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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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CincyBIO 2013 will be held Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at the Phoenix in downtown Cincinnati. The conference will feature speakers including Tom Irving (Finnegan), Sam Han (McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP), Carin Miller (Blue Ribbon Patents), Jeff Weedman (Cintrifuse), James Zimmerman (Taft), David Willbrand (ThompsonHine), Vance VanDrake (Ulmer & Berne), Ralph Hall (University of Minnesota Law School and Faegre Baker Daniels), Dave Bassett (WilmerHale), Pat Lane (Dinsmore), Matt Willenbrink (University of Dayton), Nick Nikolaides (The Procter & Gamble Company), Marie Kerbeshian (Indiana University), Geoffrey Pinski (Office of Entrepreneurial Affairs & Technology, University of Cincinnati), and Chris Fick (Office of Technology Transfer, University of Louisville).

This activity has been approved by the Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 6.25 total CLE hour(s) instruction.
6.25 CLE hours have also been applied for in Kentucky and Indiana.

Schedule of Events CincyBio 2013 Final Schedule
7:45 – 8:15 Registration and Coffee
8:15 – 8:30 Welcome and Introductions
8:30 – 9:30 “Exelixis and Novartis – Biopharm Patent Term Adjustment Based on (B) Delay” – Tom Irving
9:30 – 10:30 “New FDA Regulations and Their Effect on Existing and Emerging Technologies” – Ralph Hall
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:45 “Cintrifuse: Working With Technology Startups and Developing Cincinnati’s Innovation Ecoystem” – Jeff Weedman, James Zimmerman, David Willbrand, and Vance VanDrake
11:45 – 1:00 Lunch and Networking
1:00 – 2:15 “University Intellectual Property: The Tech Transfer Perspective” – Geoffrey Pinski (UC), Matt Willenbrink (UD), Marie Kerbeshian (IU) and Chris Fick (Louisville) with Nick Nikolaides (P&G) as moderator
2:15 – 2:30 Break
2:30 – 3:30 “The Exhaustingly Self-Replicating Seeds: Monsanto v. Bowman” – Dave Bassett and Pat Lane
3:30-4:30 “Gene: The New Four Letter Word” – Sam Han and Carin Miller
4:30 CLE and Closing

Prices thru April 15:
• CincyIP Member – $100
• Non-member with CLE – $125
• Non-member without CLE – $75
• Students – $25

Prices after April 15:
• CincyIP Member – $125
• Non-member with CLE – $150
• Non-member without CLE – $100
• Students – $25

To register:
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Thank you to our sponsors:

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

CincyBIO 2013 will be held Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at the Phoenix in downtown Cincinnati. The conference will feature speakers including Tom Irving (Finnegan), Sam Han (McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP), Carin Miller, Marla Phillips (Med-XU, Xavier University), Jeff Weedman (Cintrifuse), James Zimmerman (Taft), Dave Bassett (WilmerHale), Pat Lane (Dinsmore), Matt Willenbrink (University of Dayton), Nick Nikolaides (The Procter & Gamble Company), Marie Kerbeshian (Indiana University), Geoffrey Pinski (Office of Entrepreneurial Affairs & Technology, University of Cincinnati), and Chris Fick (Office of Technology Transfer, University of Louisville).

CincyIP invites you to enter a bid to sponsor CincyBIO during the sponsorship period from February 7, 2013 at 10:00am until February 28, 2013 at 4:00pm. Sponsorships will only be accepted through the form on our website. Sponsorships will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis and will be confirmed by a member of CincyIP’s CincyBIO Steering Committee. Each sponsorship level includes exhibition space at the event and other benefits relative to the sponsorship level.

For details on sponsorships and to bid for a sponsorship, please visit http://cincyip.org/?page_id=518.

Questions should be directed to president@cincyip.org.

All sponsors must confirm their sponsorship through the website during the sponsorship period and submit their sponsorship commitments via check by March 30.

Thank you for your consideration and support of CincyIP!

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

The latest program in the Scholarly Symposia Series on Current Issues in Intellectual Property Law, Chow’s presentation “China’s Indigenous Innovation Policies and the World Trade Organization” begins at 7 p.m. The talk will be preceded by a reception at 6 p.m.

Chow will examine China’s indigenous innovation policies, a web of policies, regulations and strategies designed to create innovation and advanced technology. U.S. companies claim that these policies are discriminatory and could preclude them from selling their products to the Chinese government. Critics of these policies argue that they are unfair, illegal and violate China’s obligations under the World Trade Organization.

Download the Brochure: 2013_china_symposium

The elected board members are:
Board – 3 year term
Kim Zerby (P&G)
Matt Fitzpatrick (P&G)
Harry Guttman (Stipkala)
Todd Bailey (Frost)

Board – one year term
David Franklin (Intelligrated)

Congratulations to everyone elected and special thanks to the retiring officers and board members.

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

Featuring

Nancy Lawson
Partner, Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

Lisa McDaniel Brown
Advancement Director DfSC

Kelly Collison
Associate Director DfSC

Marlene Alder
Volunteer DfSC

Donna Wynn
Client DfSC

and

Tiffany Zerby
Counsel- Fabric and Home Care, The Procter & Gamble Company

December 11, 2012
12:00pm– 1:30pm

Location: The Cincinnatian Hotel

This program has been approved for 1.0 hours of Professionalism CLE in Ohio

Lawyers have traditionally donated their time through pro bono legal work and other community service. The aspiration to serve runs deep in the legal profession, to the point that it is expressed in our professional creed. Many lawyers desire to serve others in one way or another, but are challenged with finding the time and the best way to make an impact. The program will include a discussion of a lawyer’s calling to community service, the role of the lawyer in the community, and whether community service for lawyers should relate to legal issues. We will also discuss various projects and organizations seeking community service volunteers, and we will hear from one organization, Dress For Success (DfSC), regarding how one might get involved with their organization.

CincyIP would also like to take this opportunity to ask our members to give back to those that are less fortunate through Dress for Success during this holiday season. We will be accepting donations at our monthly meeting. For additional information, including alternate donation drop-off times and locations and details for donating, please visit our website.
Items That Can Be Donated Clothing Donations final

Interview and work appropriate clothing and accessories
to stock Dress for Success Cincinnati and the Mobile Career Transformation Center (gently worn scrubs too)

Designer, dressy and casual attire and accessories
to stock the 4th Street Boutique, the daily fund raiser whose sales to the public support the mission of Dress for Success Cincinnati

PRICES (including lunch):
• $20 for Members (includes 1.0 Hr Ohio Professionalism CLE)
• $30 Non-Member with CLE
• $20 Non-Member without CLE
• $15 Students and Full-Time Academics