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Technology Commercialization – Strategies for Success – June 2013 Meeting
Geoffrey Pinski, Director with the University of Cincinnati Office of Entrepreneurial Affairs and Technology Commercialization Office, and Korie Counts, Technology Manager in the Center for Technology Commercialization at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, will speak on technology transfer and licensing. The presentation will focus on the challenges around the transfer and licensing of new technology from research institutions to industry and identify pitfalls and best practice tips for overcoming the complexities of the process.
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Post-Grant AIA Procedures and the Litigation Impact – May 2013 Meeeting
Date: Tuesday May 14, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Location: Cincinnatian Hotel
The America Invents Act (H.R. 1249) promises to bring substantial changes to the U.S. patent system, including new mechanisms for challenging patents at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. One of the new mechanisms is a post-grant review proceeding (PGR), which will provide patent challengers expanded bases on which to attack patents. Post-grant review, however, will only be available to challenge patents that issue under the AIA’s new first-to-file regime. Of more immediate concern, the AIA also provides for a new inter partes review (“IPR”) procedure that will be available to challenge any
enforceable patent, including those issued before enactment of the AIA.
Ryan Willis will discuss the basics of each of these new procedures. He will also discuss litigation considerations, including when the use of these procedures in addition to or in place of litigation may be appropriate, and how the use of these procedures may affect a client’s choice to litigate following their use.
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Contests and Sweepstakes: Spotting IP Risks and Other Legal Issues – March 2013 Meeting
You’re invited to our next monthly luncheon and CLE seminar. Lori Krafte, partner at Wood, Herron & Evans will be presenting on the topic of Contests and Sweepstakes.
Date: March 12th
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Location: Cincinnatian Hotel
With advertising budgets squeezed, more companies than ever are turning to relatively inexpensive contests and sweepstakes to generate buzz about their products and services. But, if you aren’t careful, your client’s promotion can easily become an illegal lottery, or expose the company to a copyright infringement or false advertising action, or run afoul of the many quirky laws regulating this area.
And it isn’t enough just to comply with state and federal law. If you run your promotion on a social media platform such as Twitter, Pinterest, or Facebook, you have an additional layer of requirements because each has its own rules for these. It isn’t difficult to comply with all the obligations – if you pay attention to detail and give yourself plenty of time to plan.
Please remember: registration closes at noon on Wednesday, March 6!
PRICES (including lunch):
• $20 for Members (includes 1.0 Hr Ohio CLE)
• $30 Non-Member with CLE
• $20 Non-Member without CLE
• $15 Students and Full-Time Academics
PCT Damage Control: Procedures That Can Help When Things Go Wrong – February 2013 Meeting
CincyIP Presents:
PCT Damage Control:
Procedures That Can Help When Things Go Wrong
Featuring
T. David Reed
US Consultant on the PCT, WIPO
February 12, 2013
12:00pm– 1:30pm
Location: The Cincinnatian Hotel
This program has been approved for 1.0 hours of CLE in Ohio
The presentation will discuss the primary procedural safeguards available under the PCT that are
available to help an applicant overcome a variety of problems and mistakes that may be made during the filing of patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. The safeguard procedures include:
• Incorporation by reference of matter contained any claimed priority filing to allow matter
inadvertently left out of the international (PCT) application to be incorporated into the international application without loss of the original filing date, provided the matter is completely contained in the priority document.
• Restoration of priority which may allow recapture of a priority claim in an application
filed more than 12 months after the desired priority filing.
• Correction or addition of a priority claim after the filing of an application.
• Protections relating to payment of fees.
• Protections relating to filing in a non-competent office.
• Procedures related to making changes/corrections/additions to applicants, inventors,
agents and bibliographic data relating to them.
• Procedure for correcting obvious mistakes made in the international application.
Each of these procedures will be discussed in detail including when they are applicable, conditions for use and how to use them.
Speaker Information
During the last half of T. David Reed’s 40 year career at The Procter & Gamble Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, he managed P&G’s international patent filing and prosecution function. During this time he transitioned P&G’s international patent filing practice from direct national filings to filing under the PCT. Under his leadership Procter & Gamble’s practice under the PCT quickly grew to the point where P&G was the largest single PCT applicant in the world.
Based on his practical experience in international patent filing and the PCT, he has been privileged to speak on P&G’s foreign patent practice and their use of the PCT for a variety of organizations around the world.
Following his retirement from P&G in 2006, David became a consultant on the PCT for WIPO in North America. In this capacity he conducts training seminars on the PCT and operates one of the two WIPO PCT help desks in the US, answering questions on the PCT from patent practitioners and administrators.
PRICES (including lunch):
• $20 for Members (includes 1.0 Hr Ohio CLE)
• $30 Non-Member with CLE
• $20 Non-Member without CLE
• $15 Students and Full-Time Academics
Protecting IP In An Online World : January 2013 Monthly Meeting
Featuring
Mike Hurst
Keating Muething and Klekamp
January 8, 2013
12:00pm– 1:30pm
Location: The Cincinnatian Hotel
This program has been approved for 1.0 hours of CLE in Ohio
The expansion of the Internet has led to an expansion in IP infringement claims stemming from content posted or otherwise shared via the Internet.From blogs and websites to social networks, it has become increasingly common for IP rights to be infringed. Mike Hurst, Partner at KMK, will address some of the most prevalent issues facing clients today. In particular, Mike will discuss rules for when you can use others’ content without violating their copyright, how trademarks of others can be legally used online, and techniques for leveraging the content of others without breaking the law. Mike will also discuss how the various take-down policies that have been put in place by social networks, such as Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest are similar, as well as how they differ, and what these policies mean to both lawyers and their clients.
PRICES (including lunch):
• $20 for Members (includes 1.0 Hr Ohio CLE)
• $30 Non-Member with CLE
• $20 Non-Member without CLE
• $15 Students and Full-Time Academics
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