30th Annual Pharmaceutical / Chemical Patent Practice Update

The tradition continues for the annual Pharmaceutical/Chemical Practice Seminar, back for its 30th Year! Come hear practice tips, guidance, legal updates and summaries from leading experts.  

This CLE event, to be held on Wednesday, November 2nd at the APA Hotel Woodbridge at Metropark, is designed to meet the requirements for 4.5 NJ credits (4.0 PA).   

	12:00 - 1:00 PM Luncheon
	1:00 - 1:05 PM President's Introduction Gregory J. Murgia, TnT IP LLC
	1:05 - 1:10 PM Opening Remarks by the Chair J. Eric Thies, Merck & Co., Inc.
	1:10 - 1:50 PM Current Situation and Future Direction for Life Science Patents in China Elaine Wu USPTO Office of Policy and International Affairs
	1:50 - 2:30 PM Strategies for Prosecuting and Litigating Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patents in China Luke Zuo  NTD Patent & Trademark Agency
	2:30 - 2:40 PM Break
	2:40 - 3:20 PM Scope of the On-Sale Bar Under 35 USC 102(b) pre- and post-AIA Joseph O'Malley Paul Hastings
	3:20 - 4:00 PM Doctrine of Equivalents for Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patents Sona De Sidley Austin LLP
	4:00 - 4:10 PM Break
	4:10 - 4:50  PM Biosimilar Patent Litigation Lisa B. Pensabene O’Melveny
	4:50 - 5:30 PM Strategic Approaches to the Interplay Between Hatch-Waxman Litigation and Inter Partes Reviews Benjamin C. Hsing BakerHostetler

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