The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) will be holding its 2014 Spring Intellectual Property Counsels Committee (IPCC) Conference on April 23-25, 2014 in Palm Springs, CA.
The conference will offer presentations on the following topics:
Wednesday, April 23:
• Facing the Future of Biotech Patenting: How to Satisfy the Supreme Court and Have Valuable Claims, Too (Pre-Conference Workshop) -- Patent Docs author Donald Zuhn of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will moderate a panel consisting of Patent Docs author Kevin Noonan of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP; David Hoffman, Senior Corporate Counsel, IP & Transactions, Genomic Health; Laurie Hill, Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, MedImmune; and Remy Yucel, Director, Central Reexamination Unit, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (workshop sponsored by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP)
Thursday, April 24:
• Breakfast with Judge Gajarsa
• Patent Reform is Calling! Who's Answering: Congress or the Courts?
• Biosimilars and Declaratory Judgments: When Should the BPCIA Trump?
• The Great Divide: Induced Infringement of Method/Process Claims- An Industry Divide on What's at Stake in Limelight v. Akamai (working lunch)
• Section 112 - It's Baaack!
• Shedding Light on Claim Construction: Lighting Ballast and Trends in Managing Claim Construction
Friday, April 25:
• The English Rule (Loser Pays): Will Biotech Get Burned?
• Case Law Updates
In addition, there will be a welcome reception at the Bellatrix Restaurant from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm on April 23, and a dinner reception at The Living Desert from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm on April 24.
A program agenda for this conference, including a list of speakers and descriptions of the presentations and events can be obtained here.
Registration information can be found here. Additional information regarding the conference can be found at the conference website.
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