Comprehensive PCT Seminar

Apr. 26-27, 2013

The University of New Hampshire School of Law's Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property will host the 15th Comprehensive Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Seminar, in cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

The Comprehensive PCT Seminar is geared toward patent attorneys, patent agents, patent administrators, paralegals, and law students who are seeking in-depth knowledge and understanding of the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

The one and one-half day seminar will include strategies for using the PCT as part of a comprehensive patent program, PCT rules of practice, and procedures for filing original international applications. It will also address recent changes to the PCT. A new module of the Seminar this year will focus on the implication of the America Invents Act on PCT practice.  All sessions will be held in UNH Law’s Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property building.

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The Inaugural Robert Shaw
International Intellectual Property Symposium

Apr. 25, 2013

Event proudly supported by:

The Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property presents the Robert Shaw International Intellectual Property Symposium on International IP Practice and the America Invents Act at the University of New Hampshire School of Law, Concord, NH.

In memory of the late Prof. Robert Shaw
Founder of the Franklin Pierce Law Center Patent Practice Program

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For registration, visit: http://alumni.law.unh.edu/events#Shaw

Managing IP Event Series

Apr. 16 & 17
London, England

Apr. 30
New York, NY

May 2
Chicago, IL

Managing IP magazine, in association with the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property, invites you to attend their upcoming events in London, Chicago, and New York.

Events are free to attend for in-house IP and patent counsel, government officials, academics, and R&D professionals. All other UNH Law alumni will receive a 50% discount on registration fees.

International Patent Forum
April 16 & 17, 2013 – Sheraton Park Lane Hotel, London

Launched in 2011, the International Patent Forum brings together 200 top officials, leading counsel at international corporations, and their advisors from across Asia, Europe and the Americas. To view the full agenda or to register, please visit: www.managingip.com/patentforum2013

IP in China: Growth & Opportunities for US Companies
April 30, 2013 – Grand Hyatt, New York
May 2, 2013 – Congress Plaza Hotel, Chicago

A unique opportunity to learn from and network with expert US corporate counsel and Chinese IP attorneys. To view the full agenda, or to register, please visit: www.managingip.com/IPinChina. CLE credits available.

Apple v. Samsung & the Smartphone Wars

Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013
12:00 noon in the
Tenney Board Room
in the IP Center

The legal conflict between Apple and Samsung is one of the most extensive patent conflicts in history. It spans many countries and has potentially huge economic impact.

Join Professor Jeffrey J. Hawley, Distinguished Fellow in Intellectual Property at UNH Law, for a discussion of this important milestone in patent law.

The talk will be co-hosted by UNH Law's Student Intellectual Property Law Association (SIPLA) and Patent Law Forum (PLF).

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Open Source & Free Software: Collaborative Licensing, Communal Development & Commercial Considerations

Thur., Aug. 30, 2012

The Licensing Executives Society and the Student Intellectual Property Law Association are pleased to announce their first seminar of the year scheduled at 11:45 a.m. in room 229.

UNH Law's Christopher Frerking, Professor of Law and Director of the Patent Practice and Procedure Program, will be hosting speaker Professor Greg R. Vetter of the University of Houston Law Center.

Lunch will be served.  All are welcome to attend. Please RSVP.

Read more about the Licensing Executives Society and the Student Intellectual Property Law Association.

Trademark, Trials & Appeals Board

Thur., Sept. 20, 2012

TTAB Comes to UNH Law

An Opportunity to See and Discuss a Live Oral Argument in an Inter Partes Case
Before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Without Going to Virginia,
Plus Two Great Trademark Presentations

Co-Sponsored by:
The Boston Patent Law Association and UNH School of Law

UNH Law, 2 White Street, Concord, NH – Rich Room
1:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m., followed by reception
CLE Credits will be applied for
Mark:  FOOTLONG for “sandwiches,” Opposition No. 91192657

we are bringing to UNH Law...
* Three judges from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office;
* Attorneys representing Subway fast food restaurants; and,
* Attorneys representing Sheetz of Delaware

Registration

To register, please visit the Boston Patent Law Association and click on “Event Attendee.” CLE credits will be applied for.

Get special rates on hotel accommodations in Concord, NH.

Please contact Jacqueline.Lawrie@law.unh.edu with CLE questions.

$100 BPLA Members
$125 Non-Members
Free for students currently enrolled in law school (even if employed by firm/corporation)

Schedule

12:30 – 1:00
Registration

1:00 - 1:10   
Introduction and Welcome:  John L. Welch, TTABlog, Lando & Anastasi

1:10 - 1:50   
Chief Judge Gerard F. Rogers, TTAB Practice and Procedure

1:50 - 2:30  
Anne Gilson LaLonde, “Marching Ducks, Car Exhaust and the Soles of Very Expensive Shoes:  The Future of Nontraditional Trademarks”

Break

2:45 - 3:00 
Prof. Ashlyn Lembree, the PTO’s Law School Clinic Student Representation Program; Summary of Opposer’s case

3:00 - 3:10 
Joshua Jarvis, Foley Hoag, Summary of Applicant’s case

3:15 - 4:15 
Oral Argument before TTAB Judges Rogers, Mermelstein, and Bergsman

4:15 - 4:45 
Panel Discussion and General Q & A with Audience
Moderator:   John Welch
Panelists: Josh Jarvis, Anne Gilson LaLonde, Ashlyn Lembree, et al.

4:45 - 5:30 
Reception with Judges, Panelists, and Speakers

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DECORUM RULES FOR TTAB HEARINGS:

• No food or drink is permitted in the public gallery of the hearing room.
• Proper decorum is required with respect to both behavior and dress for that of a courtroom.
• When a hearing is in session, no one should be heard except for counsel making argument or a judge.
• No personal recording devices of any kind (audio or visual) will be permitted in the hearing room.
• All cell phones or pagers must be turned off.
• Once granted entry to the hearing session, public attendees are required to stay for the entire hearing session even though there may be more than one proceeding scheduled during the hearing session.
• Improper hearing room behavior may result in removal from the hearing room or other sanctions.

Patent Litigation & The America Invents Act

May 18, 2012

Featuring:

DAVID KAPPOS, Under-Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property & Director, United States Patent & Trademark Office
His remarks are available on UNH Law's YouTube channel.

HON. RANDALL R. RADER, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
His remarks are available on UNH Law's YouTube channel.

Program:

Luncheon Keynote Address

• David Kappos, Undersecretary for Commerce in IP & Director, USPTO

How the AIA will Change Patent Management Strategies

• Paul Dacier, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, EMC Corporation
• Krish Gupta, Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, EMC Corporation

Strategic Implications of AIA Post-Grant Proceedings

• Lori A. Gordon, Director, Sterne Kessler Goldstein Fox
• Michael B. Ray, Managing Director, Sterne Kessler Goldstein Fox

New Rules & the Future of Patent Litigation

• The Hon. Paul J. Barbadoro, US District Court for New Hampshire
• Arthur W. Coviello, Senior Associate, Wilmer Hale

Closing Keynote Address

• The Hon. Randall R. Rader, Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Networking Reception

14th Annual Comprehensive PCT Seminar

April 27-28, 2012

The University of New Hampshire School of Law's Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property will host the 14th Comprehensive Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Seminar, in cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), on April 27-28, 2012 in Concord, NH.

Carol Bidwell and David Reed, US consultants to WIPO on PCT matters, will conduct the program.

SOPA, PIPA & Deputizing Intermediaries
to Enforce Intellectual Property Rights

April 12, 2012

The University of New Hampshire School of Law's Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property presented a series of talks by technical, policy and legal experts on two controversial bills pending before Congress relating to intellectual property enforcement the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity & Theft of IP Act (PROTECT-IP Act or PIPA).

On Thursday April 12, Professor Eric Goldman, Director of the High Tech Law Institute at the Santa Clara University School of Law, presented "SOPA, PIPA & Deputizing Intermediaries to Enforce Intellectual Property Rights".

This event is available on UNH Law's YouTube channel.

Second Annual IP Café

April 7, 2012

Program:

•     "Trademarks and Alternative Forms of IP Protection," Claire Zopf, Patent Attorney, Daniels Patent Law
•     Meet Gray Chynoweth – Chief Operating Officer, Dynamic Network Solutions, Inc.
•     "Arts, Consignments, and Shield Law," UNH Law's Visiting Professors of Law, Catherine Bigley McGovern and Peter J. McGovern

Event sponsored by:

• Entertainment Law Society
• Patent Law Forum
• International Intellectual Property Organization (IIPO)

When Wikipedia Went Black: Private Intellectual
Property Rights & Breaking the Internet

April 5, 2012

On Thursday April 5, Andrew Sullivan, Internet scientist and chief of labs at Dyn Inc., presented "When Wikipedia Went Black: Private Intellectual Property Rights & Breaking the Internet".

In January of 2012, Wikipedia "went dark" for 24 hours. This was part of a massive online protest involving over 700 websites (including Google) against two bills pending in the US Congress. The bills are the latest in a long line of proposals to place controls on the Internet in order to solve widespread intellectual property piracy and enforcement problems in the online environment.

Andrew's talk showed why these proposals are both a bad idea and almost certainly doomed to failure. He focused on the Domain Name System (DNS), because it featured prominently in the recent proposals and touch on some alternative approaches that might have greater chance of success. Knowledge of the functioning of the DNS or of the specific proposals was welcome, but not necessary.

This event is available on UNH Law's YouTube channel.

The America Invents Act:
A Lecture Series by Judge Arthur Gajarsa

March 20, April 17 & April 20, 2012

Judge Arthur J. Gajarsa of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, held a series of lectures this spring to discuss the changes in patent law due to the America Invents Act.

• On March 20, Judge Gajarsa provided an overview of the new America Invents Act. This event is available on UNH Law's YouTube channel.
• On April 17, Judge Gajarsa discussed the new "First to File Patent System," which could prove to be one of the most important changes being made to US patent law. This event is available on UNH Law's YouTube channel.
• On April 20, Judge Gajarsa presented his third lecture in the AIA series. He spoke on "Post Grant Examination Proceedings" under the new law, which will mean major changes to US patent practice when the AIA takes effect this September. This event is available on UNH Law's YouTube channel.