The
first Naples Midwinter Patent Law Experts Conference will be held on February
4-5, 2013 at the Naples Ritz Carlton in Naples, FL. The conference, which is being sponsored by
the Akron University Law School, has been planned as a small, intimate
gathering of leaders of the profession including corporate, private and
academic sectors with a maximum participation
of no more than eighty persons. An
opening reception will be held from 8:30 to 10:00 pm on Monday, with an all day
working session to be held on Tuesday.
The working session on Tuesday will include presentations on the following topics:
•
The AIA and Changes at the Patent
Office; New Legislation? -- includes a morning keynote address by The Hon. Robert
Stoll, former Commissioner for Patents
for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
•
The "Unified" European Patent
•
The Supreme Court and the Federal
Circuit -- includes a keynote luncheon speech by The Hon. Richard Linn, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit
•
Obviousness/Inventive Step at the PTAB,
A Comparative View
•
A Corporate Management Perspective on
Global IP Litigation -- panel includes The Hon. Sharon R. Barner, former Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce
and Deputy Director for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Additional information regarding conference, including a list of the speakers and panelists and detailed descriptions of the conference sessions, can be found here or downloaded here. Those interested in attending the conference should contact Dean Margaret E. Matejkovic, Associate Dean, Akron University Law School at [email protected].
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