Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

11th Annual Intellectual Property Law Seminar:

Designed specifically for international intellectual property lawyers, lawyers, and agents, including those in private or corporate practice. This seminar will cover the enforcement of patents, trademarks and copyrights.

Newport Beach, California, March 18 - 20, 2002.
Immediately following the FICPI/APAA Symposium at the same location.

---- Agenda ----

Sunday, MARCH 17, 2002
5:00 -7:00 pm - Welcome Reception at the Four Seasons Hotel

Monday, MARCH 18, 2002
U.S. Intellectual Property Litigation
9:00 - 10:45 am - Current U.S. IP Law Issues

Determine the scope of U.S. patent claims including lessons learned from Festo and other landmark cases
The use of downloadable music and video after Napster
Trademark infringement on the Internet

10:45 - 11:00 - Break

11:00 - 12:00 - Anatomy of an IP Lawsuit

12-1:30 pm - Lunch

1:30 - 2:15 - Successfully obtaining preliminary injunctions in patent, trademark and copyright cases

2:15 -2:30 - Break

2:30 - 3:15 - How to avoid IP lawsuits, both as a plaintiff and as a potential infringer

3:15 -3:30 - Break

3:30 - 4:15 - Strategies to minimize the cost of complex IP litigation

5:30 - Cocktail reception hosted at the offices of Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear

Tuesday, MARCH 19, 2002
Concurrent Sessions

	U.S. PATENT PROSECUTION: HOW TO ENHANCE YOUR CLIENTS' PATENT PROTECTION	U.S. TRADEMARK PROSECUTION: HOW TO ENHANCE YOUR CLIENTS' TRADEMARK PROTECTION
8:30 - 10:00 am	Patent Preparation and Drafting Workshop: Gain experience in the issues unique to the preparation and filing of U.S. patent applications.	Trademark Clearance Workshop I: Searching techniques at the U.S. Trademark Office and at commercial search firms, with insights from a former U.S. Trademark Examiner
10:15 - 12:00	Patent Claim Drafting Workshop: How and when to draft claims to maximize protection in the U.S.	Trademark Clearance Workshop II: Learn how to evaluate U.S. trademark search results
12:00 - 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 - 3:00	Patent Prosecution Workshop: Learn techniques to effectively prosecute U.S. patent applications to increase their value in litigation and licensing	Trademark Application Workshop: Techniques to effectively prepare and prosecute U.S. trademark applications
3:30	Bus leaves for Disneyland Resort
7:00	Dinner at Walt Disney's private Club 33

Wednesday, MARCH 20, 2002
MAXIMIZING IP PROTECTION IN THE US
9:00- 10:15 am - Business Method Patents and related issues--what protection is available and how patent claims should be drafted

10:15 - 10:30 - Break

10:30 -11:45 - Using and avoiding trademark oppositions and cancellations

12:00- 1:45 pm - Lunch with guest speaker

2:00-2:45 - Protecting designs, shapes, sounds and non-traditional trademarks

2:45-3:00 - Break

3:00-3:45 - Gray market goods practice in the US--how to combat parallel imports

3:45-4:00 - Break

4:00-4:45 - Patent protection in unpredictable fields such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and plants