Events 2008-2009
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| October 2, 2008 | Mojdeh Bahar, Branch Chief of the Cancer Branch,
National Institutes of Health Office of Technology Transfer |
“Recent Developments in Patent Law” Click here for photos Click here for meeting announcement in pdf
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| November 6, 2008 | Wayne W. Herrington Assistant General Counsel U.S. International Trade Commission Handout for Talk 6 pages pdf 893K |
“The International Trade Commission
and the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights" Click here for photos Click here for meeting announcement in pdf
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| March 12 2009 | Dr. Gauri Prakash-Canjels VicePresident and Chair of the Intellectual Property-Antitrust Practice ARPC of Washington, DC Estimation
of Patent Damages 42 slides |
“Trends and Issues in Patent Damages”
Click here for
photos
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April 21, 2009 |
Wynn Coggins Power Point Presentation 25 slides 196K |
“Business Methods Update and Briefing” Click here for
photos |
| May 28, 2009 | Michael R. Finley, Esq. Director Stratify, An Iron Mountain Company |
“Advances and Strategies in Electronic Discover”
Click here for photos
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| June 11, 2009 | The Honorable Pauline Newman Circuit Judge United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
Click here for photos Click here for meeting announcement in pdf
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| June 20, 2009 | Dinner Dance Kenwood Country Club Andrew Freistein elected to Membership |
Click here for photos |
Events 2007-2008
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| September 20, 2007 | Glen Kacher Managing Director, Integral Capital
Partners, LLC |
“IP Aspects of Private/Public Investments in High
Technology Companies” Click here for photos Click here for meeting announcement in pdf
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| November 13, 2007 | Bryan Moore
Office of
Unfair Import Investigations, United States International Trade
Commission
Section 337 Investigations - FAQ 31 page pdf 553K |
“Enforcing
Intellectual Property Rights At The International Trade Commission” Click here for photos Click here for meeting announcement in pdf
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| March 5, 2008 | Harold
Wegner Foley & Lardner LLP Power Point Slides of the talk outline in PPT 2007 or in Old Format pre 2007 A detailed written presentation of the talk in 21 pages is here This was not read. The first page has Hal's Top 10 Patent Cases for 2008 as revised 3/4/2008. 222K |
"Current Topics in Patent Practice" Click here for photos Click here for meeting announcement in pdf
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| April 3, 2008 | Henry N. Wixon, Partner, WilmerHale President, Maryland Chapter, Licensing Executive Society |
"Current Topics in
Licensing" Click here for photos Click here for meeting announcement in pdf |
| May 29, 2008 | The Honorable Chief Administrative Patent Judge Michael
Fleming, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Presentation Slides 38 slides in PDF 1.2M Presentation Slides 38 slides in Power Point 748 K |
"Present and Future Perspectives - Challenges - Enhanced Flexibility -- Best Practices" Click here for photos Click here for meeting announcement in pdf |
| June 13, 2008 | Dinner Dance Congressional Country Club Gautaim Sain elected to Membership
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Click here for photos |
Events 2006-2007
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| October 23, 2006 | Thomas G. Woolston Ebay Inc. v.
MercExchange, L.L.C |
“Plight of the Small
Business Enterprise in the Patent Arena” Click here for photos Click here for meeting announcement in pdf |
| January 25, 2007 | Extra Meeting Mixer 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Optional Dinner to follow |
Click here for photos Click here for meeting announcement in pdf |
| February 28, 2007 | John
Raubitschek Patent Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Ret.) 12 Power Point slides click here 62K In re Wands decision is 858 F.2d 731, 8 USPQ2d 1400 (Fed.Cir.1988) Click here for a Wands Analysis at a BCP meeting April 27, 2004 Power Point 42 slides 101K |
“Lessons Learned at the Interface of Public and Private Patent Law” Click here for
photos |
| April 3, 2007 | Alan J. Kasper AIPLA Board of Directors Partner, Sughrue Mion PLLC 28 Power Points slides click here 281K HR 1908 click here 50 page pdf 130K |
"The Road to New Patent Reform Legislation in the 110th Congress - Mapping the Basic Principles, Likely Roadblocks and Possible Detours?" Click here for photos Click here for meeting announcement in pdf |
| May 14, 2007 | Michael Smith Attorney Advisor, Office of Enforcement (OE), External Affairs, USPTO Links: Stopfakes - check toolkits for countries OE - Mission Statement International Intellectual Property |
"The Role of the Office of Enforcement at the
U.S.P.T.O." Click here for photos Click here for meeting announcement in pdf |
| June 5, 2007 | J Matthew Buchanan Of counsel with Dunlap, Codding & Rogers, P.C. Patent Law blogger at Promote the Progress 22 slides from talk in Pdf click here 2.5M Other Patent Blogs Patently O 271 Patent Blog The Invent Blog PHOSITA Patent Baristas |
"Patent Law v2.0: Tips, tools, and strategies for staying
current in revolutionary times"
Click here for
photos |
| June 15, 2007 | Dinner Dance Hidden Creek Country Club Rhonda Barton elected to Membership |
Click here for photos |
Events 2005-2006
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| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| October 24, 2005<
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Hon.
Michael Fleming Chief Judge, U.S. PTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Click here for
Power Point Slides 43 slides
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Do’s
and Don'ts in Appeals Before the Board of Appeals< o:p> Click here for photos Click here for meeting announcement in Word |
| December 19, 2005 | Christina Sarris Technology Transfer Policy Specialist NIH Office of Technology Transfer Metabolite's 4,940,658
patent in pdf 2.6M
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Laboratory Corporation of
America Holdings, dba LabCorp, Petitioner v. Metabolite Laboratories, Inc., et al.
Click here for
photos
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| March 21, 2006 | Bruce Kisliuk Director, Technology Center 1600 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Click here for Power Point slides 27 slides 264K Has the extra slides not in the handout |
Nanotechnology Patent
Practice
Click here for
photos |
| April 19, 2006 | Robert J. Spar (sole speaker) Director of the Office of Patent Legal Administration (OPLA), PTO Also present from OPLA Deputy Directors Robert Clarke & Jeanne Clark Click
here
for Power Point slides 58 slides |
Proposed Rule Changes Involving Continuations, Double
Patenting and Claims
Click here for
photos |
| May 15, 2006 | Jay P. Lucas Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy Click here for Power Point slides 18 slides 1.5 M |
"Welcome to the Table"
Click here for
photos |
| June 30, 2006 | Dinner Dance International Country Club Fairfax, VA Ralph Webb elected to Membership |
Click here for photos |
Events 2004-2005
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| September 20, 2004 | Thomas Blasey, General Patent Counsel for ITT Defense
Click here for Power Point Slides 12 slides 166K |
What Patent Counsel For Defense Contractors Look For In Outside Counsel |
| November 16, 2004 |
Christopher
Wall Legal Consultant for Kroll Ontrack, Inc. Click here for Power Point Slides 69 slides 5.8M |
Using
Electronic Evidence, including Electronic Discovery and Computer
Forensics, in Patent Litigation Click here for photos |
| March 29, 2005 | Brian Stanton Director, Division of Policy, Office of Technology Transfer, National Institute of Health Click here for 46 Power Point Slides 2.2 M Click here for PTO web page on the CREATE Act Click here for John Doll's complete slides on PTO status and plans at BCP mtg. March 15, 2005 30 slides 1.3 M |
The CREATE Act and Other Interesting IP Tidbits Click here for
photos
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| April 27, 2005 | Herbert C. Wamsley Intellectual Property Owners Association< o:p> Click here for IPO's Statement on the Committee Print 23 page pdf file 139K Click here for Committee Print 52 pages pdf file 183K |
2005’s Major New Patent Reform
Bill – April 14 House Committee Print Click here for photos New member elected click here Click here for meeting announcement in Word |
| June 14, 2005 | Hon. John Whealan<
o:p> Deputy General Counsel and Solicitor, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Click here for Brad Wright's Notes on Phillips v. AWH Corp. - including summary of Oral Argument 2/8/05 12 page Word file 69K Cased decided July 12, 2005 56 page Pdf copy here |
ThePhillips en banc Claim
Interpretation Case and the PTO’s Role in it
Click here for
photos
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| June 24, 2005 | Dinner Dance Hidden Creek Country Club - Reston, Virginia
|
Click here for
photos Click here for menu and announcement in Word |
Events 2003-2004
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| September 8, 2003 | Walter Bratic and Shirley
Webster from InteCap at
the Hidden Creek Country Club in Reston, VA Click here for copy of Power Point slides they used on"Standard Setting, IP Value Extraction and Reach Through licensing" 74 slides 241K Click here for another Power Point presentation they have on "Licensing and Competition" 41 slides 101K |
"Standard Setting
Organizations: Use and Abuse of IP Rights" Click here for photos Click here for minutes of meeting (in pdf) |
| December 16, 2003 |
Gary Smith WIPO Consultant/Advisor on PCT Practice for WIPO Click here for copy of the Power Point slides for his talk 34 slides 182K New PCT fees 1
page Word file here |
"Recently Implemented, Soon-To-Be
Implemented (1/1/04), and Future Reforms in PCT Practice"
Click here for photos |
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March 2, 2004
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Ms. Giovanna Cinelli and Click here for copy of the Power Point slides for the talk 18 slides 120K Click here for US v Meyer decision 9 page pdf file 800K Click here for Filing Receipt 2 page pdf file 67K |
"Do You Violate U.S. Export Laws In Your Practice of Patent Law? How To Avoid Violating U.S. Export Laws" Click here for Meeting Minutes in Word file 22K Click here for photos
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| April 14, 2004 | Honorable Richard Linn Click here for summary from notes of Kristi Castellano & Ed Cabic 1 page Word file 21K |
“Effective Argument at the Federal
Circuit”< o:p>
Click here for photos |
| May 27, 2004 | Honorable Nicholas P. Godici Commissioner for Patents, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office |
“Developments at
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office”< o:p>
Click here for photos
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| Friday June 25, 2004 |
Dinner
Dance Willard Hotel Washington DC Click here
for the Willard Hotel and the coining Tom Clouse elected new Membership Officer |
Click here for photos |
Events 2002-2003
A new feature this year is the Meeting Minutes by the club secretary
Brad Wright.
For the photos taken at the dinner, click on the thumbnails to see a larger
version.
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| October 28, 2002 | Walter Bratic and Shirley Webster from InteCap | "Calculating Patent Damages and Determining the Value of
IP for Licensing Purposes" Click here for photos |
| November19, 2002 |
Nicholas Godici, Commissioner of Patents | "Strategic Plan for the PTO< O:P>" Click here for Meeting Minutes Click here for a brief summary of the talk. Click here for photos |
| March 11, 2003 | Albert Tramposch < p:onmouseclick
hyperlinktype=url href=mailto:albertt@burnsdoane.com /> |
"Proposed Revision of the PCT and Substantive Patent
Harmonization" Click here for Meeting Minutes Click here for Power Point Slides Click here for Provisional Record of Competiveness Council (26 page pdf file See pg 15-18 on Community Patent) Click here for photos of meeting Click here for Patton LawClub menu |
| April 1, 2003 | Chief Judge, Bruce Stoner, from the PTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences | "The State of the Board of Patent Appeals &
Interferences" Click here for Meeting Minutes Click here for 38 slides in PDF format. Click here for photos of meeting |
| June 20, 2003 | Annual Dinner Dance at the Army Navy Country Club | Photos of the Dinner Dance are here. Then click on the thumbnails to see a larger version. |
| July __, 2003 | Final Dinner Meeting on Nanotechnoogy. Date to be determined. |
Events 2001-2002
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| October 16, 2001 | Q. Todd Dickerson Partner and Co-Chair of Intellectual Property Practice Howrey Simon Arnold & White | Looking Back and Looking Forward: The State of Intellectual Property |
| Wednesday December 12, 2001 |
Ronald E. Myrick General Patent Counsel, General Electric Company, and President of Intellectual Property Owners Association |
Intellectual Property Rights |
| Wednesday, February 27, 2002 |
Hon. Edward J.
Damich Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims |
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| Tuesday April 23, 2002 |
Robert Spar Director Office of Patent Legal Administration At the Market Inn in DC |
35 U.S.C.
102(e) in view of the A.I.P.A. Click here for photos taken at dinnerClick here for copy of the 53 Power Point Slides in color 822K Click here for free copy of Power Point viewer from Microsoft 2.83M |
| Tuesday May 21, 2002 |
David E. Green Principal Deputy Chief Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice |
The Economic Espionage Act: a Guide for Business Click here for photos taken at dinner (Possible link coming to the 30 Power Point Slides used in the talk) |
| Friday June 21, 2002 |
Dinner Dance at Army-Navy Country Club | Click here for photos taken at dinner. Then click on the thumbnails to see a larger version. |
Events 2000-2001
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| October 5, 2000 | William O. Kerr, Ph.D. Economic Consultant Penta Advisory Services, LLC | Trends in Damage Awards in Intellectual Property Cases |
| January 30, 2001 | Gareth H. Jones Attache Defence Equipment (Legal), British Defence Staff | Intellectual Property Rights and International Agreements in US/UK Collaborative Programs. Held at the British Embassy |
| March 5, 2001 | Alec French, Minority Counsel, House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, The Internet and Intellectual Property | Status of Intellectual Property Related Legislation and Discussions Concerning Such Legislation |
| April 3, 2001 | Robert H. Fischer Partner, New York Office Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto | Solving the Patent Lawyer’s Dilemma: Tips for Drafting Clear Yet Broad Claims |
| May 4, 2001 | Honorable Richard Linn, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Practice and Procedure Before the Federal Circuit |
| June 22, 2001 | Dinner Dance Key Bridge Marriott | |
Events 1999-2000
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| Dec. 9, 1999 | Lawrence G. Wallace, Esq. Deputy Solicitor General, U.S. Dept. of Justice | Tales from the Supreme Court |
| Jan. 12, 2000 | Herbert C. Wamsley, Esq. Executive Director, Intellectual Property Owners Association | The American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (new law
passed 11/29/99) Herb's Slides |
| March 1, 2000 | Mr. Hiram Bernstein Senior Legal Adviser Special Program Law Office USPTO |
Upcoming Rule Changes That Will Affect the Way You Prosecute Patents Before the U.S.P.T.O. |
| April 25, 2000 | Judge Paul R.
Michel Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
The Doctrine of Equivalents |
| May 31, 2000 | Mr. John C.
Jarosz Analysis Group/Economics |
The Design-Around Defense in Lost Profits Litigation |
| June 9, 2000 | Dinner Dance Columbia Country Club | |
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