Patent Resources Group conducts special programs and seminars that address important topics in patent law and intellectual property strategy. The programs are convenient and cost-effective, one-day or weekend courses. The next scheduled programs are:
Latent Dangers of Common Patent Prosecution Practices - new dates and locations
coming soon
This one-day course examines troubling, recent Federal Circuit cases holding patents to be invalid, not infringed, or unenforceable as the result of patent preparation and prosecution practices commonly employed by the patent bar, and offers suggestions to avoid such consequences. The course is presented by Paul Gardner, the Academic Director of Patent Resources Group, who has 45 years of experience in examining and prosecuting patent applications, litigating patents, and teaching patent law and Patent Office practice to thousands of students for PRG and the UCLA, University of Washington, and Seattle University law schools.
Patent Law Guide for Inventors, Investors, Paralegals and Non-Patent Lawyers – August 13-15, 2008, Washington, DC
This course is the guide to information the inventor, paralegal, and administrator should know about patent law and its practice to help ensure that their patent practitioners’ work product generates valuable U.S. patents. Non-patent lawyers engaged in any aspect of patent activity, such as licensing, litigating, or counseling, will also find this course to be a bedrock of basic and empowering patent law information. This course is taught by Paul Gardner, the Academic Director of Patent Resources Group.
Inequitable Conduct Under Current Federal Circuit Law - August 12, 2008 in Washington,
DC
This powerful one-day course and detailed course book were carefully designed to provide busy patent attorneys with vitally important information about the Federal Circuit’s current inequitable conduct case law. The course will be held on one day only and will be presented by Paul Gardner.
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