Ethics in IP
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Hotel Woodbridge at Metropark
120 Wood Avenue South
Iselin, NJ
(732) 494-6200
For the first time, NJIPLA is offering a seminar devoted to ethical issues arising in IP law. Come and earn your ethics credits just in time for the end of the year CLE certifications.
CLE: 3.0 Ethics Credits NJ / NY, 2.0 Ethics Credits PA
Event Fee: $150 Member / $175 Non-Member by November 26
$175 Member / $200 Non-Member after November 26
Program:
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Registration and Luncheon
1:00 - 1:10 p.m. Opening Remarks
Mark Abate, President, NJIPLA
1:10 - 2:00 p.m. Professional Responsibility Before the Office of
Enrollment and Discipline: Cases
and Considerations
William R. Covey
Director for the Office of Enrollment and Discipline,
USPTO
2:00 - 2:30 p.m. The Duty of Candor in USPTO Post-Grant
Contested Proceedings
Lisa Dolak
Professor, College of Law, Syracuse University
2:30 - 2:40 p.m. Break
2:40 - 3:25 p.m. "Everything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You”
– Best Practices for Responding to an OED
Ethics Investigation
Michael E. McCabe, Jr.
Funk & Bolton
3:25 - 3:55 p.m. "Whose Lawyer Are You?” The Problem of Identifying the
Client in Intellectual Property Consultations
Frederick L. Whitmer
Managing Partner, Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton
3:55 - 4:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
Thomas Triolo, Chair, Ethics Committee, NJIPLA