CincyBio 2013 Registration Now Open

Posted on March 21, 2013 by webmaster

CincyIP is proud to bring back CincyBIO for 2013, Cincinnati’s premier conference on bioscience and technology, for the third straight year on Tuesday, April 30, 2013.

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:
http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=qq79j4lab&oeidk=a07e77yzn5r4802e853

Thank you to our sponsors:

Contests and Sweepstakes: Spotting IP Risks and Other Legal Issues – March 2013 Meeting

Posted on February 19, 2013 by webmaster

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

CincyBio 2013 seeking Sponsorships

Posted on January 31, 2013 by webmaster

CincyBIO 2013 is seeking sponsorships

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 https://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!