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ConferencesinLondon Dec. 1: BPP Professional Education’s Technology Law - Introduction - London
A one day course explaining how technology can be protected using intellectual property law in a commercial setting. This practical introduction will help practitioners apply the available laws to create...
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LexisNexis Patent Law Center Staff December 11, 14, 16, 18: Seminars on Revised Chinese Patent Law – Stockholm, The Hague, Milan, Munich
The EPO and the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) will host a series of seminars on changes to the Chinese patent law in four European cities this December.   Taking place...
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Conferences in San Francisco Dec. 14 - 15: PLI’s Understanding the Intellectual Property License 2009 - San Francisco
This introductory course will give an overview of how to negotiate and draft effective license agreements, whether you are the licensor or licensee. Experts in licensing will discuss different kinds...
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Conferences in Washington DC Jan. 6 - 10: PLI’s Patent Bar Review 2010 - Washington, DC
This information-packed course leads you through the intricacies - and around the traps - of the Patent Bar Exam. You’ll get the hard facts, test-taking tips, sample questions and answers, and...
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Conferences in San Francisco Jan. 11 - 12: PLI’s Reissue and Reexamination Strategies and Tactics with Concurrent Litigation 2010 - San Francisco
This program provides comprehensive coverage of reissue and reexamination strategies and tactics with concurrent litigation. The program is taught by a faculty of judges, lawyers, and industry leaders...
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Valri Nesbit
Posted By: Valri Nesbit
USPTO Rescinds Controversial Patent Regulations Package Proposed by Previous Administration
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO David Kappos has signed a new Final Rule rescinding highly controversial regulations, proposed by the previous administration,...
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Michael A. Gollin & Tiffany M. Moore
Posted By: Michael A. Gollin & Tiffany M. Moore
Insights on the New "Strategy for American Innovation"
(VENABLE, LLP) Just before the G20 summit, on September 24, 2009, the US announced a national innovation strategy, joining a trend that includes China, Canada, and the UK. The announcement came in...
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LexisNexis Patent Law Center Staff
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Law passed providing $70 million to avoid furloughs and Layoffs in patent operations.
The Senate passed the House-passed version of H.R. 3114, allowing the PTO to borrow up to $70 million from 2009 trademark fees to avoid furloughs and layoffs in patent operations. Public Law 111-45 was...
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LexisNexis Patent Law Center Staff
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Can Google Really Do Anything? Please Take Our Survey!
  Please take our brief survey!            The Internet has been in widespread use for perhaps as little as 15 years, but it has quickly become...
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Valri Nesbit
Posted By: Valri Nesbit
Implementation of E-Office Action Program
The USPTO announced the implementation of the e-Office Action program following a successful pilot project. Under the program, patent applicants receive an e-mail notification of office communications...
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