Past Events
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AIPLA CLE Webinar: Damages 2021 Year-in-Review: Lessons and Litigation Strategies
February 15, 2022 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | 1.5 CLE Credits Available
This year’s panel of experts will leverage decades of deep litigation experience in patent- and other IP-related matters to provide webinar attendees with additional insight on recent cases from the perspectives of private practice litigators and testifying experts. In a conversational format, our panel will address issues of high importance from several of 2021’s most interesting IP damages cases. Among other topics, our panel will discuss recent developments in apportionment, admissibility, damages attributable to use outside the U.S., facts relevant to the hypothetical negotiation, lost profits, and ethics. -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: Exploring Issues Facing AI, Computer-Implemented, and Life Sciences Inventions in the EPO and US, including Subject Matter Eligibility and Written Description
February 10, 2022 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | 1.5 CLE Credits Available
The panel’s goal is to review the most current issues facing practitioners on both sides of the Atlantic and consider practical solutions to try and navigate or mitigate those challenges. Andrew Bentham (JA Kemp) and Courtenay Brinckerhoff (Foley & Lardner) intend to address issues facing Innovators in the Life Sciences/Biotech areas including written description and subject matter eligibility, with Andrew focusing on the EPO and Courtenay on the USPTO. Mike Jennings (AA Thornton) and Michael Piper (Conley Rose) will jointly consider the new guidelines in the EPO and compare EPO and US Guidance Examples to assess ideas for effective specification and claim drafting for AI/ML and computer simulation and computer-implemented inventions more generally in Europe and the US. -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: Leveraging Instabilities in the Law of Patentable Subject Matter to Create Winning Outcomes
January 26, 2022 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | 1.5 CLE Credits Available
The fallout from Alice and its progeny has been the invalidation of countless patents in many different arts. But has one of the Court’s more recent approaches to statutory interpretation fundamentally undermined Alice? If not, what does it mean for a claim to be “directed to” a law of nature, a product of nature, or an abstract idea? Seasoned practitioners James R. Major, D.Phil., of Counsel at Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, and Aaron L.J. Pereira, of Counsel at Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP, provide insights and practical tips to overcome the conundrum of patentable subject matter. -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: Should you Appeal? – Data Driven Strategies to Help you Decide
December 8, 2021 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | 1.5 CLE Credits Available
Have you or a client ever been faced with a Final Rejection they did not agree with and asked the question, should we go to appeal? Deciding whether to appeal is a rather consequential decision, both in time and money. To help you answer this question, the panel provide you with novel appeal data and discuss how this data can be incorporated into best practices appeal strategy to maximize your effective use of ex parte appeals. This talk aims to help you improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your patent prosecution practice through a strategic and data driven use of ex parte appeals. -
DEI Program: Perspectives from LGBTQ Professionals
December 7, 2021 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
The legal community has made tremendous strides in equity and inclusion for LGBTQ attorneys and IP professionals over the past two decades. Central to this progress have been the allies who have supported the LGBTQ community and advocated for change. Attorneys who identify as LGBTQ, however, continue to face numerous challenges. Hear from panelists on the challenges of being LGBTQ in the IP Field and learn how we can to create an open and welcoming environment for all to bring their authentic selves to work. -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: Drafting Patent Applications for Artificial Intelligence Inventions Related to Healthcare
December 1, 2021 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | 1.5 CLE Credits Available
The webinar will focus on patenting artificial intelligence inventions related to healthcare for companies in the software or healthcare industries. The presentation will define artificial intelligence and machine learning, discuss reasons healthcare companies might want patent protection in this area, and discuss strategies for obtaining such patent protection. Recent court cases impacting healthcare artificial intelligence patents will be discussed. Some issued claims in the healthcare artificial intelligence space will be analyzed. -
2021 Corporate Practice Institute (Virtual)
November 16 to 17, 2021 | 360 Minutes of CLE - Including Ethics and Elimination of Bias
This Corporate Practice Institute is a two-day virtual event designed for Corporate in-house counsel, including attorneys and patent agents. The program will run from 12 noon to 5:30 and include 3 one-hour CLE sessions and a one-hour networking session each day. -
2021 Trade Secret Summit
November 8 to 9, 2021 | 525 minutes (8.75 hours for 60 minute states and 10.5 hours for 50 minute states)
Please join the AIPLA Trade Secret Committee for the 2021 Trade Secret Summit, which is being held November 8-9, 2021 at the headquarters of SolarWinds in Austin, Texas. The AIPLA Trade Secret Summit is the leading trade secret conference in the nation, with speakers from across the spectrum of private practitioners, in-house counsel, government, and academia, as well as fantastic networking opportunities. -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: Inequitable Conduct Lives!
November 3, 2021 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | 1.5 ETHICS CLE Credits Available
This presentation will provide information of use to old pros and new practitioners. The panelists will provide an overview of the ethical obligations of practice as well as the substantive law of inequitable conduct and related disciplinary matters, including several recent cases finding inequitable conduct despite the barriers created in 2011 by Therasense. It will also provide practical procedures and practices to avoid creating a record that leads to inequitable conduct and for more compact prosecution. -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: Patent Practitioners, Be On Guard: Artificial Intelligence Will Take Over the Practice of Patent Law - How an AI created the title for this talk, and what it means for your patent practice
October 13, 2021 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | 1.5 CLE Credits Available
Hear from industry experts, who will provide a framework for patent counsel to quantify the value of Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning technologies in practice, as well as specific examples of its use. Common misconceptions about the capabilities of AI will be debunked as they describe what you should, and, importantly, should not expect when adopting AI tools. Functionality will be discussed, as well as how current limitations may evolve in the future. The webinar will also include a round-table discussion between in house, private practice, and knowledge management attorneys who have introduced AI tools to their teams. They’ll discuss implementation challenges, barriers to adoption, and how an organization’s structure can influence its evaluation of such tools. -
AIPLA Webinar - Insights into the Two Most Popular Types of PTAB Proceedings: Appeals and Inter Partes Reviews
October 7, 2021 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | No CLE credits
This webinar will set forth data-driven, thoughtful and specific insights for the two most-employed proceedings at the PTAB, i.e., Appeals and Inter Partes Reviews. -
AIPLA Webinar - Insights into the Two Most Popular Types of PTAB Proceedings: Appeals and Inter Partes Reviews
October 7, 2021 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
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AIPLA CLE Webinar: How to Write a Specification That Satisfies the Requirements in Multiple Jurisdictions
October 6, 2021 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | 1.5 CLE Credits Available
This webinar is grounded in the overarching theoretical concept that a written description is intended to survive the expiration of the patent itself, such that a person of skill in the art can read the written description and implement the inventive concepts inside the written description in order to reap the underlying benefit of the invention. This webinar will attempt to reconcile some of those divergences by providing a synthesized framework for patent attorneys. -
2021 Virtual Data Road Show
September 30, 2021 12:00 AM | 180 minutes of CLE
The 2021 Data Roadshow is a virtual half-day program wholly devoted to all things data with a focus on artificial intelligence and machine learning-enabled technology. The program will include a keynote and a series of panel discussions that seek to address many of the data related challenges companies face on a day-to-day basis, followed by a networking event. -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: Copyright in Computer Software: Recent Cases and Best Practices for Registration
September 21, 2021 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | 1.5 CLE Credits Available
This webinar will cover recent case law on copyright and computer software, including the Supreme Court decision in Google v. Oracle and a preview of the issues facing the Court in H&M v. Unicolors. We will also provide practical advice and best practices for registering copyright in software. -
AIPLA Virtual Water Cooler - Monthly Meetups
September 15 to December 15, 2021
We're continuing our monthly Virtual Water Cooler meetups through the end of the year! We know that we as continue in large measure to work-from-home, we're still missing the regular connection with our colleagues. That’s why AIPLA’s Committee on the Profession is inviting you to join us around the virtual water cooler for a 30 minute break. -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: Patent Searching: (Almost) Everything You Need to Know
September 14, 2021 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | 1.5 CLE Credits Available
Join us for an engaging look at patent searches. Rather than a tutorial or “how-to” guide in the mechanics of searching, this program will address important considerations that inform the planning, execution, and validation of all types of patent searches, including patentability, freedom-to-operate, invalidity, landscape, and due diligence searches. Attendees will learn about timing considerations, budgeting and staffing models, export controls, privileges, evidentiary considerations for invalidity/patentability challenges, metrics for evaluating the effectiveness of a search, and more. The program will be useful for those who perform searches themselves and those who outsource their searches to others. -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: Emerging Trends in Drug Positioning and Repositioning – Using Solid Form IP to Create Value
August 24, 2021 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | 1.5 CLE Credits Available
Drug repositioning traditionally deploys new formulations or methods of treatment to protect the repositioned intellectual property estate. However, there are circumstances where it is possible to get an additional composition of matter patent for the repositioned asset, namely, by using a solid form patent strategy. This article discusses the theory and practice behind using solid form patents to start a new composition of matter clock and how this strategy has been deployed in practice. -
PTAB LEAP Oral Hearing Boot Camp
August 20 to September 17, 2021 | No CLE
In furtherance of the LEAP initiative, the PTAB and AIPLA are jointly organizing an oral hearing virtual boot camp in which practitioners will be able to present an argument before sitting PTAB judges and obtain invaluable feedback post-argument. The boot camp will be held mainly on Friday's beginning August 20. APPLICATION CLOSED. -
AIPLA CLE Webinar: Overview of the OED’s Disciplinary Enforcement Functions and the Patent Pro Bono Program
August 18, 2021 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM | 1.5 CLE Ethics Credits Available
This webinar will provide an overview of several core aspects of OED’s disciplinary enforcement functions, including an overview of various OED programs and initiatives that are relevant to legal ethics and practice before the USPTO and a discussion of select regulations governing the USPTO’s disciplinary process and statistics regarding recent disciplinary orders.