Managing IP’s US Patent Reform Forum, Washington, D.C. March 27, 2012

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Dear Colleague,
Managing IP and Delaware IP Law Blog invite you to the US Patent Reform Forum on March 27, 2012 at the Willard InterContinental in Washington D.C.

Free for IP counsel, academics and research institutes

The forum brings together top officials, leading counsel at U.S. corporations and their private practice advisers to discuss the recently enacted Leahy-Smith America Invents Act.

Easy ways to register:
Visit: www.managingip.com/USPatentforum2012
Email: mfabri@euromoneyplc.com
Call: +1 212 901 3828
Topics on the agenda include:
• Roundtable: AIA rulemaking overview
• An Industry Perspective: We lobbied the cause; the act was passed – where did we land?
• Key considerations: The Joinder Provision; ITC proceedings and the new rules on false
marking
• In focus: Post Grant Review and litigation strategies under AIA
• First-to-file system: Implications of a significant change in the law
• AIA and NPEs: Impact or more of the same?

Speakers:
• Judge Paul Michel
• Gary Griswold, former chairman, The Coalition for 21st Century Patent Reform
• Bob Stoll, former commissioner for USPTO
• Robert Armitage, senior VP and general counsel, Eli Lilly
• Phil Johnson, chief intellectual property counsel, Johnson & Johnson
• Sherry Knowles, principle, Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies
• F. Scott Kieff, professor of law, George Washington University
• Dan McCurdy, chairman, PatentFreedom
• Brent Bellows, Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies
For more information about the agenda, please see the brochure here: http://www.managingip.com/pdfs/USPatentForum.pdf

The forum is free for IP counsel. Places are allocated on a first come, first served basis, please register in advance to secure yours.

We look forward to you joining our debate in March.

Kind regards,
James Nurton
Managing editor
www.managingip.com

Pilar Kraman
Managing editor
www.delawareiplaw.com


Brochure – US Patent Reform Forum 2012

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