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Practical Tips on Enforcing and Defending Patents
Advance Registration: You can register online on the
Section website at www.abanet.org/intelprop/2003ptips_sd,
or complete and mail the registration form with your payment.
If paying by credit card, you may fax the completed form to
312/988-5628. Deadline for re-ceipt of advance registration
is June 3, 2003. Payment must accompany form.
Onsite Registration: Onsite registration will be available
at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort, Wednesday, June 17, 2003
beginning at 8:00 a.m. Onsite registrations must include payment.
Registration Confirmation: Confirmations will be sent via
e-mail in advance of the program for all registrations received
prior to June 3, 2003.
Cancellation Policy: Registrants unable to attend will
receive a refund less a $25 administrative fee if a written
cancellation request is received by June 3, 2003 either by
e-mail at intelprop@abanet.org, or by fax at 312/988-5628,
attn.: Practical Tips Program. No refunds will be granted
after June 3, 2003. Substitutions are acceptable. The ABA
reserves the right to cancel any program and assumes no responsibility
for personal expenses.
Food and Beverage: There will be coffee service prior to the
start of the program, and during breaks. A buffet luncheon
will be provided for an additional fee.
Location and Lodging: The site of the program is the Loews
Coronado Bay Resort, 4000 Coronado Bay Road, Coronado, CA.
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Loews Coronado Bay
Resort at the discounted rate of $239 single/double occupancy,
plus an 8% room tax. The cut-off date for room reservations
at the group rate is Monday, May 19, 2003. Afteer that date,
rooms can be reserved at the special rate on a space available
basis only. To reserve a room, call the Loews Coronado Bay
Resort directly at 619/424-4000 or 800/81-LOEWS. Be sure to
mention the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law program
to receive the special rate.
Travel: The ABA offers a discounted travel program.
You may call the airlines directly and refer to the ap-propriate
account number: Delta Airlines: 800/241-6760, Acct. #189408A;
American Airlines, 800/433-1790, Star File #15794; or USAirways,
877/874-7687, Acct. #36632473. For more information, contact
Tower Travel Management, the official ABA travel agent, at
800/921-9190, or visit their website: www.towertravel.com.
CLE Credit: CLE accreditation has been requested for this
program from every state with mandatory continuing education
requirements for lawyers. Please be aware that each state
has its own rules and regula-tions, including its definition
of "CLE". Check with your state agency for confirmation
of this program's approval. States with lawyer specialization
programs have not been requested to certify this program.
Cer-tificates of attendance will be available in the registra-tion
kits onsite. Attendees requesting credit for the program must
sign the attendance roster onsite at the program. New York
attorneys must sign in and sign out each time they enter or
leave the program room, and complete the special New York
certificate of at-tendance at the end of each program and
have it signed by authorized ABA personnel. For information
on approved number of credit hours, contact the ABA Center
for CLE at 312/988-6217.
For more information on the Section of Intellectual Property
Law, visit the Section website at www.abanet.org/intelprop,
e-mail intelprop@abanet.org, or call 312/988-5598.
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