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Month: April 2022
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IPWatchdog and IP.com will be offering a webinar entitled "Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in the Invention Disclosure Process" on May 3, 2022 at 12:00 pm (ET). Joe Manico of Kodak Alaris, Jim Durkin and Tony Christopher of IP.com, and John White of the PCT Learning Center will discuss leveraging the latest AI technology to power IP…
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Hoffmann Eitle will be offering four webinars providing four case studies covering the main practice areas of patent litigation, in which the advantages, risks, and strategic tweaks of the new system will be highlighted. The four sessions will include the following: Session 1: A New Era of Pharma Litigation? — Preliminary Injunction Proceedings National vs.…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — On April 27th, apparently without a trace of irony, Ambassador Katherine Tai, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), issued the 2022 Special 301 Report. In a press release, the USTR stated that "[i]ntellectual property-intensive industries support more than 60 million jobs – from the independent inventor just starting out to the documentary filmmaker…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The consequences of joint development agreements, particularly under circumstances where later development is pursued independently by the parties, can create, inter alia, allegations of improper ownership and infringement if the agreements do not contemplate these possibilities and account (or attempt to account) for them. Such was the case in the…
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By Donald Zuhn — Earlier this month, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to members of Congress indicating that the Chamber "strongly supports" recent House and Senate legislation that the Chamber noted "would prohibit the Administration from negotiating or concluding any modifications to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property…
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April 26, 2020 – 2022 Global Series Spring Session (Federal Circuit Bar Association and European Patent Lawyers Association) – 8:30 am to 6:00 pm (ET), Washington, DC April 26, 2022 – "Trending Topic in Brazil: Discussion on the Possibility of Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) in View of the Delay of the BPTO (Brazilian Patent Office)"…
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The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) and European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW) will be offering their 2022 Global Series Spring Session on April 26, 2020 from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm (ET) at the Army and Navy Club in Washington, DC. The program will include presentations on the following topics: • International Trends in SEP/FRAND•…
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Dannemann Siemsen will be offering a webinar entitled "Trending Topic in Brazil: Discussion on the Possibility of Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) in View of the Delay of the BPTO (Brazilian Patent Office)" on April 26, 2022 at 12:00 pm (BRT). José Eduardo Cardozo of Martins Cardozo Advogados Associados, Justin Pine of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization…
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OxFirst Limited will be offering a webinar entitled "The Influence of Women in IP: Women and the Unified Patent Court" on April 28, 2022 from 15:00 to 16:00 (GMT). Marina Tavassi of BonelliErede, and formerly the President of the Court of Appeal; Julia Dias of Huawei; and Katie Colart of Kirkland & Ellis will address…
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IPWatchdog and Barash Law will be offering a webinar entitled "Patenting and Litigating Pharmaceutical Salts" on April 28, 2022 at 12:30 pm (ET). Gene Quinn of IPWatchdog, Inc.; Stephen Byrn of Purdue University and Improved Pharma; Steven Zeman of Grünecker Patent Attorneys and Attorneys at Law; and Eyal Barash of Barash Law, LLC will focus…
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