IPO Conference on Recent IP Decisions

    By Donald Zuhn --

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will be holding a conference entitled "Recent Decisions: How They Affect Your Corporate IP Practice" on March 17, 2008 in Washington, DC.  Topics to be addressed at the conference include:

• Changes in Patent Jurisprudence: The Aftermath of KSR -- litigation and prosecution panels
• Willfulness and Opinions of Counsel as Affected by In re Seagate
• Licensing and Cease & Desist Letters in Light of Medimmune
• Global Litigation Strategies and Extraterritorial Patent Enforcement
• Fraud before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
• Trends in Federal Circuit Damages Decisions

The conference's luncheon speaker will be Judge Kimberly A. Moore of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

A complete brochure for this conference, including the conference program, a list of speakers, and registration form can be downloaded here.

The registration fee ranges from $750 (for IPO members) to $1,100 (for non-members).  Those interested in registering for the conference can do so here.