23rd Annual ABA Intellectual Property Law Conference

The American Bar Association (ABA) section of Intellectual Property Law will be holding the 23rd Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference on April 10-12, 2008 in Arlington, Virginia.  Among the topics that will be covered at the conference are:

• Are the Supreme Court and Federal Circuit on the Same Page For Patent Law?
• 2021: A Patent Odyssey-- Where Will Patent Reform Ultimately Take Us?
• Latest Developments in the U.S. Patent Office
• Litigation Skills- Representing Unpopular Defendants in IP Litigation
• Patent Damages / Licensing
• Playing the Patent Game in the Post-Seagate World
• Death and Texas: How to Survive and Thrive in Patent Litigation in the Eastern District
• Corporate Counsel Issues, Customs & Practices in IP Licensing

On the first day of the conference, the luncheon speaker will be Chief Judge Paul R. Michel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, who will discuss patent law reform.  In addition, an evening reception will be held at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

The tentative program for the conference can be found here.  The ABA has not yet announced the registration fee nor activated the conference's registration page, but we will provide additional information about the conference as it becomes available.

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[X-Solo]

I personally am outraged by the ABA's failure to provide an Amicus brief in favor of Tafas and GSK. It is clear to me that the ABA has become a puppet of big business interests seeking to maintain their oligopolies by weaking the patent system. As such, I am boycotting anything the ABA IP section is promulgating. If not apparent already, I will not be renewing my membership either.