About Corporate Patent Seminar 2006

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The 43rd Annual Corporate Patent Seminar was held November 12-14, 2006 (Sunday-Tuesday) at the Marriott Hilton Head Beach & Golf Resort in Hilton Head, South Carolina. The program included the following presentations and discussions.

Speaker
Topic
Chris Isaac
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,
Garrett & Dunner LLP
Opinions of Counsel – Infringement/Validity;
Content and Handling
Steve Sampson
Caterpillar Inc.
Automated Patent Portfolio Analysis
and Categorization
Carl Oppedahl
Oppedahl & Olson LLP
Electronic Patent Office (US e-filing,
PCT-SAFE, EPO e-filing)
Dean Olson
Pfizer
Roundtable Discussion – Best practices:
Patent Management Boards for
Invention Screening, Annuity Decisions
Perry Saidman
Saidman Design Law Group
Design Patents, Trade Dress,
EU Community Design Utility
models – Compare and Contrast
Stephen Jones
Baker & McKenzie
European Opposition Practice
Bill Heinze
Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer
& Risley LLP
An Introduction to
Intellectual Property
Task-Based Billing
Mike Hudelson
Lexis
Patent Application Analysis
Tools – Patent Optimizer
Steve Kibby
Caterpillar, Inc.
Roundtable Discussion – Competitive Intelligence
and Provisional Rights; Defensive
Publication Strategies

Here are some photographs from the seminar.

Steve Sampson Steve Sampson of Caterpillar Inc. speaking on Automated Patent Portfolio Analysis and Categorization
Carl Oppedahl Carl Oppedahl of Oppedahl & Olson LLP speaking on Developments in Electronic Commerce (US e-filing, PCT-SAFE)
   
Dinner cruise Seminar attendees boarding the dinner cruise