This 2-day Trade Secret Law and Strategies Conference provides WA 9.5 CLE (incl. 1 ethics). Mention your affiliation with the WSPLA, and receive a $100 discount. Click here for more information and to register.
1. Practical tips for patent prosecutors, counselors, and litigators, based on recent Supreme Court and Federal Circuit decisions. E.g., treasures defendants hope to find specifications; 10 ways to diversify claim sets; 10 uses for a prior art reference; what types of clearance opinions remain useful at trial; doing more in Markman, and some defenses of the future.
2. Predictions for the state of functional claiming and claim indefiniteness in 2020.
It’s time for another chance to mingle over drinks with your fellow patent practitioners. Please join us for a WSPLA happy hour at Paddy Coyne’s in Bellevue on Thursday, February 11, 2016. Date: February 11, 2016 Time: 5:30-7:30 PM Location: The Atrium at…