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2010 USPTO Design Day

Tuesday, April 6, 2009

- Location -

US Patent and Trademark Office

Madison Auditorium

600 Dulany Street

Alexandria, VA

703-415-0780

 

 

Join design practitioners from around the country for an open forum with
USPTO officials on the state of the Design Examination Group and Design
Patent Jurisprudence. The program will include a dynamic and informative
exchange designed to educate the patent bar and design patent examiners
on the design patent process, the current state of design patent
infringement and validity issues, design patent litigations at the ITC,
and the unique role that design patents play across a range of industry
sectors.

 

This Event is being cosponsored by the USPTO, AIPLA, IPO, IDSA and the
ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law. There is no fee to attend,
plus please register in advance. The program is attached and also
reproduced below.  Below is the link for online registration:

 

http://www.aipla.org/Template.cfm?Section=Register&Template=/Conference/
ConferenceDescription.cfm&ConferenceID=169

 

Master of Ceremonies:   Rob Spear, Supervisory Patent Examiner,
Technology Center 2900, USPTO

 

8:00 - 9:00 am          Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:15                Welcome and Kick-off

Robert L. Stoll, Commissioner for Patents, USPTO

9:15 - 9:40               State of the Design Technology Center

Jasemine C. Chambers, Director, Technology Center 2900, USPTO

9:40 - 10:25             Design, Aesthetic Appeal and IP Protection in
Product Design

Clive Roux, CEO, IDSA

 

10:25 - 10:55            Break & Interaction Time

10:55 - 11:25           Design Drawings: Broken Lines & Indefiniteness
When There is no Surface Shading

Joel Sincavage, Technology Center 2900, USPTO

11:25 - 11:40            Impact/Implementation of The Hague Agreement

Karin Ferriter, Attorney-Advisor, Office of External Affairs, USPTO

11:40 - 12:10           Role of the Solicitor's Office in USPTO Design
Patent Practice

Janet Gongola, Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, USPTO

12:10 - 1:30 pm        Lunch and Interaction Time

1:30 - 2:15                Tips from the Bench: Litigating Design Patent
Cases before the ITC

Honorable Charles E. Bullock, Administrative Law Judge, United States
International Trade Commission

 

2:15 - 3:00                Has the Pendulum Swung Too Far? Presentation
of the recent International Seaway Trading Corp. v. Walgreens Corp
Decision (Anticipation) and Crocs v. ITC (Infringement) Decisions

3:00 - 3:20                Break & Interaction Time

3:20 - 3:50                Functionality, Egyptian Goddess, and the
Point of Novelty: A Non-Obvious Combination including a discussion of
the recent Richardson v. Stanley Works case

Perry J. Saidman, Esq. - Saidman DesignLaw Group

 

3:50 - 4:20   Panel Discussion: Designs in Recent Court Decisions

Clive Roux, CEO, IDSA

Susan E. Farley, Esq. - Heslin Rothenburg Farley
& Mesiti

Damon Neagle, Esq.  - Design IP

Perry J. Saidman, Esq. - Saidman DesignLaw Group

Richard Stockton, Esq.  - Banner & Witcoff

 

4:20 - 4:30                Closing/Presentations

 

 

 

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James Lindon, Ph.D. Patent Attorney
Lindon & Lindon, LLC
Cleveland, Ohio
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Pharmacy Law, Litigation
[this is not legal advice - provided for discussion only]
Intellectual Property for the Individual and Small Business: Identify, Protect, Enforce, Defend.
"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."
http://www.LindonLaw.com