2018 PTAB Bar Association Annual Conference

The 2018 PTAB Bar Association Annual Conference will take place March 22 23, 2018, at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C. Pre-conference sessions will be offered March 21. The conference will bring together practitioners, in-house counsel, and members of the bench for a dynamic discussion of the Patent Trial Appeal Board (PTAB) best practices, recent developments and trends, policy considerations, and much more!

Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), will speak at the 2018 PTAB Bar Association Annual Conference. Director Iancu will participate in a Fireside Chat to discuss his insights and goals as the new Director of the USPTO. Director Iancus participation in the 2018 PTAB Bar Annual Conference will be the first time that he addresses a formal gathering of lawyers who appear before the PTAB since being named Director of the USPTO. The Fireside Chat with Director Iancu will take place on March 22, 2018 at 5 PM, at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C.

The 2018 Annual Conference was a successful event with close to 500 attendees including attorneys from in-house and law firm offices around the country. View photos from the event here.