Selected
Past Events
Activities for 2011-2012
Activities for 2010-2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Title: CIPLA's End of the Year Lobster Bake and
Annual Meeting with Elections
Location: Penfield Pavilion II, 401 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield, CT
Reservation Form:
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CIPLA Nominations 2010-2011 (Word Doc)
Penfield Directions (PDF)
Thursday, April 28, 2011
The 2011 Judge's Dinner
A View From The Bench
Keynote Speaker: Honorable Arthur J. Gajarsa, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Location: The Quinnipiack Club, New Haven, CT
www.qclub.org
Wednesday April 27, 2011
CIPLA is a proud co-sponsor and host of
The 27th Annual Joint Patent Practice Seminar
Keynote Speaker: Honorable Arthur J. Gajarsa, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Featured Morning Speaker: David J. Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Location: Hilton New York Hotel, New York, NY
Announcement, Program, and Registration Form:www.jppcle.org
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Title: False Patent Marking
Guest Speaker: Maia Harris, Partner, Nixon Peabody
Location: The Graduate Club New Haven, CT
www.graduateclub.com
Presentation Slides
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Title: Initiatives At the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Guest Speaker: David J. Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Location: The Quinnipiack Club, New Haven, CT
www.qclub.org
Monday, December 13, 2010
Title: Updates At The USPTO — KSR Guidelines
Guest Speaker: Robert (Bob) J. Spar, Retired Director of the USPTO Office of Patent Legal Administration
Location: The Graduate Club New Haven, CT
www.graduateclub.com
Presentation Slides
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Title: The 411 on Section 337 Actions at the ITC: Funny Things Happen on the Way to this Forum
Guest Speaker: Maureen F. Browne, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
Location: The Graduate Club New Haven, CT
www.graduateclub.com
Presentation Slides
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Title: A Survey of Intellectual Property Tax Issues
Guest Speaker: Daniel L. Gottfried, Partner, Rogin Nassau LLC
Location: The Graduate Club New Haven, CT
www.graduateclub.com
Presentation Slides
Activities for 2009-2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Title: CIPLA's End of the Year Lobster Bake and
Annual Meeting with Elections
Location: Penfield Pavilion II, 401 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield, CT
Reservation Form:
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PDF
CIPLA Nominations 2010-2011 (Word Doc)
Penfield Directions (PDF)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Title: Top Patent Cases: A Preview of What's Next at the Supreme Court and Federal Circuit and a Retrospective Look at the Past Year
Guest Speaker: Harold C. Wegner, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
Location: The Graduate Club, New Haven, CT
www.graduateclub.com
Presentation Slides
Thursday April 29, 2010
Title: 26th Annual Joint Patent Practice Seminar
Keynote Speaker: Honorable Pauline Newman, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Location: Hilton New York Hotel, New York, NY
www.jppcle.org
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Title: Latest Developments in Chinese Patent Law and Best Practices In View Thereof
Guest Speaker: Deshan Li, Ph.D, Patent Attorney, Vice President, Partner, Unitalen Attorneys At Law, Beijing, China
Location: The Graduate Club, New Haven, CT
www.graduateclub.com
Presentation Slides
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Title: In re Bose Corp. and Other Recent Trademark Developments
Guest Speaker: Carrie Webb Olson, Partner, Day Pitney LLP
Location: The Graduate Club, New Haven, CT
www.graduateclub.com
Presentation Slides
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Title: 35 U.S.C. 112, first paragraph: How Many Requirements Are There?
Guest Speaker: John M. Whealan, Associate Dean For Intellectual Property Law Studies, The George Washington University Law School
Location: The Graduate Club, New Haven, CT
www.graduateclub.com
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Title: Update on EP Patent Practices
Guest Speaker: Nicolas Delorme, Partner, Germain & Maureau, Lyon, France
Title: CTM and National Trademarks : Coexistence and Conflicts
Guest Speaker: William Lobelson, Partner, Germain & Maureau, Lyon, France
Location: The Graduate Club, New Haven, CT
www.graduateclub.com
Presentation Slides
Presentation Slides
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Title: A Behind the Scenes Look at Bilski
Guest Speaker: J. Michael Jakes, Partner, Finnegan
Location: The Graduate Club, New Haven, CT
www.graduateclub.com
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Title: Joint Patent Infringement: On Its Deathbed?
Guest Speaker: Maya M. Eckstein, Partner, Hunton & Williams
Location: The Graduate Club, New Haven, CT
www.graduateclub.com
Presentation Slides
Activities for 2008-2009
Tuesday June 16, 2009
Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association Annual Meeting/Election/Lobster Bake
Location: Penfield Pavillion II, Fairfield, CT
Penfield II
Thursday April 30, 2009
Title: 25th Annual Joint Patent Practice Seminar
Keynote Speaker: Honorable Paul R. Michel, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Location: Hilton New York Hotel, New York, NY
www.jppcle.org/seminars/
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Title: Willful Patent Infringement: Post-Seagate Trends
Guest Speaker: Kurt M. Rogers, Bingham McCutcheon LLP
Location: The Graduate Club, New Haven, CT
www.graduateclub.com
Presentation Slides
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Title: Pushing Back on PTO Rulemaking: A Summary of Patent Office Proposed Rules and Efforts to Block Implementation
Guest Speaker: David Boundy, Cantor Fitzgerald
Location: The Graduate Club, New Haven, CT
www.graduateclub.com
Presentation Slides
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Title: Federal Circuit Patent Cases � Review & Forecast
Guest Speaker: Hal Wegner, Foley & Lardner LLP
Location: The Graduate Club, New Haven, CT
www.graduateclub.com
Presentation Slides
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Title: Launching & Protecting a Global Sports Brand
Guest Speaker: Anil V. George, National Basketball Association
Location: The Graduate Club, New Haven, CT
www.graduateclub.com
Presentation Slides
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Title: Section 337 IP litigation at the U.S. International Trade Commission
Guest Speaker: Kent R. Stevens, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Location: The Graduate Club, New Haven, CT
www.graduateclub.com
Presentation Slides
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Title: Developments in Chinese Intellectual Property Law, A Discussion of Intellectual Property Practice in China
Guest Speaker: Albert Wai-Kit Chan, PhD, Law Offices of Albert Wai-Kit Chan, PLLC
Location: The Graduate Club, New Haven, CT
www.graduateclub.com
Presentation Slides
Activities for 2007-2008
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Title: CIPLA's End of the Year Lobster Bake and
Annual Meeting with Elections
Location: Penfield Pavilion II, 401 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield, CT

Reservation Form:
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CIPLA Nominations 2008-2009 (Word Doc)
CIPLA New Members (Word Doc)
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Title: Recent Developments in the Scope of
Patentable Subject Matter
Guest Speaker: Professor Katherine J. Strandburg; Visiting Associate
Professor, New York University School of Law; Associate Professor, DePaul
University College of Law
Location: The Graduate Club,
New Haven, CT
www.graduateclub.com
Presentation Slides
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
The Twenty-Fourth Annual Joint Patent Practice
Seminar
Location: New York, NY
www.jppcle.org/seminars/
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Title: Trademark Highlights of 2008: Strategy
under the TTAB Rules Changes and Case Highlights of 2008
Guest Speaker: Ms. Carla Calcagno, Holland & Knight LLP, Adjunct
Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, Former Interlocutory of the TTAB;
Location: The Graduate Club,
New Haven, CT
www.graduateclub.com
Presentation Slides
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Title: IP Law Developments in India Guest Speaker:
Dr. Raj S. Dav�,
Managing Principal of Darby & Darby�s Washington, D.C. office;
Manager of the India Project of the George Washington University School of Law
Place: The Graduate Club
New Haven, CT
Presentation
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Title: "Introduction to the
University of Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Clinic"
Guest Speaker: John A. Tomich, Supervising Patent Attorney, Intellectual
Property and Entrepreneurship Law Clinic, University of Connecticut Law School.
Place: The Graduate Club
New Haven, CT
Presentation
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Title: Examination of Patent Applications in
view of KSR v. Teleflex
Presented by: the CIPLA and the
New Haven County Bar
Foundation Guest Speaker: Mr. John J. Love,
Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy,
United States Patent and Trademark Office Place: The
Graduate Club, New Haven, CT (www.graduateclub.com,
or call 203-624-3197)
Presentation
Monday, October 8th, 2007
Title: The New USPTO Claims and Continuations
Rules Guest Speaker: Mr.
Robert J. (�Bob�) Spar, Retired Director of the USPTO Office of Patent Legal Administration, Silver
Spring, MD Place: The
Trumbull Marriott Merritt Parkway, Trumbull, CT
PowerPoint Presentation
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Title: "IP Topics in Korea"
Guest Speaker: Young-Chol Kim of
the firm Kim, Choi, Lim
Place: Graduate Club, New Haven, CT
Changes in Korean IP Law (Word Doc)
Changes in Korean IP Law (PowerPoint Presentation)
Patent Litigation in Korea (Word Doc)
Patent Litigation in Korea (PowerPoint Presentation)
Activities for 2006-2007
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
Annual CIPLA Meeting & Clambake
Place: Penfield Pavilion at Penfield
Beach, Fairfield, CT
Wednesday May, 16, 2007
Title: "Recent Developments at the Trademark
Trial and Appeal Board: the Good, the Bad, and the
Ugly." Guest Speaker: John
L. Welch, Of Counsel to Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP, in Cambridge, MA
Place: Graduate Club, New Haven, CT (www.graduateclub.com,
or call 203-624-3197)
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM
PowerPoint Presentation
Wednesday May, 9, 2007
Title: CIPLA Host and Co-Sponsor of 23rd Annual
Joint Patent Practice Seminar
Topics: Five panels of experts discussed recent
developments in Litigation; Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals; Foreign Patent
Practice; Information Technology/Licensing and USPTO Practice
Place: The Marriott Marquis
1535 Broadway
New York, NY
Time: 8:55 AM to 5:10 PM
Monday, April 9th, 2007
Judges Dinner Guest Speaker: Sharon Prost,
Federal Circuit Judge
Title: "A View from the Bench"
Place: The Quinnipiack Club,
221 Church St. New Haven, CT 06510 (www.qclub.org,
or call 203-562-3147)
Time: 6:00 PM Reception; 6:45 PM Dinner; 7:30
PM Speaker
This year we are honored to have as our keynote speaker, the Honorable Judge,
Sharon Prost of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Judge Prost has been a Federal Circuit judge since the U.S. Senate unanimously
confirmed her nomination in 2001. We are excited to welcome her as our speaker,
and it is our sincere hope that you will be able to join us on this evening.
February 28th, 2007
Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association
Meeting
Guest Speaker: Harold Wegner, a partner with Foley & Lardner in Washington,
D.C. and a Professor at the George Washington University Law School
Title: Patents at the Supreme Court: KSR, MedImmune and What's Going to
Happen Next
Place: Graduate Club, New
Haven, CT
Patents at the Supreme Court
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
Title: "European Patent Law (with a focus on
European Oppositions)" Guest Speaker:
Jochen Hilleringmann, Partner
with von Kreisler Selting Werner in Cologne, Germany
Place: Graduate Club, New
Haven, CT
Activities for 2005-2006
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
"An Update on Japanese Patent Law"
Guest Speaker: Takaki Nishijima, Partner with Nakamura & Partners of Tokyo,
Japan
AIPPI Inventive Step (Nishijima)
Inventive Step in Japan (PowerPoint Presentation)
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
"KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc."
Guest Speaker: James Dabney, Partner with Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &
Jacobson LLP
ASANO (AVI Video Presentation)
Brief for the Petitioner
Brief for Respondent
U.S. Government Amicus Brief
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006
Update from the USPTO
Guest Speaker: Robert Spar, Director of the Office of Patent Legal
Administration at the USPTO
USPTO Examination-Related Initiatives (PowerPoint Presentation)
Thursday, July 13th, 2006
CIPLA Golf Outing
Event to be held during the afternoon at the Tournament Players Club at River Highlands, Cromwell, CT
Visit the Tournament Players Club Web Site
Thursday June 8, 2006
Annual CIPLA Meeting/Lobster Bake
Penfield Beach, Fairfield, CT
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May 30th, 2006
"IP Damage Awards: Trend
Spotting the CAFC" Presented by Christopher Barry, Partner,
Dispute Analysis & Investigations, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Graduate Club, New Haven, CT
Wednesday May 3rd, 2006
22nd
Annual Joint Patent Practice Seminar
A one-day program featuring five panels of experts discussing recent
developments in the law which all patent practitioners will need to know.
Visit the JPPCLE Web Site
Wednesday March 29th, 2006
CIPLA & Joint Patent Practice Continuing Legal Education Present:
"The USPTO Speaks: Proposed Rule Changes involving Claims, Continuations and
Double Patenting" Presented by Robert
Spar, Director of the Office of Patent Legal Administration, under the Deputy
Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy at the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office
February 2nd, 2006
Seminar on the European Community Trade Mark and
Community Design Featuring Senior Representatives of the Institute of
Trade Mark Attorneys
January 11, 2006
Earthquake at the Supreme Court: eBay,
Metabolite, KSR and the New Patent Revolution
Harold Wegner Partner, Foley Lardner LLP;
Professor of Law & Director of Intellectual Property Law Program at George
Washington University
Activities for 2004-2005
December 07, 2005
Utilizing Section 337 to
Protect Intellectual Property Rights
James Adduci
October 05, 2005
Ethical Issues Facing
Intellectual Property Lawyers
The "up-the-ladder" reporting requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley, the no contact
rule, and rules concerning truthfulness in negotiations.
David Albin
June 8th, 2005
Annual CIPLA Meeting/Clam Bake
At Penfield Beach, Fairfield, CT
May 11th, 2005
Eli Whitney Award & Annual Judges Dinner Honoring Judge Paul Michel of the Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit with the Eli Whitney Award.
April 21st, 2005
Joint Patent Practice CLE Seminar
The Joint Patent Practice Seminar, co-sponsored by the CIPLA,
is scheduled for April each year in New York. It is an excellent seminar and
the CIPLA encourages all its members to attend. For more information, visit
www.jppcle.org.
April 5th, 2005
Building Blocks for Protecting Product Designs
Using Trade Dress and Design Patents
Robyn L. Smith, Esq.
Corporate Counsel, LEGO Systems, Inc.
February 16th, 2005
Patent Prosecution From the Other Side
Practical Tips For Dealing With
Examiners And Getting Cases Allowed
George Walton
Recently Retired Patent Examiner With 32 Years Experience
January 2005
The Stories Behind the Stories
The Anecdotes and Stories
That Weren't Published And The Reasons Why
Theresa Riordan
Patents Columnist, The New York Times;
Author, Inventing Beauty
November 2004
Federal Circuit Update
Harold Wegner
Foley Lardner
Washington, D.C. Speaker's Presentation:
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PDF
September 2004
The FTC Traffic Light at the
Intersection of IP and Antitrust Law
Suzanne T. Michel Chief Counsel for Intellectual Property Bureau of
Competition Federal Trade Commission
View
PowerPoint Presentation
October 2004
A Discussion of Recent
Changes to PCT Practice and the Politics That Prompted Them
Jay Erstling
Director, Office of the PCT, WIPO
Behind the Curtain at the PCT:
View
PowerPoint Presentation
Activities for 2003-2004
December 2003
Richard W. Giuliani
Hale and Dorr, LLP
IP Holding Companies
November 2003
Lynne Beresford
U.S.P.T.O.
Implementation of the Madrid Protocol
October 2003
Chico Gholz
Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt
Patent Interference Practice
June 2004
Annual Meeting, Election of Officers and Lobster Bake
April 2004
Eric Dobrusin
Dobrusin & Thennisch
Alternate Dispute Resolution for Patent Disputes
March 2004
George Pappas, Venable
"What Judges Want, Need and Expect in Patent Trials"
Activities for 2002-2003
June 2003
Annual Meeting, Election of Officers and Lobster Bake
May 2003
Honorable Roderick J. McKelvie, Ret.
"Communicating with the Bench: Some Practical Advice"
April 2003
Honorable Arthur J. Gajarsa
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Judges Dinner
March 2003
Joni Chang
U.S.P.T.O.
U.S.P.T.O. Implementation of the Technical Amendment Act of 2002
February 2003
Hal Wegner
Foley & Lardner
Federal Circuit, The Year in Review
December 2002
Charles R. Hoffmann
Hoffmann & Baron
Festo Case Update
November 2002
Craig Morris
U.S.P.T.O.
Trademark Electronic Application System
September 2002
Inventor Nicholas Pericone
Clinical Creations
Eli Whitney Award
Activities for 2000-2001
June 2001
Annual Meeting, Election of Officers and Lobster Bake
March 2001
Charles R. Hoffmann, Hoffmann & Baron
The Federal Circuit's recent ruling on the Doctrine of Equivalents and Prosecution History Estoppel (Festo v. SMC)
February 2001
CIPLA & USPTO jointly presented a 2-day seminar:
Electronic Business Center & Electronic Filing System Overview and Legal Lecture
October 2000
David C. Radulescu
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
The Federal Circuit's Narrowing of the Literal Scope of Patent Claims
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