Welcome to the one annual conference that IP lawyers cannot afford to miss. Now in its 26th year, the Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference of the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law provides a gathering of the foremost authorities on the state of intellectual property law, including judges, government officials, in-house counsel, academics, and private practitioners.

Pick up an entire year’s worth of CLE credits during the 2 ½ days of quality IP programming on the issues critical to your practice. Some program highlights include:

• Reform Inside & Outside the USPTO
• The DMCA – Is it Broken?
• Tips from TTAB
• ACTA: What Will it Mean for the IP Practitioner?
• International IP Law and Practice
• Biosimilars and its Effects on Patent Litigation
• Trademark Prosecution Best Practices
• Open Source Licensing: A Review of Significant Decisions
• Willfulness and the Adverse Inference Post-Seagate
• Contested Patent Office Proceedings  
• Likelihood of Dilution
• Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co.
• The New gTLDs
• Trends in Patenting Nanotechnology & Green Technology

The conference will also feature ample opportunities to network with your IP colleagues, whether at our Young Lawyers Welcome Reception, Women’s Networking Dinner, or the popular reception at the Dolley Madison House at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

The advance registration deadline is April 6, 2011.  Register early to receive the discounted rate!  We hope to see you at the 26th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference.