On Wednesday, July 14, the Practising Law Institute and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute will host a seminar for all practitioners who would like gain an understanding of patent law.
The one-day program will begin at 9:00 a.m. and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. and is located at PBI's Philadelphia CLE Center at the Wanamaker Building in Philadelphia.
The goal of the sessions will be to demystify patent law for the general practitioner or those looking to expand their intellectual property focus. The seminar will take participants through all aspects of patent law, from the filing of a patent application all the way to infringement issues. Attendees will learn the touchstone of patentability, the basics of filing a patent application, how long it may take from filing to issuance, what the details of patent prosecution involves, the costs involved in patent prosecution, and filing and infringement issues.
The program will address these issues and the issues that evolve in general business law practice.There will also be a presentation on the latest case law developments that are essential knowledge for the general practitioner.
The expert speakers and presenters include Marta E. Gross and Robert M. Crawford of Goodwin Procter LLP; Jane T. Gunnison, Ropes & Gray LLP; John M. Hintz, Chadbourne & Parke LLP; and Christopher M. Tobin of Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC.
For information about available CLE credits and fees, visit CLE Events on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel website at www.metrocorpcounsel.com.
To register for the program visit www.pli.edu.