Last week to save hundreds on medical device specific intellectual property protection strategies

Jan. 11, 2012 - PRLog -- We hope you will join your peers from Medtronic, C.R. Bard, Boston Scientific and twenty-five leading device IP firms - secure your spot for maximum networking plus comprehensive and timely legal analysis at the early bird rate until this Friday, January 13, 2012 (prices increase on January 14th).

To register, call 1-888-224-2480 or register online at http://www.americanconference.com/devicepatents
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Practical insights and tactical strategies for medical device patent filings and challenges

Sweeping patent reform which will affect both prosecution and litigation strategies… the looming medical device excise tax… patent infringement verdicts in the hundreds of million against device providers…

There has never been a greater challenge to medical device intellectual property.  Designed from the insights of leading in-house IP counsel, over twenty-five top prosecutors and litigators, former Judges, and PTO insiders, this is the premier industry-specific conference where device companies will gain the tools to strengthen patent rights and seize market share.

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Medical device specific strategies to:

Limit liability and manage and reduce costs when preparing your device portfolio for litigation. Benefit from an insider view into how courts evaluate arguments and strategies presented during medical device patent litigation as a recently retired federal judge from the Eastern District of Texas, a device litigation hotbed discusses hot button device patent litigation issues.

Revamp patent prosecution and litigation strategies in view of how the landmark American Invents Act (AIA) will specifically affect device companies. Benefit from direct USPTO insight post-patent reform from keynote speaker, Teresa Stanek Rea, the Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO and from two Supervisory Patent Examiners.

High-level discussions from patent litigators and in-house counsel from Medtronic, Boston Scientific and C.R. Bard who are in the trenches of device patent litigation. The advanced conversations at this conference will help hone your skills and even seasoned practitioners will come away with useful tips


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Grab your share of the estimated $300 billion in global device market share at stake.

Register Now • 888-224-2480 • http://www.americanconference.com/devicepatents