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The speakers for day one (April 6, 2006) for the April 2006 Dunes CLE event, from left to right, James R. Yee, Robert Morishita, Ryan A. Heck, Ph.D., Wesley L. Austin and Mark A. Miller. |
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Wesley L. Austin, a shareholder with Madson & Austin, presenting lecture on patent drafting in view of Phillips v. AWH. |
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Robert Ryan Morishita, founder of the Morishita Law Firm, presenting lecture on conflicts of interest in patent preparation and prosecution. On day two, Mr. Morishita lectured on the effective use of patent application publication. |
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James R. Yee, an attorney with Howard & Howard, presents on how to effectively use provisional patent applications. |
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Ryan A. Heck, Ph.D., an attorney with Klarquist Sparkman, presents on the use of functional claim language. |
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Mark A. Miller, an attorney with Holland & Hart, presenting lecture on retroactive prosecution history. |
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The speakers for day two (April 7, 2006) for the April 2006 Dunes CLE event, from left to right, Rob L. Phillips, Robert Morishita, Dennis Crouch and Thomas M. Hardman. |
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Rob L. Phillips, a shareholder with Greenberg Traurig, presenting lecture on claim drafting in light of IPXL Holdings v. Amazon.com. |
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Thomas M. Hardman, a shareholder with Madson & Austin, lectures on appealing to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. |
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Dennis Crouch, a patent attorney with McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP and author of the popular award winning patent law blog Patently-O, presents a year in review. |
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The registration table on day one. |
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Mark A. Miller, an attorney with Holland & Hart, presenting lecture on retroactive prosecution history. |
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Thomas M. Hardman, a shareholder with Madson & Austin, discusses appealing to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences after his lecture. |
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Attendees on a break during the CLE. |
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Part of the Dunes CLE administrative staff. |
Photos from the Patent Drafting & Prosecution CLE held on April 6-7, 2006 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas
The speakers included Dennis Crouch, a patent attorney with McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP and author of the popular award winning patent law blog Patently-O, Robert Morishita, founder of the Morishita Law Firm, Wesley L. Austin, a shareholder with Madson & Austin, Rob L. Phillips, a shareholder with Greenberg Traurig, Mark A. Miller, an attorney with Holland & Hart, Thomas M. Hardman, a shareholder with Madson & Austin, James R. Yee, an attorney with Howard & Howard, and Ryan A. Heck, Ph.D., an attorney with Klarquist Sparkman.
This CLE was held in the Da Vinci 4 conference room at the Bellagio hotel and casino. Some photos from this CLE event are shown below.
