PTO Day 2007
The Ronald Reagan Building and
International Trade Center
Washington, DC
December 3, 2007
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PATENT GENERAL SESSION
Introduction and State of Patent
Operations
Margaret
(Peggy) Focarino
USPTO, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations
Presentation
Implications of Patent Reform
Legislation for USPTO Practice
Stephen
G. Kunin
Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.
Presentation
USPTO Guidelines for Determining Obviousness in View of the Supreme
Court Decision in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc.
Kathleen
K. Fonda
USPTO, Office of Patent Legal Administration
Presentation
Federal Circuit Opinions Affecting
USPTO Patent Practice: Key Cases of the Past Year
Gale
R. Peterson
Cox Smith Matthews, Inc.
Paper
Presentation
TRADEMARK GENERAL SESSION
Introduction and State of Trademark
Operations
Lynne
G. Beresford
USPTO, Commissioner for Trademarks
Paper
New Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
Rules
Gerard
F. Rogers
USPTO, Trademark Trial and Appeals Board, Administrative Trademark
Judge
Presentation
Protecting Product Configurations
Theodore
H. Davis, Jr.
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
Paper
Presentation
Legal Developments Relating to
Counterfeiting
Jacquelyn
J. Morales
USPTO, External Affairs
Presentation
Recent Decisions Affecting Trademark
Practice
John
L. Welch
Lowrie, Lando and Anastasi
Paper
LUNCHEON
John
J. Doll
USPTO, Commissioner for Patents
AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS:
BREAKOUT I: SELECTED PATENT PRACTICE TIPS, INITIATIVES, AND
GUIDELINES (Repeated at 3:30pm)
Group
Presentation
Robert
A. Clarke
USPTO, Office of Patent Legal Administration, Director
Brian
E. Hanlon
USPTO, Office of Patent Legal Administration, Deputy
Director
Pinchus
Laufer
USPTO, Office of Patent Legal Administration, Legal
Advisor
Don
Levin
USPTO, eCommerce Unit, Program Manager
Presentation
BREAKOUT II: PRACTICING BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND
INTERFERENCES
Group
Presentation
Michael
R. Fleming
USPTO, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, Chief
Administrative Patent Judge
Sally
G. Lane
USPTO, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, Administrative
Patent Judge
Allen
R. MacDonald
USPTO, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, Administrative
Patent Judge
BREAKOUT III: PRACTICING BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL
BOARD
Tips on TTAB Inter Partes Practice
Cindy
B. Greenbaum
USPTO, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
Presentation
Options for Streamlining Practce Before the TTAB
Gerard
F. Rogers
USPTO, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Administrative Trademark
Judge
Paper
Presentation
A Report Card on Ex Parte Appeal Practice
Marc
A. Bergsman
USPTO, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Administrative Trademark
Judge
Paper
BREAKOUT IV: TIPS ON TRADEMARK PRACTICE IN THE USPTO:
TMEP 5th EDITION HIGHLIGHTS
Cynthia
C. Lynch
USPTO, Office of Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Examination
Policy
Presentation
Mary
E. Hannon
USPTO, Legal Policy Office
Catherine
P. Cain
USPTO, Legal Policy Office
Presentation
Presentation-Section
2(b)
Jennifer
D. Chicoski
USPTO, Legal Policy Office
Presentation
Montia
Givens Pressey
USPTO, Legal Policy Office
Presentation
BREAKOUT V: PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY PRACTITIONERS
James
M. Silbermann
USPTO, Office of Enrollment and Discipline
Presentation
Prof.
John P. Sahl
University of Akron School of Law
Paper
Presentation