The Intellectual Property Practice Program facilitates the development of new Associates and Technology Specialists into IP practitioners. The program offers an introduction to all aspects of intellectual property law including, for example, patent prosecution, litigation, client counseling and trademark and copyright issues. In particular, the patent prosecution section of the program includes training sessions focused on developing patent application drafting and prosecution skills. In addition to a review and discussion of the precedential court decisions which form the basis for current patent prosecution practice, participants receive sample practice materials to facilitate their application of the law to the disclosures of new inventions. The Federal Circuit Case Review program provides a forum to review, assess, discuss and summarize Federal Circuit intellectual property cases as they are decided.
Participants prepare written summaries of cases reflecting the group discussions.
Where appropriate, comments on the manner in which a case impacts various aspects of our practice are included to encourage application of the law to daily practice and to provide a sound basis for client counseling. The written summaries are distributed to the entire legal staff at the firm, providing a further source for discussion of the law by all attorneys and Technology Specialists. Associates and Technology Specialists gain training within their chosen Practice Groups and are provided many opportunities to attend continuing education courses outside the firm to supplement their in-house training.