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20-21 October: Practising Law Institute (PLI) seminar on understanding the IP license 2008 – Chicago, New York: (Philip Brooks),

22-24 October: ‘IP Pharma Europe Summit’ – Montreux, Switzerland: (Generic Pharmaceuticals and IP)

22-24 October: Europe INNOVA Conference 2008 – Lyon, France: (IPR Helpdesk)

23 October: Strafford Publications teleconference on pursuing and defending IP litigation before the International Trade Commission (ITC): (Philip Brooks)

23-24 October: Practising Law Institute (PLI) seminar on patent litigation 2008 – Chicago, New York: (Patent Docs)

23-24 October: WIPO advanced workshop on domain name dispute resolution – Geneva: (WIPO), (IPR-Helpdesk),

23-28 October: EPO patent information conference – Stockholm: (EPO),

24-26 October: Free Society Conference and Nordic Summit (FSCONS) – Sweden: (Creative Commons)

27 October: IRPI conference ‘Challenges for copyright on the Web 2.0’ – Paris: (IPR Helpdesk)

28-29 October: C5 pharma/biotech IP due diligence conference – Amsterdam: (Patent Docs),

28-30 October: Swedish Patent Office and European Patent Office ‘Patent information conference 2008’ – Stockholm: (IPR-Helpdesk)

29-30 October: Slusky Seminars ‘Invention Analysis and Claiming Seminar’ – Maryland: (Slusky Seminars)

29-30 October: Ocean Tomo Fall IP auction and conference – Chicago: (IP finance), (IP finance),

30 October: IBC Informa seminar on intangible assets: maximising shareholder value – London: (IIR),

30-31 October: Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys annual congress – London: (CIPA),

30-31 October: WIPO and National Institute of Industrial Property of Portugal ‘Forum on geographical indications and appellations of origin’ – Lisbon: (IPR-Helpdesk),

10-11 November: Practising Law Institute (PLI) conference ‘Patent litigation 2008’ – Atlanta: (Patent Docs),

10-14 November: 3^rd EPO Patent Information Advanced Seminar – Vienna: (EPO)

11 November: UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law seminar on ‘Patent enforcement – problems and possibilities’ – London: (IPKat), (Hal Wegner),

11-13 November: Visiongain’s 4^th Biosimilars Conference – Philadelphia: (Patent Docs)

12-14 November: ACI 11^th advanced forum on structuring, negotiating and managing pharma/biotech collaborative agreements – New York: (Patent Docs),

17-18 November: American Conference Institute (ACI) conference ‘Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patent Opinion’ – Boston: (Patent Docs)

17-18 November: Slusky Seminars ‘Invention Analysis and Claiming Seminar’ – Santa Clara, California: (Slusky Seminars)

17-18 November: Practising Law Institute (PLI) seminar on Patent Litigation 2008 – New York: (Patent Docs)

19-20 November: ACI conference on business methods patents – New York: (Patent Baristas),

19-20 November: ACI Paragraph IV on trial conference – New York: (Patent Docs),

17-18 November: ACI intensive course on pharmaceutical and biotech patent opinion writing – Boston: (Patent Baristas), (Patent Docs),

17-18 November: Practising Law Institute (PLI) conference ‘Patent litigation 2008’ – New York: (Patent Docs),

19-20 November: ACI conference ‘Paragraph IV on trial’ – New York: (Patent Docs),

24-26 November: National Institute for Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR) ‘National conference on traditional knowledge systems, intellectual property rights and their relevance for sustainable development’ – New Delhi: (Spicy IP),

26 November: CLT conference on copying without infringing – London: (IPKat), (IPKat), (IPKat),

4-5 December: 3^rd pan-European IP Summit – Brussels: (Brussels IP Summit),

8-9 December. Slusky Seminars ‘Invention Analysis and Claiming Seminar’ – New York: (Slusky Seminars)

8-9 December: ACI intensive course on pharmaceutical and biotech patent opinion writing – Atlanta: (Patent Baristas), (Patent Docs),

15-16 December: Practising Law Institute (PLI) seminar on understanding the IP license 2008 (with live webcast) – San Francisco: (Philip Brooks)

8-9 January: IP Academy Singapore ‘Global Forum on Intellectual Property 2009’ – Singapore: (IP finance),

12-13 January 2009: ACI intensive course on pharmaceutical and biotech patent opinion writing – San Diego: (Patent Baristas), (Patent Docs),

24-27 February 2009: World Generic Medicines Congress Europe 2009 – London: (Health Network Communications)