IP Roundtables

Current Topic: Gene Patenting in the U.S. After Myriad

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The chairs of the Intellectual Property Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation invite you to participate in one of the Committee’s most popular programs—the Roundtables. These gatherings are informal opportunities for participants to meet in small groups at convenient locations to discuss current issues in intellectual property litigation.

If you would like to host a Roundtable in your city, or if you would like to propose a topic or prepare an outline for a Roundtable, please contact one of the Subcommittee chairs:

Michael M. Lafeber

Briggs and Morgan P.A.

Minneapolis, MN

Grady Garrison
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Memphis, TN

Eugene Mar

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

San Francisco, CA

Outline Archive

Outlines are available in PDF format. ()

• » Strategic Implications of the Patent Reform Act of 2011
  November 2011
• » What's Hot in IP Law? Top Developments During the Roundtables' Summer Vacation
  September 2011
• » The Implications of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act on Social Media Sites
  May/June 2011
• » Use of Competitor's Trademark in Keyword Advertising: Infringement or Not?
  March 2011
• » The Intersection of International Trade and Exhaustion of IP Rights: Can Gray Market Goods Still be Imported?
  January 2011
• » Implications of Recent Court Decisions on the Application of the "Entire Market Value Rule" to Patent Damages Analysis1
  November 2010
• » An Update of Recent Supreme Court and Federal Circuit Decisions on Patent Law or What I Did on My Summer Vacation
  September 2010
• » Beware The New Patent Trolls: Strategies For Handling and Avoiding False Patent Marking Claims after Forest Group v. Bon Tool
  May 2010
• » Hot Topics in the Parallel Universe of Patent Reexamination and Patent Litigation
  March 2010
• » Are Genes Patentable?
  January 2010
• » Resetting the Judicial Doctrine of Inequitable Conduct
  November 2009
• » A Summary of the Summer’s Sizzling Patent Happenings
  September 2009
• » The KSR Standard for Obviousness: A Pendulum Shift to 20/20 Hindsight?
  May 2009
• » Patent Holdup, Patent Remedies, and Antitrust Responses – The Role of Patent Remedies and Antitrust Law in Dealing with "Patent Holdups"
  March 2009
• » Not Just for Hackers Anymore? Use of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to Respond to Theft of Information
  January 2009
• » Copyright Protection in the Digital Age: Google Book Settlement and Beyond
  November 2008
• » A Discussion and Analysis of Four Hot IP Cases
  September 2008
• » Trademark Rights Vs. The Internet – Who is Winning the Battle?
  May 2008
• » The Attorney-Client Privilege – Navigating Recent Decisions and How They Affect Your Technology Company
  March 2008
• » TTAB Updates – Getting on Board with the Board’s New Rule Changes
  January 2008
• » Preemption – The Intersection of Right and Public Copyright
  November 2007
• » Willfulness, Preliminary Injunctions, Scope of Waiver, and the Role of Opinions Post-Seagate?
  September 2007
• » Who Is Liable for Speech in Cyberspace
  May 2007
• » Opinions of Counsel and the Scope of Waiver – Examining EchoStar and Seagate
  March 2007
• » Indirect Infringement – Dealing with Vicarious Liability
  January 2007
• » The Pros and Cons of Patent Litigation before the International Trade Commission
  November 2006
• » Upcoming Supreme Court Cases: Examining the Obviousness Test in KSR v. Teleflex and DJ Jurisdiction in Medimmune v. Genentech
  September 2006
• » The Satire/Parody Distinction in Copyright and Trademark Law
  May 2006
• » Litigating Software Patents
  April 2006
• » Employee Raiding Cases
  January 2006
• » The Dilution Dilemma
  November 2005
• » Summer's Big Three: Phillips, Merck and Grokster
  September 2005
• » Litigating IP and IT Contracts and Drafting Tips for Avoiding Litigation
  May 2005