June/July PTAB CLE

The USPTO’s Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) will host its third  “Boardside Chat” lunch webinar on Tuesday June 2nd from noon to 1PM. This month’s chat will focus on “Discovery in AIA Trials.”  I will be speaking on the practitioner panel.  Registration information for this program is available at the above link.

The PTAB’s bi-monthly chat program updates the public oncurrent Board activities and initiatives. The full schedule is listed at the end of this post, including links to past chats.
An interesting option for those tracking legislative efforts will be


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April Webinar to Focus on Emerging Trends at The PTAB

It’s been a long time, been a long time,
Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time. Yes it has.

Back from the dead….this month’s edition of the PatentsPostGrant.com free webinar series will be held on Wednesday April 29th @12:30 (est). The April webinar

Upcoming PTAB Programs

The USPTO’s Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) will host a “Boardside Chat” lunch webinar tomorrow, April 7th. This month’s chat will focus on “Do’s and Dont’s of Ex Parte Appeals.”  The bi-monthly chat program updates the public on current Board activities and initiatives. Tomorrow’s dial-in is as follows:

Webinar

Upcoming Post-Grant CLE

The PatentsPostGrant.com free monthly webinar series will resume in March. For more comprehensive CLE programs, there are a number of marquee programs on the immediate horizon.

First up is this week’s Utah IP Summit  (Friday, February 27th), topics include Surviving PTAB Review & Insulating Your Patent Portfolio

Next, is the The 10th

Early 2015 CLE Programs

The PatentsPostGrant.com free monthly webinar series will resume in a few weeks. For more comprehensive CLE programs, there are a number of marquee programs on the horizon.

First up is the The 10th Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s main campus in Alexandria Virginia, March 12-13th

2014 CLE Year Comes to a Close

The PatentsPostGrant.com free monthly webinar series has concluded for 2014, but will resume in January 2015. Yet, there remains at least one option for those a few credits short of their 2014 continuing legal education (CLE) requirements. Next Monday, I will host the Strafford Legal webinar entitled: Evolving PTAB Trial

Roadshow Announced for Detroit Region

The Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) has announced Detroit Region Roadshows from November 5-19, 2014, focused on the AIA trials. The PTAB will visit Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Minneapolis, and Milwaukee for half-day, afternoon programs. 

The roadshows are designed to be interactive, including audience participation in an educational game show (which couldn’t possibly be any geekier unless they required everyone to dress in Star Wars costumes) as well as a hands-on workshop.
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