David Kappos, USPTO Director and Under Secretary of Commerce, to Speak at BNA/ABA Patent Litigation Conference on October 5
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ARLINGTON, VA UNITED STATES
ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BNA and the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law are pleased to announce that David Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, will speak at the upcoming conference: Controlling Discovery Costs in Patent Litigation. Kappos will join the Honorable Paul R. Michel, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and Marylee Jenkins, Chair-elect of the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law, as speakers. This BNA/ABA conference will be held October 5, 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., at the offices of Dickstein Shapiro LLP in Washington, D.C., and will be simulcast live in New York City.
The program will include strategies to control the potentially exorbitant costs of e-discovery -- including how to limit requests and search criteria and strategies for cooperation with the opposing side. Participants will also learn ways to use e-discovery to their advantage and their opponent's disadvantage. The conference is co-chaired by Barry Grossman, Of Counsel at Foley & Lardner LLP, and Gary Hoffman, leader of the Intellectual Property Practice at Dickstein Shapiro LLP.
For additional information or to register, visit http://legaledge.bna.com or call (800) 952-2477. The registration fee for the event in Washington, D.C. is $295 for BNA subscribers and $395 for non-subscribers. The fee for live simulcast at the New York City offices of Dickstein Shapiro LLP is $100.
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CONTACT: Nancy Erickson of BNA, +1-703-341-3870, legaledge.bna.com
