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Advancing Patent Quality Across the IP Community
USPTO Headquarters
Madison Auditorium
600 Dulany Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Presentations, Panel Discussions, and Insights into the Future of Patent Quality
Keynote Speaker: Michelle K. Lee, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property & Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Additional Speakers Include:
- Key USPTO and EPO Executives
- Court of Appeals Federal Circuit Judge
- Higher Education Professionals
- Patent Practitioners
Sponsored by: US Patent and Trademark Office, Duke Law Center for Innovation Policy, and the Santa Clara High Tech Law Institute
Free Admission – Registration is required
CLE Credits: 3 VA State Bar CLE credits pending, including 1 ethics CLE credit; 1 hour CA State Bar CLE ethics credit pending.
If you are located on the West Coast and are registering for California CLE, please register with this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/patent-quality-conference-silicon-valley-tickets-29829757608
For information about the September 9, 2016 conference held at Santa Clara University, including links and materials, please visit this page.
Law360 is presenting a weekly series of opinion pieces related to the two conferences.
Making ‘Compact Prosecution’ Truly Compact
Laura Sheriden, Google [Sept. 28]
Q&A With GAO Directors: Improving Patent Quality
Frank Rusco & John Neumann, GAO [Oct. 7]
Reconsidering Patent Examiner’s Time Allocations
Michael D. Frakes, Duke Law & Melissa F. Wasserman, Texas Law [Oct. 13]
Getting Practical about Patent Quality
David J. Kappos, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP [Oct. 21]
Overclaiming Is Criminal
Oskar Liivak, Cornell Law [Oct. 28]
Comparing Patent Quality at the USPTO and EPO
Colleen Chien, Santa Clara Law & Jay Kesan, University of Illinois College of Law [Nov. 29]
The Need for Speed: Process and Product Quality in Track 1
Arti Rai and Elliot Chen, Duke University School of Law [Dec. 6]
The conferences are generously sponsored by:
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