Practice Tips
• International Search and Preliminary Examination; Supplementary International Search; Selecting a Searching Authority
• Amending the International Application and Filing Informal Comments; Comments on Prosecuting Your International Application: Article 19, Informal Comments, Article 34
• Strategies for PCT Filing
• Alternative IP Rights: (Utility Models and Innovation Patents)
• Entering the US National Stage
• Entering the EPO Regional Phase; London Protocol; Divisionals; Potential Unified European Patent
• Entering the National Phase in China
• Strategies for National Filing
• Paris Convention; US Provisional Applications – Risks and Possible Benefits
• Drafting an International Application as a Global Application –US View; EP View; China View
• Incorporation by Reference; Restoration of the Priority Right; Reinstatement of Rights
• Fixing Mistakes and Best Practices – International Phase and US National Stage
• Priority Document Exchange (PDX) and WIPO Digital Access Service (DAS); Using DAS
A program for the seminar can be obtained here, and an online agenda for the seminar can be viewed here.
The registration fee for the conference is $295 (AIPLA Student/Government Member), $445 (Non-Member/Government Employee), $645 (AIPLA Member), or $945 (Non-Member). Those interested in registering for the conference can do so here.
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