CincyBIO 2011: The Bioscience Event for Innovators and Intellectual Property Professionals

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CincyIP and The Procter & Gamble Company
present
CincyBIO 2011:
The Bioscience Event for Innovators and Intellectual Property Professionals


March 8, 2011
8:00am – 4:15pm
Registration and Breakfast begins at 7:30am

The Phoenix
Cincinnati, Ohio

INCLUDES LUNCH

6.5 hours Ohio CLE (applied)
CincyBIO Schedule
Parking Info
Course Descriptions
Speaker Information
CincyBIO Sponsors
CincyBIO Steering Committee
The symposium will include:

• 8:00-8:15am Introductions

  • Lindsey L. Jaeger, Esq., S.S.B.B., Patent Attorney, Wolfe, LPA and President of CincyIP
  • Kelly McDow, Associate General Counsel – Legal Division, The Procter & Gamble Company and Chair of CincyBIO Steering Committee

• 8:15-9:00am – Man v. Nature: Monsanto and Genetically-Modified Soy Beans

  • Sam S. Han, Esq., Ph.D. (University of Dayton)

• 9:00-9:45am – Making Sensible Patent Investments

  • Bob MacWright, Esq., Ph.D. (Executive Director of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Office of Technology Development)

• 10:00-10:45am – USPTO’s Green Technology Initiative

  • Esther Kepplinger (Chief Patent Counselor at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and former Deputy Commissioner for Patents at the USPTO)

• 10:45-11:45am – Biosimilars Legislation and the Biosimilar Approval Pathway

  • Kevin Noonan, Esq., Ph.D. (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff, LLP and Patent Docs Weblog)

• 11:45 to 12:45 Lunch sponsored by Frost Brown Todd, LLC

    • 12:45 – 2:15pm – IP Considerations for Medical Devices from Start-ups to Fortune 500 Companies

    • Panel Discussion moderated by Mary Beth Privitera (M.Design, University of Cincinnati) featuring Dan Kincaid (BIOSTART), Joseph E. Topmiller (Zimmer, Inc.), and Sam Privitera

    • 2:30-3:30pm – FDA Regulation for Medical Devices

    • Elsa Abruzzo (President of ARAC)

    • 3:30-4:15pm – How Statements to the FDA Can Create Some Real Challenges in Patent Prosecution and Enforcement

    • Tom Irving, Esq. (Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP)

    Speakers Dinner
    Please join us in greeting our honored speakers at the Speakers Dinner sponsored by Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP at 6pm on Monday, March 7, 2011 at The Cincinnatian Hotel. Space is limited! Please register (below) for the Speakers Dinner by noon on March 1.
    • Cost $65

      PRICES through February 15:

    • $75 for Cincy IP Members
    • $100 Non-Member with CLE
    • $50 Non-Member without CLE
    • $25 Students

    PRICES after February 15:
    • $100 for Cincy IP Members
    • $125 Non-Member with CLE
    • $75 Non-Member without CLE
    • $25 Students

    Registration ends at noon on March 1.

    Thanks to our sponsors:

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