A Successful 2008-9 TIPLA Season.

Many thanks to each member who attended the 2nd Annual Quad City IP Dinner and Symposium on Thursday and Friday, July 16th-17th, at the University of Dayton.   We have received many positive comments about the program, which included a presentation by Mr. Nick Godici, recently appointed Special Advisor at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  A copy of the presentation has been mailed to the membership.  The program also included some excellent panel discussions on the topics of post-grant oppositions (currently being considered in patent reform legislation) and inequitable conduct reform.

Should any member wish to provide feedback and/or suggestions to the Quad City steering committee for the program next year, please contact the TIPLA officers.  Thank you.

The Quad City program concludes the TIPLA programming for the 2008-9 season.  We are presently preparing the programming for the 2009-10 TIPLA season, and regular luncheon meetings with CLE will resume in September.  TIPLA elections will also be held at the luncheon meeting in September.  Kindly contact the TIPLA officers if you have any suggestions or requests for speakers and topics in 2009-10. 

Thank you for contributing to a successful 2008-9 TIPLA season!

2nd Annual Quad City Symposium – Pushing the Envelope on IP Reform.

TIPLA cordially invites all members to attend the 2nd Annual Quad City IP Symposium on July 17, 2009.  A formal invitation to the TIPLA membership will be circulated to the membership in the near future.  TIPLA members may register for the event online here (courtesy of CincyIP).

We look forward to seeing you at the Symposium, a description of which follows.  Please contact the officers should you have any questions.

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Date: July 17, 2009
Event: 2nd Annual Quad City Symposium – Friday Meeting

Agenda: Click here to download Agenda

Speakers (in order of appearance): Judge Edward Damich (Court of Claims), Nicholas Godici (Former Commission for Patents and current Executive Advisor for Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP)

PANEL 1: Timothy R. Holbrook (Professor Chicago-Kent); Matt Buchanan (Promote the Progress); Jim Dottavio (Owens-Corning); Len Lewis (Procter & Gamble)

PANEL 2: Judge Damich (Court of Claims), Judge Avern Cohn (EDMI), Judge Rice (SDOH), Matt Buchanan (Promote the Progress), Art Stein (Hahn Loeser) – Moderated by: Tim Hagan (Dinsmore & Shohl),

Location:
Friday’s Seminar – University of Dayton School of Law (Matthias Heck Courtroom) (http://law.udayton.edu/) – (3 HR CLE Applied)

2nd Annual Quad City IP Meeting Dinner Event.

TIPLA cordially invites all members to attend the 2nd Annual Quad City IP Meeting Dinner Event on July 16, 2009.  A formal invitation to the TIPLA membership will be circulated to the membership in the near future.  TIPLA members may register for the event online here (courtesy of CincyIP).

We look forward to seeing you at the event, a description of which follows.  Please contact the officers should you have any questions.

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Date: July 16, 2009
Event: Quad City IP Dinner Event

AGENDA – THURSDAY – JULY 16th – DINNER AT L’AUBERGE in Dayton, Ohio http://www.laubergedayton.com/

1 HOUR GENERAL CLE APPLIED FOR

6:00PM-6:30PM – Arrival and Mixer in Bar Area

6:30-PM-8:00PM – Dinner

8:00PM-9:00PM – Inside the Legislative Process – Judge Damich (http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/node/6) will discuss how the Digital Millennium Copyright Act was passed in 1998 to provide insight into the current reform process concerning patent law.

TIPLA Members Invited to the John W. Stoepler Golf Classic.

TIPLA will be participating in the 10th Anniversary John W. Stoepler Golf and Tennis Classic. The event will be on June 8, 2009, at the Stone Oak Country Club in Holland Ohio. Proceeds benefit the John W. Stoepler Scholarship Fund at The University of Toledo College of Law.

Details of the golf classic include:

Registration: 11:30 a.m.
Lunch and Driving Range: 11:30 – 1:00 p.m.
Shot Gun Start: 1:00 p.m.
Format: 18 Hole Scramble
Entry Fee: $150 per player ($65 tax deductible)
Includes: Driving range, greens fees, cart, lunch and dinner

TIPLA members will be able to register through TIPLA, and will receive a discounted rate. Details will follow in an email to the membership shortly.  Members interested in attending the Classic are encouraged to contact the TIPLA officers at toledoipla@gmail.com.

Role of the U.S. Patent Examiner; Patent Examiner Training Academy – May 15, 2009.

The Toledo Intellectual Property Law Association (TIPLA) is pleased to sponsor a program titled “Role of the U.S. Patent Examiner; Patent Examiner Training Academy” on Friday, May 15, 2009. The program will be held at the University of Toledo, College of Law. The program will include a presentation by Ms. Deborah J. Reynolds, Patent Training Program Administrator at the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia. Topics such as an overview of the role played by the U.S. Patent Examiner, how to become a U.S. Patent Examiner, and rules and regulations taught at the Patent Examiner Training Academy will be discussed. Specific modules used to train new Patent Examiners will be reviewed during the presentation.

Continuing legal education (CLE) of 3.0 credit hours has been applied for with the Supreme Court of Ohio. Attorney admission is $40.00 for TIPLA members, and $60.00 for non-members. Admission to the program is free for law and science/engineering students and professionals interested in a career with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Any persons interested in attending the program are encouraged to e-mail the TIPLA officers at ToledoIPLA@gmail.com for more information.  The registration form may also be downloaded here, for completion and returning to TIPLA as indicated.

BIOGRAPHY – Ms. Deborah J. Reynolds, Patent Training Program Administrator

Ms. Reynolds holds the position Patent Training Program Administrator in the Office of Patent Training at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She oversees operations of the Patent Training Academy, which includes the new patent examiner training program; and has graduated over 2400 new patent examiners over the past 3 years. Previously Ms. Reynolds was a class manager in the Patent Training Academy where she oversaw 3 on-going classes, with over 300 employees under her responsibility. Prior to joining the Office of Patent Training, Ms. Reynolds was both a Quality Assurance Specialist and a Supervisory Patent Examiner for Technology Center 1600. Ms. Reynolds came to the USPTO in July 1996 and examined in the gene therapy and transgenic animal arts in Technology Center 1600. She progressed to Primary Examiner and was promoted to Supervisory Patent Examiner in November of 2000. Ms. Reynolds holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Chemistry from Pikeville College, in Kentucky. Before beginning her career at the USPTO, she worked in the Biochemistry Department at Uniformed Services University and the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health.