Managing Intellectual Property will be holding a European Patent Reform Forum on December 10, 2014 in San Jose, CA and on December 12, 2014 in New York, NY. The conference will offer presentations on:
• The Unitary Patent
• Understanding the Unified Patent Court in detail
• Bifurcation: Why you shouldn't be scared of it
• Industry discussion: Global litigation strategies
• How to win opposition proceedings without discovery
• Litigation planning and forum shopping in the European Unified Patent Court
• Alternative IP strategies parallel to the UPC
An agenda for the forum can be found here (San Jose) and here (New York). The registration fee for the conference is $795 (Private practitioners, consultants, advisers, and service providers). There is no fee for in-house IP counsel, patent managers, R&D professionals, and academics. Those interested in registering for the conference can do so here.
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