• John L. Welch will present "Top 10 TTAB Decisions of 2009" at the John Marshall Law School Center for Intellectual Property Law's Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference: Hot Topics and Developments in Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Trade Secrets Law, Chicago, IL, February 26, 2010.
• John L. Welch was among the panelists who presented "Trademark Fraud on the USPTO - A New Landscape," hosted by the Boston Bar Association, and co-sponsored by the BBA's Intellectual Property Committee and the BPLA's Trademarks and Unfair Competition Committee, Boston, MA, November 19, 2009.
• Keith F. Noe presented on careers in intellectual property law to 1L students at Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH, November 9, 2009.
• John L. Welch moderated a panel on "Trademark Fraud on the USPTO - A New Landscape," presented as a webinar sponsored by the American Bar Association's Section of Intellectual Property Law, September 30, 2009.
• Lisa E. Winsor and Gary S. Engelson presented on "Patent Prosecution" and "Trademarks" at an IP Roundtable Luncheon sponsored by the IP Concentration and the Center for Advanced Legal Studies at Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA, February 19, 2009.
• Robert J. Silverman presented "The Development of Claim Construction Theory and Practice" at The Gleacher Center's Fourth Annual Workshop on Patent Claim Construction, Chicago, IL, February 13, 2009.
• Matthew B. Lowrie was program co-chair, and Ann Lamport Hammitte and John L. Welch presented on Trademarks, at the Boston Bar Association's Intellectual Property Year in Review, Boston, MA, January 15, 2009.
• Christopher R. Rhodes presented an audio conference on Global Patent Standards, hosted by FX Conferences, January 15, 2009.
• Peter C. Lando presented "Collaborative IP -- Joint Development Agreements" at the 17th Annual Advanced Licensing Institute, hosted by the Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH, January 6-9, 2009.
• John L. Welch and Ann Lamport Hammitte were among the speakers and panelists who presented at "The TTAB Comes to Boston," hosted by the Boston Patent Law Association Trademarks and Unfair Competition Committee, being held at Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MA, October 24, 2008.
• John N. Anastasi (and others) presented at a Breakfast Roundtable, "The Obviousness Test in the United States and the Inventive Step Requirement for Patent Procurement Around the World," sponsored by LL&A at the AIPPI 41st World Intellectual Property Congress, Boston, MA, September 8, 2008.
• Matthew B. Lowrie and Andrew Hicks (Hicks & Penman Ltd.) presented "U.S. Prosecution Overview and Comparative Discussion with Canadian Prosecution" as part of the 2008 Summer Courses in Intellectual Property offered by the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 29, 2008.
• Robert J. Silverman presented "The Development of Claim Construction Theory and Practice" at a Law Seminars International workshop, Patent Claim Construction: New Developments and Practical Tips for the Patent Claim Drafter and In-House, Defense and Plaintiff Counsel, Seattle, WA, July 16, 2008.
• Peter C. Lando and Lisa R. Witham presented "Intellectual Property Overview -- Today and Tomorrow" at MCLE's Paralegal Conference 2008, Boston, MA, June 24, 2008.
• Diana M. Collazo, Laurie Butler Lawrence and Cathy M. McCarty presented "Life Science Patent Strategies: From Ideas to Approved Products" at a program for WEST (Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology), sponsored by LL&A, Cambridge, MA, April 3, 2008.
• Edward J. Russavage (and other panelists) presented "Careers in IP Law" at a Suffolk University Law School program sponsored by the Boston Patent Law Association's New Lawyer and Law Student Committee, Boston, MA, April 1, 2008.
• John N. Anastasi and John L. Welch facilitated "Licensing Patents, Software" and "Trademarks" at an IP Roundtable Luncheon sponsored by the IP Concentration and the Center for Advanced Legal Studies at Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA, March 7, 2008.
• Ann Lamport Hammitte co-presented the Trademarks Section at the Boston Bar Association's "Intellectual Property Year in Review" Program, Boston, MA, January 17, 2008.
• "Patent Litigation in the Eastern District of Texas," moderated by Matthew B. Lowrie, presented by the Patent Litigation  Committee of the Boston Patent Law Association, Boston, MA, December 11, 2007.
• "Recent Decisions Affecting Trademark Practice," presented by John L. Welch at PTO Day, the Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) Education Foundation's 18th Annual Conference on Patent and Trademark Office Law and Practice, Washington, D.C., December 3, 2007.
• "Water - More Precious Than Oil: Challenges, Management and Investment Opportunities," a panel discussion moderated by Peter C. Lando, hosted by the New England-Israel Business Council, Newton, MA, November 19, 2007.
• "IP Issues in RFID," a panel discussion moderated by John N. Anastasi, hosted by the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, November 5, 2007.
• "The Business of Lawyering: Starting, Growing and Managing a Law Firm," presented by John N. Anastasi and Thomas M. Sullivan as part of the Get $mart Series, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA, October 29, 2007.
• John L. Welch (and others) provided commentary on one inter partes and one ex parte final TTAB hearing at "The TTAB Comes to Boston," hosted by The Boston Patent Law Association and Suffolk University Law School IP Law Concentration, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA, October 26, 2007.
• "Valuation in Litigation," presented by Matthew B. Lowrie (and other faculty members) as part of the Lessons for Businesses: Valuation of Patents program, sponsored by the Suffolk University Law School Intellectual Property Law Concentration and the Center for Advanced Legal Studies, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA, October 25, 2007.
• "Venture-Funded Patent Enforcement: Structure and Effect of these New Deals," presented by Matthew B. Lowrie (LL&A) and Michael Cannata, NW Patent Funding Corporation, at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Licensing Executives Society (LES), Vancouver, Canada, October 15, 2007.
• "Trademark Trial and Appeal Board: Significant Rule Changes Just Issued," a live 90-minute telephone conference with interactive Q&A, presented by John Welch (and others), sponsored by the Legal Publishing Group of Strafford Publications, October 11, 2007.
• "Patents, Copyrights and Trade Secrets," presented by Peter C. Lando (LL&A), JoAnn Sherman, Siemens Water Technologies Corp., and Pam Carter, PC Connection, Inc., at the International Trademark Association (INTA) Trademark Administrators Conference, Long Beach, CA, October 3, 2007.
• "Litigation Strategies and Judicial Perspectives," presented by Matthew B. Lowrie (and other faculty members) as part of The CSI Effect:  Litigation Strategies and Courtroom Dynamics program, sponsored by the Flaschner Judicial Institute and the Center for Advanced Legal Studies, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA, May 10, 2007.
• "TTAB Update: Rules, Rulings and Ruminations," presented by John L. Welch at the American Intellectual Property Law Association 2007 Spring Meeting, Boston, MA, May 9-11, 2007.
• "The Top Ten TTAB Decisions of 2006," presented by John L. Welch at the John Marshall Law School 51st Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference, Chicago, IL, February 23, 2007.

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