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2012 Jefferson Medal recipient

• The New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association (NJIPLA) will award the 2012 Jefferson Medal to the Honorable Garrett E. Brown, Jr. (Ret.), Chief Judge, United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey. Following a 60 year tradition, the NJIPLA presents the Jefferson Medal annually to someone who has made exceptional contributions to the field of intellectual property law. Former Medalists include judges, members of Congress, Patent and Trademark Office officials and leaders of the intellectual property bar. Chief Judge Brown will be presented with the Jefferson Medal on June 8, 2012 at the annual Jefferson Medal Dinner at The Hilton at Short Hills, Short Hills, NJ.

  Chief Judge Brown recently joined the JAMS panel after a distinguished judicial and legal career. He served twenty-six years as United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, the last six as Chief Judge, where he led the court-wide effort to provide prompt, efficient justice to civil litigants, and to implement new local patent rules. Prior to appointment to the federal judiciary, he served two years as Chief Counsel to the U.S. Maritime Administration. While in private practice, he concentrated on federal commercial litigation, including antitrust, employment, construction, environmental, banking, intellectual property, and securities matters. [Link]

Will Singapore Become a Patent Hotspot?

• Singapore wants foreign IP attorneys and professionals to relocate there. A Patents Bill was introduced to the parliament, which will allow foreign patent professionals to practice in Singapore without going through the long process of passing exams and doing an internship with a local law firm, which is currently required. However, foreign attorneys will only be allowed to engage in work from other countries. The intention behind the proposed changes is that highly skilled IP professionals from across Asia and beyond will relocate to Singapore, where they will be ideally located to handle patent work for the whole Asia region. [Link] Patent Act

Patent Jobs:

• Faegre Baker Daniels is seeking a patent associate with 2-6 years of experience and a degree in EE, ME, or ChemE to work at their Minneapolis office. [Link]
• Klarquist Sparkman is looking for a patent attorney/agent with an advanced degree in organic chemistry and 3+ years of experience to work at their Portland office. [Link]
• Klarquist Sparkman is searching for a patent attorney with 1-4 years of experience and an EE, CS, or physics degree to work at their Portland office. [Link]
• Bacon & Thomas is seeking a patent attorney with 1-3 years of experience and a background in ME, EE, or similar to work at their Alexandria, VA office. [Link]
• Klein, O'Neill & Singh is looking for a patent attorney/agent with 2-5 years of experience and a degree in EE, CS, or physics to work at their Irvine, CA office. [Link]
• Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney is searching for a trademark associate with 2-4 years of experience to work at their Alexandria, VA office. [Link]
• TransTech Pharma is seeking an IP Counsel with 5+ years of experience and a science degree to work at their High Point, NC location. [Link]
• Baker & Hostetler is looking for patent attorneys with 2+ years of experience with a degree in ME, EE, or materials to work at their Cincinnati office. [Link]
• Solazyme is searching for a patent agent with 3-5 years of experience and a degree in bio sciences to work at their San Francisco location. [Link]
• Trop, Pruner & Hu is seeking associates with an EE or CS backgrounds and a minimum of 2 years of experience to work at their Houston or Austin office. [Link]
• A law firm in Cupertino has multiple openings for patent attorneys/agents with an Electrical or mechanical background. [Link]
• NSIP LAW is looking for associates with a minimum of 4 years of experience in patent prosecution and an EE, CE, or CS degree to work at their Washington, DC office. [Link]
• Myers Wolin is seeking a partner level patent or trademark attorney or small practice group with portables to join their firm located in Morristown, NJ. [Link]
• Kilpatrick Townsend is searching for a student associate or patent agent with a degree in EE, CS, or physics to work at their Washington, DC office. [Link]
• Los Alamos National Lab is looking for an experienced patent attorney with 8 years of experience and a technical background to work at their Los Alamos, New Mexico location. [Link]
• Nagoya International Patent Firm is seeking a US patent attorney with 2-5 years of experience to work in Japan. [Link]
• Banner & Witcoff is searching for lateral associates with EE or CS backgrounds to work at either their Washington, DC or Chicago office. [Link]
• The Webb Law Firm is looking for a senior litigation attorney with a minimum of 7 years of experience to work at their Pittsburgh location. [Link]
• The Webb Law Firm is seeking a patent litigation associate with a minimum of 3 years of experience to work at their Pittsburgh location. [Link]
• The Webb Law Firm is searching for associates with a degree in CS, CE, or EE and a minimum of 3 years of experience to work at their Pittsburgh location. [Link]
• Perkins Coie is looking for a patent associate with a minimum of 3 years of experience and a degree in EE, physics, or CS to work at their Seattle office. [Link]
• Fiala & Weaver is seeking patent attorneys/agents with 1+ years of experience and a degree in EE, CS, or physics. [Link]
• FLSmidth is searching for a patent attorney with at least 5 years of experience to work in Salt Lake City. [Link]
• Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds is looking for electrical associates with 3-5 years of patent pro or IP litigation experience to work at their Concord, Massachusetts office. [Link]
• Sandia National Labs is seeking a patent attorney with 4-8 years of experience and a degree in physics, EE, ChemE or relevant field to work at their Albuquerque location. [Link]
• Solazyme is searching for an IP paralegal with 2-5 years of experience to work at their San Francisco location. [Link]
• Senniger Powers is looking for an associate attorney with a minimum of 2 years of experience and a degree in EE, CE, or CS to work at their St. Louis office. [Link]
• Harness, Dickey & Pierce is seeking an IP litigation associate with 2-4 years of experience to work at their St. Louis location. [Link]
• Hoxie & Associates is searching for an experienced patent prosecution paralegal to work at their Millburn, NJ office. [Link]
• Faegre Baker Daniels is looking for a Biotech/Biochem/Chemical patent agent with at least 2 years of experience and a Ph.D. to work at their Denver office. [Link]
• Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner is seeking attorneys with 1+ years of experience and a degree in software/Electrical engineering, organic chemistry (Ph.D.), chemical/polymer engineering, and ME. [Link]
• Telesign is seeking an IP analyst with at least a bachelor's degree to work at their Marina Del Rey, CA location. [Link]
• The Michaud-Kinney Group is seeking 2 IP attorneys with at least 3 years of experience: 1 with a background in chemistry or biology and the other with a background in mechanical or electrical technologies. [Link]
• AdvantEdge Law Group is looking for patent attorneys/agents with a degree in EE, CE, or CS and 2-5 years of experience to work at their South Jordan, Utah location. [Link]
• Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt is searching for a patent associate with a background in CS and/ or EE and 4 years of experience to work in either their Seattle or Portland office. [Link]
• NXP is seeking a Sr. patent attorney, IP and licensing with 10-15+ years of experience to work at their San Jose location. [Link]
• Steptoe & Johnson is searching for IP associates with a minimum of 2 years of experience in patent litigation and a background in EE to work at in their DC office. [Link]
• Harrity & Harrity is looking for patent attorneys/agents with a minimum of 2 years of experience and a background in EE, CS, or physics to work in their Fairfax, VA office. [Link]
• Turner, Padget, Graham, and Laney is seeking a patent attorney 3-5 years of experience in drafting and litigating patents to work in their Greenville, SC office. [Link]
• Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson is searching for a patent attorney/agent with a EE and/or CS background and 3-5 years of experience to work in their Oakland office. [Link]

Upcoming Events:

• The Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association invites you to join us for the 2012 LAIPLA Spring Seminar at the beautiful Lodge at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California, on June 8-10, 2012. The Spring Seminar features nine hours of panel discussions and presentations on the latest developments in intellectual property law, provides excellent networking opportunities at the cocktail receptions and dinners, and allows sufficient time for relaxation and enjoyable outdoor activities, including a golf tournament at the Torrey Pines Golf Course, home of the 2008 U.S. Open. Speakers and panelists include federal judges, practitioners (including in-house attorneys), and academics. [Link]
• The Louisville Bar Association, IP Section, is hosting a half-day CLE program covering various topics in patent law, including patent-eligible subject matter in light of Mayo, patent claim interpretation, joint and distributed infringement, and inequitable conduct. The CLE will be held on June 12 from 9 AM until 12 PM at the LBA office in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Speakers include Donald S. Chisum, author of Chisum on Patents, and Janice M. Mueller, author of Patent Law, Third Edition. [Link]
• A free webinar on Improving Decision-Making with Patent Claims Analytics hosted by IPVision will take place June 12, 2012 at 1 pm EST/10 am PST. Those who attend will receive a free claims analysis. Sign up here: [Link]
• The C5's 11^th Annual International Conference on Maximising Pharma Patent Lifecycles conference will be held June 20-21 in London. Patent lifecycle management is becoming more crucial for pharmaceutical companies with the cost of research and drugs continually rising and companies constantly trying to obtain the maximum financial benefit from existing patent terms. In addition to protecting existing IP rights and seeking methods to extend current patent lifecycles, pharmaceutical companies are faced with the challenge of inventing new drugs and diversifying portfolios to replace sales on older and generic drugs. [Link]
• AIPLA's 4th Annual Trademark Bootcamp will be held in Alexandria, VA on June 22. Learn the trademark basics from top trademark practitioners. This day-long course provides a complete overview of the trademark prosecution process from start to finish, with sessions including: pre-filing considerations, the application process, the examination process, and many more. [Link]
• The ACI 3^rd annual Hatch-Waxman Boot Camp will be held June 25-26 in San Diego. Topics to be covered include: the organization, jurisdiction of the FDA and the PTO and their interplay in the patenting of drugs and biologics, how the approval process for drugs and biologics is connected to the patenting of these products, how the Hatch-Waxman Act established the paradigm for market entry of generic small molecule drugs – and how biosimilar and many others. [Link]
• IP Dispute Resolution 2012 will take place June 28-29 in London. Hear experiences from Kraft Foods, Nokia, Ericsson, Proctor & Gamble, RIM, Google, Unilever...Discuss current litigation issues, procedures & remedies in all relevant jurisdictions. Guest speakers include: Mialeeka Williams, Ignacio de Castro, Michael Bishop, Richard Vary, Kevin Cranman, and many others. [Link] (PatentlyO readers receive a 10% discount)
• The AUTM annual meeting will take place July 23-25 in Oklahoma City. There will be many intriguing sessions and lectures to attend. Guest speakers include: Dennis Crouch, Kevin Noonan, Todd Sherer, and many more. [Link]
• ACI's Freedom to Operate conference is scheduled for July 30-31, 2012 in Philadelphia, PA. Freedom to operate searching and analysis, always a critical component of any patent counsel's profession, is undergoing its biggest shake-up in a generation. Expansion of the obviousness standard, the America Invents Act provisions now requiring a truly global search, and other developments have left patent attorneys and business development professionals perplexed as they try to protect valuable IP in an increasingly competitive global environment. [Link] Register for with PO 200 for a discount.
• Earn Advanced Patent Law CLE in Spectacular Seattle This Summer: The Chisum Patent Academy is now accepting registrations for its 4th annual summer seminar in Seattle, July 30 - August 1, 2012. Their uniquely insightful, interactive seminars are limited to 10 participants. All sessions are taught by Donald Chisum and Janice Mueller. For further details on seminar coverage and registration information, see http://www.chisumpatentacademy.comor e-mail mailto:info@chisum.com
• IP Law Summer School will be held August 13-17 in Cambridge, UK. The only residential conference for Intellectual Property lawyers who want to get ahead... an unrivalled resource for the consolidation of, or initiation into all of the central concepts in IP, presented in the context of the latest developments in the industry. [Link] (PatentlyO readers receive a 10% discount)

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