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The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and What it Means For You – March 13, 2012 CincyIP Meeting

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CincyIP Presents:
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and What it Means For You

Featuring
Bernard Knight
General Counsel, USPTO

Steven Miller
Vice President and General Counsel – Intellectual Property, The Procter & Gamble Company

and

Herbert Wamsley
Executive Director, Intellectual Property Owners Association

Moderated by
Anne Chasser
Associate Vice President for Intellectual Property, The University of Cincinnati

Date: March 13, 2012

11:30am – 1:30pm
Please arrive on time, as the presentation will begin promptly at 12:00pm

Location: Cincinnati Masonic Center

CLE: This course has been approved by the Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 total CLE hour instruction.

On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed into law the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill that updates our patent system to encourage innovation, job creation, and economic growth. The last major patent reform was nearly 60 years ago. Our panelists will discuss various changes that The Act implements, how the changes have already impacted the way their organizations do business, and how they envision The Act changing the future of the patent system, both positively and negatively. By representing the points of view of the USPTO, a large corporation, and a trade organization, the discussion will further highlight the varying impact of The Act on different organizations invovled in the patent system, and create awareness for attorneys regarding the wide arrray of issues that they may encounter when working with a variety of clients and other individuals.

PRICES (including lunch):
$20 for Members (includes 1.5 Hr Ohio CLE)
• $30 Non-Member with CLE
• $20 Non-Member without CLE
• $15 Students and Full-Time Academics

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Chisum Patent Academy – February 2012 CincyIP Meeting – SOLD OUT

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THIS EVENT IS SOLD-OUT – THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT

CincyIP presents the Chisum Patent Academy

Featuring
Donald S. Chisum
and
Janice M. Mueller

February 14, 2012
11:45am – 1:30pm
Location: The Cincinnatian
This course has been approved by the Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 1.0 total CLE hour instruction.

Patent law authors and educators Donald S. Chisum and Janice M. Mueller will speak to Cincinnati IP Association members on two topics: (1) how the America Invents Act of 2011 (AIA) will change U.S. patent law, and (2) the ongoing schism at the Federal Circuit concerning patent claim interpretation, a pervasive problem not tackled by the AIA.

The AIA transitions the U.S. patent system from its historic first-to-invent priority system to a unique first-inventor-to-file system, implements post-grant opposition-style review in the USPTO of newly issued patents, and expands prior user rights. Although the changes wrought by the AIA leave many questions unanswered, fundamental concepts such as originality, conception, inventorship, and derivation will remain important. Relatively unrecognized by commentators are ambiguities in the AIA’s effective date provisions as well as the potential importance of the transitional review framework for business method patents. What strategies should patent practitioners follow before and after March 16, 2013?

Patent claim interpretation is central to all aspects of patent practice, including prosecution and litigation. Despite a 2005 en banc referendum on interpretive methodology in Phillips v. AWH Corp., Federal Circuit judges continue to disagree over the proper use of the specification, extrinsic evidence, and claim differentiation. The court’s recent decisions also signal an ongoing internal discomfort with the de novo standard of review mandated by the 1998 en banc decision in Cybor Corp. v. FAS Techs. The newest members of the Federal Circuit are highly accomplished lawyers with practice backgrounds other than patent law. How will their perspectives impact the future of patent claim interpretation? Will the Supreme Court’s increasingly active oversight of the Federal Circuit come into play?

Donald S. Chisum is co-founder of the Chisum Patent Academy, established in 2009. He is the sole author of Chisum on Patents, a multiple volume treatise, which was first published in October 1978. He regularly revises the treatise to account for developments in United States patent law. He is also the sole author of the Patent Law Digest (annually since 1991 and as the 25th Federal Circuit Anniversary Edition, LexisNexis Matthew Bender, 2008.) He is also author of the Chisum Patent Law Reference GuidesTM, which are available at www.chisum.com.

In 1989, Chisum received the Jefferson Medal Award from the New Jersey Patent Law Association, for outstanding contribution to the constitutional goals of the patent and copyright systems.

Chisum was professor of law at the University of Washington from 1969 to 1996 and professor of law at Santa Clara University from 1997 to 2006. From 1997 to 2006, he directed the Santa Clara Summer Institute on International and Comparative Intellectual Property, Munich, Germany. From 1989 to 1992, he served on the Board of Directors, American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Janice M. Mueller co-founded the Chisum Patent Academy with Donald S. Chisum in 2009. From 2004-2011 Janice was a tenured full Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she taught and wrote in the field of intellectual property law with an emphasis in U.S. and comparative patent law. Janice has also taught at the John Marshall Law School (Chicago), Suffolk University (Boston), the University of Kentucky, the University of Washington, Seattle University, Santa Clara University, and William Mitchell College of Law.

A registered U.S. patent attorney and chemical engineer, Janice began her legal career as a patent agent with Merchant & Gould, P.C. in Minneapolis. After law school Janice completed a two-year clerkship with the Honorable Giles S. Rich, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She litigated patent and copyright infringement cases as an Honors Program Trial Attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice before entering legal academia in 1995.

Janice has served on the AIPLA’s Amicus Committee, is a trustee of the Federal Circuit Historical Society, and chairs the Expert Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property for the non-profit Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Janice has lectured for BarBri Patent Bar Review.

PRICES (including lunch):
$20 for Members (includes 1 Hr Ohio CLE)
• $30 Non-Member with CLE
• $20 Non-Member without CLE
• $15 Students and Full-Time Academics

Registration ends at noon on Wednesday, February 8.

Cancellations will not be accepted without a 24 hour notice.

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January 2012 Monthly Meeting: Entertainment Law Basics: What Should I Be Aware Of?

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CincyIP Presents:
Entertainment Law Basics: What Should I Be Aware Of?

Featuring
Sarah V. Lewis, Esq.
Christoper S. Bowman, Esq.
Jeffrey P. Hinebaugh, Esq.
and
Kurt Hunt, Esq.
of Dinsmore and Shohl, LLP

Date: January 10, 2012
Time: 11:45am – 1:30pm
Location: The Cincinnatian Hotel

This course has been approved by the Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 1.0 total CLE hour instruction.

While Entertainment Law issues can often overlap with issues conventionally within the realm of intellectual property law, the issues can also involve questions dealing with employment law, contract law, labor law, agency, right of privacy, first amendment, product placement, and insurance law, just to name a few. Sarah, Chris, Jeff, and Kurt will share tips and tricks to help attorneys that do not frequently deal in entertainment law to spot issues and consider broader implications of deals and contracts. In particular, they will discuss contractual processes and key provisions that can be at issue when representing a movie production from conception through distribution.

Sarah V. Lewis, Esq., is an Associate at Dinsmore, working primarily in the firm’s Entertainment Law Practice Group. In this capacity, Sarah counsels individuals and companies working in the television industry at all stages of television development, production and distribution. She has extensive transactional experience in television, having served as studio and production counsel for Procter & Gamble Productions, Inc., TeleNext Media Inc. (a business unit of MediaVest Group) and others on the television network movies “Secrets of the Mountain,” “The Jensen Project,” “A Walk in My Shoes,” “Change of Plans,” and “Truth Be Told.” Sarah also advises clients regarding a variety of guild and union issues, including those involving SAG, AFTRA, DGA, WGA and IATSE.

In addition to her work in Entertainment Law, Sarah has significant experience in general litigation and has represented numerous automotive manufacturers and other companies in cases involving breach of contract, warranty disputes, and consumer practice claims. Sarah also previously served as the prosecutor for the City of Blue Ash’s Mayor’s Court from 2004-2007.

Christopher S. Bowman, Esq., is Of Counsel with Dinsmore, working primarily in the firm’s Entertainment Law Practice Group. In this capacity, Chris counsels individuals and companies working in the television industry at all stages of television development, production and distribution. He has extensive transactional experience in television, having served as studio and production counsel for Procter & Gamble Productions, Inc., TeleNext Media Inc. (a business unit of MediaVest Group) and others on the television network movies “Secrets of the Mountain,” “The Jensen Project,” “A Walk in My Shoes,” “Change of Plans,” and “Truth Be Told.” Chris also advises clients regarding a variety of guild and union issues, including those involving SAG, AFTRA, DGA, WGA and IATSE.

Jeffrey P. Hinebaugh, Esq., is a Partner at Dinsmore in the Litigation Department. He was named “Lawyer of the Year” in Cincinnati for Litigation-Construction by The Best Lawyers in America, 2012. A graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and Grove City College, Jeff serves as a board member for various foundations and programs, including the Mariemont Preservation Foundation, Foundation Entertainment, and Providence Extension Program. Jeff also serves as the Assistant Varsity Men’s Soccer Coach at Mariemont High School, a coach for Mariemont High School’s Mock Trial Team, and has served as a volunteer mediator for the United States District Court in the Southern District of Ohio. In addition to working with the litigation team, Jeff is also a member of Dinsmore’s Entertainment Law Practice Group.

Kurt Hunt, Esq., is an Associate at Dinsmore where his practice focuses on the areas of communications, intellectual property, and media law. He has represented a wide variety of clients, from major companies such as Scripps Networks, LLC and Procter & Gamble, Inc., to regional telecommunications companies, to freelance writers and local non-profit organizations. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Corporate Departments.

Kurt has advised clients on media and IP issues, helping to ensure their interests stay protected in some of the fastest-changing areas of law. His role as adviser has encompassed: online and social media marketing rule compliance; social media and blogger policies; copyright matters including software licensing, co-authorship agreements, and work-for-hire agreements; fair use; Digital Milleniuam Copyright Act (DMCA) safe harbor compliance; issuing and responding to copyright takedown notices; responding to allegations and concerns of copyright and trademark infringement; wireless/wireline telephony and cable system regulatory compliance; personal and commercial defamation; open records/open meetings compliance; and privacy law.

PRICES (including lunch):
• $20 for Members (includes 1 Hr Ohio CLE)
• $30 Non-Member with CLE
• $20 Non-Member without CLE
• $15 Students and Full-Time Academics

Registration ends at noon on Wednesday, January 4.

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