13th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute
May 2015
13th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute
Co-Sponsored by the Intellectual Property Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association, the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law, and Stanford Law School, Stanford Program in Law, Science, and Technology
Program Description:
Join us on May 28 and May 29, 2015 for the 13th Annual Rocky Mountain IP & Technology Institute in Denver!
The 2015 Rocky Mountain IP & Tech Law Institute will provide you with a real world guide to how the new realities of protecting innovation, the rise of data security and privacy breaches and liability, social media and Big Data are affecting the way you practice. Four simultaneous tracks of sessions, led by practice and thought leaders nationwide, will examine how IP, tech and transactional law have changed and may impact the advice you give clients about protecting their innovations, commercializing those innovations through licensing, or funding or selling their enterprises. In one place over two days in beautiful Denver, Colorado, the world of IP and tech law practice and transactions comes to you!
PATENTS:
For many years, patent law has been shifting. Patents have been under attack on many fronts as the so-called "Troll Wars" raged on. Now, as patent litigation has declined dramatically, new realities are emerging. The AIA and new USPTO procedures are shifting more controversy work to PTAB, handled by patent prosecutors. Old strategies and practices are no longer valid or no longer make sense. All patent practitioners are forced to reexamine how they advise their clients about protecting their innovations and vindicating their rights. The 2015 IP & Tech Law Institute will provide you with a practical guide to the new realities of patent practice:
- 2015 Patent Law in Review
- 2015 PTAB Update - Annual Update!
- The PTAB Speaks: Decisions, Initiatives and More
- Statistical Analysis of Examiners' Work
- New Claim Drafting Practices in Light of PTAB Developments
- Town Hall Meeting with the Regional USPTO Director
TRADEMARKS, COPYRIGHTS, LICENSING, TRANSACTIONS and MORE:
Data security and privacy breaches and liability, the continually shifting law of trademarks and copyrights, the challenges of commercialization and licensing and many other developments affecting your IP and tech transactional practice will be examined in THREE tracks of simultaneous sessions. What do you, as an IP or transactional practitioner, need to know about M&A at each stage of the deal cycle? How has data security become a major fiduciary issue for companies? How has privacy morphed from an aspirational value into litigation and liability? How's a practitioner to draft an indemnity provision in a license or transactional document in a shifting landscape? These and many more questions will be addressed at the 2015 IP & Tech Law Institute!
- 2015 Updates on Trademarks, Copyrights, Licensing, and Privacy
- 2015 Update on Trademark Prosecution - NEW Annual Update!
- How Privacy Liability is Affecting Transactions
- Data Security as a Fiduciary Duty
- M&A Lifecycle: IP Issues for Each Stage - and Special Breakout on Trademark Issues
- How to Draft and Negotiate Indemnity Provisions
- Data as a Product
- Social Media Developments
- Financing New Tech Startups
And much, much more!
Hotel Information:
The Institute is being held at the Westin Westminster Hotel, 10600 Westminster Blvd., Westminster, CO 80020.
CBA-CLE has reserved a small block of rooms for attendees of the Institute at the Westin Westminster Hotel. Room rates start at $159 plus applicable taxes. Rooms are being held at the group rate until May 15, 2015. After May 15, 2015, rates are subject to prevailing rates and availability. Please do not wait until May 15th to make your reservation as the hotel fills up quickly. To make your reservation, please call central reservations at 1-888-627-8448, or contact the Westin directly at (303) 410-5000. In order to receive the group room rate, please indicate that you are an attendee of the Colorado Bar Association Intellectual Property & Technology Institute. Please note: The Group rate is available 3 days prior to and 3 days after the Institute (subject to availability) The Westin Westminster charges a $50 fee for early departure/checkout prior to confirmed checkout date.
You can also make your reservation online at https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id=1501295423&key=1234095D
Institute Cancellations:
Cancellations by May 21, 2015 will receive a full refund of tuition paid. After May 21, 2015 no refunds will be issued, but substitutions are welcome. This program is not eligible for transfers to homestudy.
2015 SPONSORS:
PRESENTING SPONSORS:
- Cooley LLP - Sponsor - Thursday Wine Tasting
- Hogan Lovells
- Holland & Hart LLP - Sponsor - Friday Luncheon
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - Sponsor - Thursday Luncheon
- Merchant & Gould PC - Sponsor - Friday Beer Tasting
- Perkins Coie LLP - Sponsor - Wireless Internet Access
PLATINUM SPONSORS:
- Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck - Sponsor - Friday Morning Networking Break
- Faegre Baker Daniels LLP - Sponsor - Thursday Morning Breakfast
- Lathrop & Gage LLP - Sponsor - Friday Breakfast
- Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP - Sponsor - Thursday Morning Networking Break
GOLD SPONSORS:
SILVER SPONSORS:
- Andrews Kurth LLP
- CBA-CLE Books
- GreatBridge Consulting, Inc.
- Greenberg Traurig
- Park IP Translations
PatPro, Inc.
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Location Information
Westin Westminster Hotel
10600 Westminster Blvd
Westminster, CO 80020
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10600 Westminster Blvd
Westminster, CO 80020
Registration Fees
| Non Member - Paper Materials | $549.00 |
| CBA Member - Paper Materials | $499.00 |
| Non Member - Digital Download | $499.00 |
| CBA Member - Digital Download | $469.00 |
| CBA Intellectual Property Law Section Member - Paper Materials | $469.00 |
| ABA IP Section - Paper Materials | $469.00 |
| Copyright Society of the USA - Paper Materials | $469.00 |
| ABA IP Section -Digital Download | $439.00 |
| Copyright Society of the USA - Digital Download | $439.00 |
| CBA Intellectual Property Law Section Member - Digital Download | $439.00 |
| New Lawyer - NOT IP Section Member in practice < 5 years - Paper Materials | $429.00 |
| New Lawyer - NOT IP Section Member; in practice < 5 years - Digital Downloa | $399.00 |
| New Lawyer - CBA IP Law Section Mbr; in practice < 5 years -Paper | $329.00 |
| New Lawyer - CBA IP Law Section Mbr; in practice < 5 years - Digital Downlo | $299.00 |
| CLEACCESSPASS---ELITE Pass Holder (digital download only) | $249.00 |
- General Credits: 15.00
- Ethics Credits: 2.00
- EDI Credits:
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Sponsor Information
- Annual Case Law Update of All Branches of IP Including All Significant New IP Developments!
- Patents...AND Everything that ISN'T Patents!
- Special panels of USPTO patent judges and SPEs discussing developments at the USPTO
- Over 40 Sessions Presented by an All-Star Faculty of Leading IP Practitioners
- Networking with IP Attorneys from...well...from all over!
- Receive the Digital Course Materials and the MP3 Audio Download for the ENTIRE Institute