Circuit Judge Richard Linn will be the keynote speaker at the AIPLA Annual Meeting luncheon on Friday, October 24, 2008. His topic will be “Challenges Ahead.” Circuit Judge Pauline Newman will present “Views from the Bench” in the track titled “Working with a Patent System in Flux and Under Attack” on Thursday, October 23, 2008. Program details can be found at this link.
Circuit Judge Rader delivered the inaugural address, entitled "Trying Patent Cases: Reflections from a Federal Circuit Judge" at the Sidney Katz Intellectual Property Lecture. The event was held at the George Washington University School of Law on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 6:00pm.
Chief Judge Paul Michel will speak at a panel discussion titled “Excellence in Appellate Advocacy: Winning Before Speaking” presented by the Federal Circuit Bar Association on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 3:00pm. Program and registration information is available at this link .
Chief Judge Michel is part of the faculty at The Sedona Conference: Patent Litigation IX which will take place on October 17 and 18, 2008 in Sedona, Arizona. The Chief Judge will address the topics of Supreme Court patent cases in the 2007 and 2008 terms; the role of the U. S. Patent office in inter partes matters; inequitable conduct; and patent litigation at the International Trade Commission and the district courts. Registration information is available at this link.
Judge Richard Linn will speak at the Sixth Annual Seton Hall Law/NJIPLA Fall Lecture Series on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at the Newark Club in Newark, NJ. Judge Linn's will address the topic of "The Walking Wounded Patentee." Registration information is available at this link.
