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Practical Tips On Intellectual Property Law
Your IP Future Starts Here |
Section of Intellectual Property Law
Young Lawyers Committee
in cooperation with
The District of Columbia Bar
Intellectual Property Law Session
April 2, 2003
International Trade Center at the Ronald Reagan Building Washington
D.C.
Preceding the 18th Annual
Intellectual Property Law Conference
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Practical Tips on Intellectual Property Law
Intellectual property law is a complex practice area requiring a broad array of skills. The Practical Tips program is designed to enhance these skills and enable IP practitioners to handle the many tasks that routinely arise in this increasingly important area of practice. The program features top professionals from the IP field who will relay practical advice on dealing with the "nuts and bolts" of every day IP practice. The Practical Tips program is sponsored by the Young Lawyers Committee of the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law, in cooperation with the District of Columbia Bar Intellectual Property Law Section.
This particular Practical Tips program is designed in two tracks. One track examines patent practice, focusing on patent application, creative claim drafting, due diligence in business transactions, patent prosecution, discovery and PCT practice. The second track covers copyright issues and trademark enforcement, pre-litigation, discovery, pre-trial and trial issues, and inter partes proceedings at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. It is a "transitional" to intermediate level CLE course. As practical tips will be provided, those with one to twenty years of experience in the patent field will benefit from the program.
Cle Credit
CLE accreditation has been requested for this program from every state with mandatory continuing education requirements for lawyers. Please be aware that each state has its own rules and regulations, including its definition of "CLE". Check with your state agency for confirmation of this program's approval For information on approved number of credit hours, contact the ABA Center for CLE at 312/988-6517.
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Program Schedule
TRACK 1: Hot Topics in Patent Law
8:45 - 9:00 a.m.
WELCOMING REMARKS
Christopher P. Wrist, Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto,
Washington, DC.
Co-Chair, District of Columbia Bar Intellectual Property Law Section.
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
PERKS AND PITFALLS OF PROVISIONAL PATENT APPLICATIONS
Benefits and dilemmas with filing provisionals, priority claiming,
recent case law
Timothy A. French, Fish and Richardson, PC, Boston, MA
Daniel H. Golub, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Philadelphia,
PA
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
CREATIVE CLAIM DRAFTING
Claim drafting strategies, specification preparation, prosecution
tactics
George F. Wheeler, McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., Chicago,
IL
Jean C. Edwards, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Washington,
DC
11:00 - 11:15 a.m. - Break
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
DUE DILIGENCE IN BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
IP asset identification, management of process, searches required,
analyses & evaluations 787
Mary Hildebrand, Goodwin, Procter, LLP, Roseland, NJ
Ronald Bleeker, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett
& Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC
12:15 - 1:45 p.m.
BUFFET LUNCHEON WITH GUEST SPEAKER (BOTH TRACKS)
Introduction of Guest Speaker: Mark T. Banner, Banner
& Witcoff, Ltd., Chicago, IL. Chair, ABA Section of Intellectual
Property Law.
Guest Speaker: Frances E. Marshall, U.S. Department of
Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, DC
1:45 - 2:45 p.m.
AVOIDING LITIGATION PROBLEMS BY EFFECTIVE PROSECUTION
Jeanne M. Gills, Foley & Lardner, Chicago, IL
Douglas H. Goldhush, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP, Tysons
Corner, VA
2:45 - 3:45 p.m.
DISCOVERY IN A PATENT FILE
Discoverable documents, patent file maintenance, interrogatories
S. Christian Platt, Bingham McCutchen, LLP, East Palo
Alto, CA
Richard L. Rainey, Fish & Neave, Washington, DC
3:45 - 4:00 p.m. - Break
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
PCT PRACTICE Recent PCT updates, application preparation, filing
strategies, search reports
Kevin P. Moran, Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP, Waukesha,
WI
John H. Hornickel, PolyOne Corporation, Avon Lake, OH
5:00 p.m. - Closing Remarks And Adjournment
TRACK 2: Trademark and Copyright Law
8:45 - 9:00 a.m.
WELCOMING REMARKS
Kathleen Cooney-Porter, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier
& Neustadt, P.C. Alexandria, VA. Co-Chair, District of Columbia
Bar Intellectual Property Law Section. Co-Chair, District of Columbia
Bar Intellectual Property Law Section.
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
HOT TOPICS IN COPYRIGHT LAW
A discussion of leading cases and cutting-edge issues in copyright
law
Associate Register for Policy and International Affairs,
U.S. Copyright Office, Washington, DC
Joseph M. Beck, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
NEW ISSUES IN TRADEMARK ENFORCEMENT AND CLIENT RELATIONS
Internet, international issues and strategy, the client's role,
the decision to settle or litigate, communication with the Client
and Opposing counsel
Sarira D. Alexander, Fannie Mae, Washington, DC
Virginia Carron, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett
& Dunner, LLP, Atlanta, GA
11:00 - 11:15 a.m. - Break
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
PRE-LITIGATION MATTERS
Clearance opinions, demand letters, responding to demands, pre-litigation
options, TTAB options, preliminary injunctions or TRO motions
Lawrence R. Robins, Finnegan, Hednerson, Farabow, Garrett
& Dunner, LLP, Boston, MA
Barry L. Cohen, Thorp, Reed and Armstrong, LLP, Philadephia,
PA
12:15 - 1:45 p.m.
BUFFET LUNCHEON WITH GUEST SPEAKER- BOTH TRACKS
1:45 - 2:45 p.m.
DISCOVERY
Written discovery, depositions of parties and non-parties, third-party
discovery, protective orders, and motions to compel
James R. Kyper, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, LLP, Pittsburgh,
PA
Douglas A. Rettew, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett
& Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC
2:45-3:45 p.m.
PRE-TRIAL AND TRIAL
Dispositive motions, pre-trial conference, motions in limine, proposed
jury instructions, trials and post-trial proceedings
Douglas N. Masters, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard
& Geraldson, Chicago, IL
Richard Z. Lehv, Fross Zelnick, Lehrman & Zissu, P.C.,
New York, NY
3:45 - 4:00 p.m. - Break
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
INTER PARTES PROCEEDINGS AT THE TTAB
Motion practice, paper trials, and other issues unique to litigating
before the TTAB
Hon. Gerard F. Rogers, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board,
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, DC
J. David Mayberry, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Washington, DC
5:00 p.m. - Closing Remarks And Adjournment
Program Co-Chairs:
Kim R. Jessum, Philadelphia, PA
Melanye K. Johnson, Washington, DC
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