DESCRIPTION
Over the past eight years, BIO's semiannual IP Counsels Committee Conference has become a popular and growing event among our members' IP and legal professionals. The upcoming 2011 Spring IPCC Conference in Seattle, WA will be an excellent opportunity for IP professionals to hear, listen, and learn about current and projected topics related to biotechnology IP. Foley Hoag attorneys Don Ware and Barbara Fiacco will join in-house legal and IP professionals on interactive panels.
Best Practices in Research Collaborations: Joint Inventorship Pitfalls and Ethical Issues in Joint Representation
Don Ware of Foley Hoag will lead a discussion of pitfalls that may arise from prosecuting joint inventions conceived in the course of research collaborations among multiple institutions, including companies, universities and hospitals. Irene Pleasure, Associate General Counsel and Director of Patent Law at Genentech, will provide the in-house perspective on managing patent issues in research collaborations. David Hricik, Professor of Law at Mercer University School of Law and co-author of the treatises Patent Ethics – Prosecution (2009) and Patent Ethics – Litigation (2010), will address the professional responsibilities of patent attorneys involved in the prosecution of jointly-owned patent applications.
Moderator
Don Ware, Partner, Foley Hoag LLP
Panelists
David Hricik, Professor of Law, Mercer University
Irene Pleasure, Ph.D., Associate General Counsel, Genentech
How to Stay in the Frying Pan and Out of the Fire: Hot Topics in Ethics for In-House IP Attorneys
Professor David Hricik and Barbara Fiacco of Foley Hoag will present on developments in ethics law for in-house IP counsel, including law firm conflict issues, how to protect the attorney-client privilege, ethical dilemmas created by 21st century social media, in-house counsel ethical pitfalls, and recent developments in IP malpractice law. The game-show format of this panel will be thought-provoking and fun, and will encourage audience participation. CLE Ethics credit is being requested.
Moderator
Barbara Fiacco, Partner, Foley Hoag LLP
Panelists
David Hricik, Professor of Law, Mercer University