Intellectual Property Counsel Committee

Fall Conference and Meeting

Oct. 20-22, 2008
Orlando, Florida

IPCC Sponsors

Intellectual Property Counsels’ Committee Conference Agenda

IPCC Conference Overview

Over the past six years, BIO's semiannual IP Counsels' Committee Conference has become a popular and growing event among our members' IP and legal professionals. Our upcoming 2008 Fall IPCC Conference in Orlando will be an excellent opportunity for BIO members to hear, listen, and learn about current and projected topics related to biotechnology IP. We invite you to join us in an informal, fun and informative setting to meet fellow in-house legal and IP professionals, to make new acquaintances, to reconnect with old friends in the industry, and to take home a wealth of information - and maybe some new ideas.

• Meet & Greet Welcome Reception - meet new colleagues and reconnect with old ones while feasting on light hors d'oeuvres - a great way to kick-off the meeting
• Cocktail and Dinner Reception - toast the evening with a delicious plated dinner thanks to our sponsors!
• Distinguished speakers and panelists will review and discuss current issues in the patent landscape
• IP Counsels' Committee Business Meetings - where we discuss cutting-edge IP issues affecting the biotech industry. The Business meeting is open to BIO IPCC company members only.

• Innovative mechanisms for PTO workload management: Hear real-life experience from the first-ever biotech application to be examined under the PTO's accelerated examination program, and join experts in discussing the impact of deferred examination, utility models, and other measures by which foreign patent offices have addressed their examination burden.
• US Patent and Trademark Office Updates: stay abreast of recent developments, rulemakings, and initiatives in the USPTO.
• Implications of recent case law: join us for our ever-popular case law update!
• Updates on patents and IP around the world: Learn about recent developments in major foreign jurisdictions and international fora.
• IP licensing and other contractual agreements: Colleagues will share their experience on Best Practices and Challenges.
• Open innovation models: Novel collaboration models for innovation.
• And much, much more!

Please join us at BIO's Fall Intellectual Property Counsels' Committee Conference in Orlando on October 20-22, 2008, at the Hard Rock Hotel at Universal Orlando!

Please note the Intellectual Property Counsels' Committee Conference and Meeting is open to BIO members only. If you are unsure as to whether you are a BIO member, please contact Lila Feisee at lfeisee@bio.org or Margarita Noriega at mnoriega@bio.org.