Upcoming Events

Date	Title
February 8, 2012	Katerine M. Kowalchyk to moderate the MIPLA APA IP Round Table "Gene Patents Survive in the U.S. ... For Now" hosted by Merchant & Gould. RSVP
February 10, 17 & 24	Lori Greiner, owner of For Your Ease Only, to be a "Shark" on ABC's show "Shark Tank".
March 14, 2012	Katherine M. Kowalchyk to speak at the 10th Biosimilars Americas Exploring possibilities... "What the future holds for biosimilar development and regulation" in Boston, MA.
April 24, 2012	David St. John-Larkin to speak at Silicon Flatirons conference "Patents: Home on the Range or Wild Frontier?" Co-Sponsored by Colorado Bar Association IP Section.

Past Events

Date	Title
January 24, 2012	Katherine M. Kowalchyk to present "the ‘Future of medical diagnostic claims in view of Prometheus v. Mayo case" at Women in Law Meeting held at NYU Medical School Campus in New York.
November 17, 2011	Tony Zeuli to speak at the 2011 Midwest Intellectual Property Summit in Indianapolis, IN.
November 14-15, 2011	5th Annual Corporate IP Institute (CIPI). Merchant & Gould Atlanta will be a gold sponsor of this event. Dan Evans will participate as a speaker. More details to come when available.
October 31, 2011	Elimination of Bias/Legal Ethics CLE presented by Merchant & Gould's Denver office and sponsored by Law Week Colorado. M&G client, Sue Maxwell, will be speaking on "Maxwell v. J. Baker Case Study of Gender Issues in Intellectual Property Disputes." Sue's presentation will be followed by a panel discussion including Sue Maxwell, Dan McDonald, Kirstin Stoll-DeBell and a jury consultant.
October 24, 2011	2nd Annual Intellectual Property Charity Golf Tournament (CIP Cup), Alpharetta Athletic Club, Alpharetta, GA.
October 23-26, 2011	2011 ACC Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. The Denver Office will be hosting a client event during the annual meeting. Details to follow.
October 13-16, 2011	Jody Pizzala will present at the National Federal Paralegal Association Convention, hosted by the Minnesota Paralegal Association. The convention will take place at the Hilton Hotel, Bloomington, MN. Jody will be speaking about patent litigation.
October 7-9, 2011	Blake Sorensen will present "IP-101, Violent Video Games SCOTUS Decision" at the SIEGE Game Developer's Conference in Atlanta, GA. The conference will be held at the Marriott NW. For more information go to http://www.siegecon.net/SIEGE2011/.
September 22, 2011	William D. Schultz to present at 2011 Midwest IP Institute in Minneapolis, MN.
September 2-5, 2011	Blake Sorensen will be speaking at DragonCon in Atlanta, GA. DragonCon is the largest multi-media, popular convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film. Please contact Blake for further details.
August 16, 2011	Merchant & Gould will be a sponsor of this year's AIPLA Electronic and Computer Patent Law Summit being held at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul. Al Hinderaker will sit on a panel that will be discussing "Trends in Patent Jury Trials." The panel discussion begins at 3:45 p.m.
July 14, 2011	Dianna Goldenson El Hioum to be on Advanced Amendment Drafting panel at PLI AAdvanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2011: Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing in New York, New York.
June 23, 2011	Brent Routman to be sworn in as the President of the Minnesota Bar Association on June 23rd. The passing of the gavel ceremony will take place at 4:45 at Target Field. Immediately following will be a President's reception from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
June 21, 2011	Dianna Goldenson El Hioum to present "The impact of Therasense v. Becton on the doctrine of inequitable conduct" at Luncheon and CLE presentation hosted by LexisNexis at The Midtown Executive Club
June 16, 2011	Adda Gogoris to co-present "Patent Prosecution" at Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution 2011: A Boot Camp for Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing presented by Practicing Law Institute in New York City.
June 8, 2011	LegalCORPS to host First Annual Fundraiser and Volunteer Recognition Gala announcing the launch of the new Patent Inventor Assistance Program and recognize the funding members, including Merchant & Gould. U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Director, David Kappos, will be the keynote speaker.
June 2, 2011	Tim Scull to moderate "Trademarks/Copyrights/Trade Secrets" at 9th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute in Denver, Colorado.