PATENT LAW
FOR BUSINESS PEOPLE AND
NON-PATENT ATTORNEYS
Conference in Detail
Monday • July 26, 2004
| 8:00 | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:30 | Introduction and Overview |
Meredith Martin Addy, Esq. Program Co-Chair Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Chicago, IL Steven G. Steger, Esq. Program Co-Chair Director, Intellectual Property and Associate General Counsel Brunswick Corporation Lake Forest, IL |
| 8:45 | The When, What, and How of Patent Protection The legal protection for IP at each stage moving from the first idea through conception to implementation and business plan; understanding the differences and trade-offs between trade secret, patent protection, copyright protection and trademarks; the external process of working with the Patent Office to obtain a patent. |
Wayne P. Sobon, Esq. Director of IP Accenture Palo Alto, CA |
| 9:45 | Break |
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| 10:00 | Working with the Patent Office to Obtain a Patent Types of patents; elements of a patent application; importance of claims and significance of prior art during patent prosecution; patent prosecution procedure and time frame for patent procurement |
Christopher J. Reckamp, Esq. Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C. Chicago, IL |
| 11:00 | International Patent Protection The international protection that is available for inventions, including how to obtain it, the decision process on where to obtain it and steps to follow in the process of advising clients how to protect themselves and their ideas in the international market place |
Joseph J. Berghammer, Esq. Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Chicago, IL |
| 12:00 | Lunch (on your own) |
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| 1:15 | Patent Management Maximizing the value of patents; monitoring competitor developments; internal IP controls; alignment of patent protection and enforcement strategies with corporate strategies |
Kirk M. McInerney, Esq. Director Creative IP Solutions, LLC Chicago, IL |
| 2:15 | Exploitation of Patent Rights How an agreement is affected if it contains patent rights; protecting your client and details to consider if an agreement includes the right to practice or license patents |
Stephen Lesavich, Esq., Ph.D. Lesavich High-Tech law Group PC Chicago, IL |
| 3:15 | Break |
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| 3:30 | Patent Issues in M&A Transactions The relationship between patents and corporate finance; valuation of patent portfolios |
Deborah Schavey Ruff, Esq. Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Chicago, IL |
| 4: 15 | Infringement Issues Patent enforcement and litigation; patent infringement and validity issues; claim infringement analysis and designaround issues |
Gary M. Ropski, Esq. Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Chicago, IL |
| 5:00 | Adjourn |
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