The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) will hold its Annual Meeting, February 10-13, 2019, in Austin, Texas. More than 1,700 technology transfer professionals from around the world participate in the AUTM Annual Meeting, which features networking, professional development and sessions to keep you up-to-date on trends in technology transfer. Cantor Colburn partners with many public and private university technology transfer offices to protect their IP.

Cantor Colburn Patent Agent Varsha Pednekar, Ph.D. will be on the IP/Patent law/Regulatory Affairs panel discussion at the 8th Annual "Prepare, Persist, Prosper" Annual Postdoctoral Career Symposium on February 7, 2019 at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.

The Copyright Team at Cantor Colburn will present, “Creativity and the Law: What Every Artist Should Know About Their Creations,” presented in partnership with the Greater Hartford Arts Council. This session is a copyright basics seminar for artists in all media. 

Presenting are Michelle Ciotola, Partner and Trademark & Copyright Department Vice Chair, Associates Ali Caless and Ben Cantor, and Senior Trademark paralegal Crysta Lemon Schmidt. 

Partners Phil Colburn, Charlie O'Brien and Jenae Gureff will attend the American Intellectual Property Law Association MidWinter Meeting, January 30-February 2, 2019 in Tampa. 

The American Bar Association (ABA) Mid-Year Meeting 2019 takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 23-28, 2019. Partner Dave Christensen will attend. He is a member of the ABA's Law Practice Magazine Editorial Board and the Knowledge Strategy Committee.

The Connecticut Bar Association Young Lawyers Association is hosting the Pro Bono Hour, a short presentation style forum for organizations to share information with each other about their programs and volunteer opportunities with pro bono organizations, taking place on January 22, 2019 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm at Herd Restaurant in Middletown. 

Jared Howenstine and Jessica Eastman will attend the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics at UMass January 18-20, 2019. The UMass Amherst site is one of 12 different conferences taking place in various locations around the country over that same weekend. Attendees of the conference are generally regional, and are coming together to present information on their physics research, network with their community, and learn more about career prospects in local companies.

The 2019 International Coalition for Energy Storage and Innovation (ICESI) and Pacific Power Source Symposium (PPSS) joint meeting will be held in Hawaii January 5-10, 2019. Partner Grant Ehrlich will moderate a panel discussion on Grid Energy Storage Systems with panelists Shirley Meng of UC San Diego, Andreas Jossen of TUM, Tobias Placke of Uni Muenster and Vincent L. Sprenkle of PNNL.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the 2018 IPO Education Foundation Awards Dinner which recognizes the 45th Inventor of the Year,  IP Video Contest Winners, and more. The event takes place on December 11, 2018 at the National Building Museum in Washington. D.C. Cantor Colburn is sponsoring the Welcome Reception for all awards dinner guests for the third consecutive year. 

Transactional Practice Group Chair Charlie O'Brien will speak on Monetizing Intellectual Property Assets Using Effective Licensing Strategies at a program presented by the Connecticut Bar Association Business Law Section On December 11, 2018 at the Quinnipiac Club in New Haven, Connecticut. Also on the panel are Diane Corvello, Asst. Clinical Professor, UConn Law School IP and Entrepreneurship Law Clinic, and Tom Menard from Alix, Yale & Ristas, LLP.

The IP Section of the State Bar of Georgia will meet for its annual IP Holiday Party on December 6, 2018 at the Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta. The IP Section will be collecting donations to the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

Cantor Colburn partners Michael Rye and Todd Garabedian, Ph.D. will present at the Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) IP Section meeting on IP Ethics, a session with CLE credit, held at Cantor Colburn's Hartford office.

Cantor Colburn's David Bomzer is a speaker at the New York City Bar and MIT Enterprise Forum of NYC program "Blockchain IP: Innovation and the Distributed Ledger Revolution," on November 29, 2018, a program for members and non-members alike. 

Bryan D. Zerhusen, Ph.D., Esq., will attend the Life Sciences IP Due Diligence Forum on November 29-30, 2018 in Boston. Bryan chairs the Cantor Colburn Life Sciences Practice Group. 

Michelle Ciotola will attend ASIPI Rio 2018. She is a partner and Vice Chair of Cantor Colburn's Trademark & Copyright Department. She is an active member of INTA, ECTA, and MARQUES, and her practice encompasses all aspects of trademark and copyright law.

Co-Managing Partner Phil Colburn and Brad Lawrence will attend the IP Strategy Summit: New York on November 13, 2018. Phil will lead a panel discussion, "Prosecution and Portfolio Management; Inconsistency, Complexity & Budgets." 

Connecticut Innovations presents an evening with Connecticut’s most promising tech companies, several of which recently launched from Israel, be held at the Hartford Golf Club on Tuesday, November 13, 2018. The Keynote Speaker is Bruno Wu, the Executive Chairman & CEO of  Ideanomics (formerly Seven StarsCloud Group), who is building an innovation and technology  headquarters in West Hartford, Connecticut. Cantor Colburn's Co-Managing Partner Michael Cantor is the chairman of the board of Connecticut Innovations, Connecticut’s strategic venture capital arm, which provides funding and strategic support to early-stage technology companies.

Charlie O'Brien and David Bomzer will present "What Non-IP Attorneys and Business Professionals Need to Know About IP Transactions," with West LegalEdcenter, a Thomson Reuters Webinar. This session will provide attorneys and business professionals with an overview of the basic categories of intellectual property and describe the various structures of typical IP transitions.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the Connecticut Children's Medical Center Gala on November 10, 2018 in Hartford, Connecticut. 

Cantor Colburn Partner Charles O'Brien will present an introductory workshop on IP basics for business owners, "Intellectual Property for Business Owners," coordinated by the Greater Hartford Chapter of SCORE on November 7, 2018 in Simsbury, Connecticut.

The INTA 2018 Leadership Meeting will take place November 6-9, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. It brings together INTA volunteer leaders once a year to advance the Association’s objectives and goals.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a Magic Moments Sponsor of the Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters, Start Something Big Gala being held at The Society Room at 6:00PM

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor ScaleUP CT on October 30, 2018 in Fairfield, Connecticut. Presented by the Connecticut Technology Council, ScaleUP CT is designed to support companies that are beyond the startup phase. ScaleUP CT is a half-day event built to educate and invigorate the leaders of Connecticut's growing companies.

Michael Powell and David Kincaid will attend the Software IP Conference on October 30, 2018 in San Francisco. 

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the 13th Annual Aurora Signature Breakfast at the Hartford Marriott Downtown, Hartford, Connecticut on October 26, 2018. 

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will hold its Annual Meeting October 25-27, 2018, in Washington, D.C. Partner Jenae Gureff, chair of the AIPLA Mentoring Committee, will attend the event.

Cantor Colburn is pleased to be a returning sponsor of The 5th Annual JAX Healthcare Forum, which focuses on emerging science and technology that will change the future of healthcare, and innovations in healthcare. Todd E. Garabedian, Ph.D., Partner and Vice Chair of the Life Sciences Practice Group, is on the planning committee for this forum and will attend the event.

Quinnipiac University School of Business and People’s United Bank are re-opening the People’s United Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at a reception on October 24, 2018. Cantor Colburn attorneys Todd Garabedian, Ph.D. and David Bomzer are adjunct professors at Quinnipiac School of Law.

The 2018 IP Legends Awards Luncheon, honoring Lonnie Johnson, Larry Nodine, and Ambassador Andrew Young. This event is presented by the Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance, the Georgia State University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, the IP Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia and the Atlanta Bar Association. Cantor Colburn is a Georgia State University College of Law IP Sponsor of many years. 

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring The Third IP Defense Summit: Seattle on October 23, 2018, at which partner Srikant Viswanadham will be a featured speaker. 

Dennis Jakiela, Ph.D. will speak at the Inventors Association of Connecticut on "U.S. Patent Law - A Brief History," on October 23, 2018 at Fairfield University. Dennis is a patent agent who writes and prosecutes U.S. and international patent applications and is an advisor to foreign associates all over the world on his clients’ foreign patent filings and prosecution.

Cantor Colburn, a Premier Sponsor of the Georgia State University College of Law Intellectual Property Program, is pleased to support The Annual Corporate IP Institute®, presented by the university's College of Law and the J. Mack Robinson College of Business, and the Atlanta Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section. This collaboration is for the educational benefit of corporations interested in maximizing the value of their intellectual property assets.  The annual two-day annual event is held at the Georgia State University Student Center, October 22-23, 2018.

VentureClash takes place on October 18, 2018 at the Yale School of Management in New Haven, Connecticut. It brings together the most promising early-stage companies, experts, investors, customers and educators. Finalists among the early stage companies will compete in Connecticut’s global venture challenge, with investment awards totaling $5 million from Connecticut Innovations (CI). Michael Cantor is the Chair of CI, the state's strategic venture capital arm and the leading source of financing and ongoing support for innovative, growing companies. 

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Hartford Light The Night Walk and biotech associate Nicholas Herrel, Ph.D., Esq. is the event chairperson. The event takes place at Bushnell Park on Thursday, October 18, from 5-8 in the evening. Team Cantor Colburn and many other corporate and community teams will come together as a community to honor survivors, raise awareness of blood cancers, and remember those who have lost their battle.  

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the Pro Bono Partnership’s 2018 Gala which marks the organization’s 21st anniversary of providing free legal services to nonprofits in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. 

The LES (Licensing Executives Society) Annual Meeting takes place October 14-17, 2018 in Boston. Cantor Colburn's Transactional Practice Group assists clients with sophisticated IP-related transactions.

Cathy Roumell will present “Phillips v BRI: a tale of two standards" for Michigan IP Inn of Court on November 14, 2018.

The Connecticut Bar Association is offering a CLE, "A Lawyer's Primer on Blockchain and Smart Contracts," on October 12, 2018. 

Stanley + Techstars Additive Manufacturing Accelerator Demo Day is October 11, 2018 at the Bushnell Theatre in Hartford. It is the culmination of a 12-week program in which ten companies from around the globe relocated to the new Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence – Manufactory 4.0 – in Hartford, CT. Cantor Colburn was one of the first law firms in the country to have an Additive Manufacturing Practice Group, led by Dave Christensen.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning Gold Sponsor of the CIP CUP® 2018 Charity Intellectual Property Golf Tournament (9th Annual) on October 4, 2018 at St. Ives Country Club in Johns Creek, Georgia.

David Kincaid will attend the Southern Automotive Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia, October 3-5, 2018. 

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring The IP Strategy Summit: Houston on October 2, 2018 at the Hotel Derek, where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II will be a featured speaker.

Phil will be part of a panel discussion on “Portfolio Management and Patent Prosecution: Going Beyond Quality.” He will also lead a roundtable discussion on "Unintended Consequences of Nautilus, Highmark, Octane & ALICE for Patent Owners." 

The 6th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes Master Symposium will take place in Chicago on October 1-3, 2018.  Cantor Colburn has a dedicated Pharmaceutical Practice Group comprised of experienced litigators, Ph.D. chemists, and patent attorneys. Litigators Steve Coyle and Nicholas Geiger will attend.  

Houston Intellectual Property Law Association and the University of Houston Law Center Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law present the Fall Institute of Intellectual Property Law 2018 on September 27, 2018. 

BioCT presents, "Bioscience Investor Outlook: 2018 Trend Report and 2019 Projections" on September 25, 2018 at the Yale Anlyan Center in New Haven, Connecticut.

The Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) 46th Annual Meeting takes place September 23-25, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.

The AIPPI World Congress 2018 takes place September 23-26, 2018 in Cancun, Mexico.

AIPPI, the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, was founded in 1897 and is dedicated to the development, improvement, and legal protection of intellectual property.

Cantor Colburn partner Srikant Viswanadham will be a speaker at the 24th Annual Intellectual Property Law Institute sponsored by the IP Section of the State Bar of Georgia. Srikant will be on the panel  "Strengthening Your IP Portfolio with Design Patents." Cantor Colburn is #3 in the U.S. for design patents. The Institute takes place September 20-22, 2018 on Amelia Island, Florida.

Michelle Ciotola, Partner and Trademark & Copyright Department Vice Chair, Thomas Mango, Trademark Litigation Partner, and Alison Caless, Trademark Associate, will attend The MARQUES 32nd Annual Conference that takes place on September 18-21, 2018 in Paris, France.  This year's conference theme is "Branding Style: Appearance, Aesthetics and Éclat." Many sessions will focus on topics such as branding, design and luxury goods.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the Michigan Association of Corporate Counsel Golf Outing on September 17, 2018 at Plum Hollow Country Club in Southfield, Michigan. Proceeds go to a scholarship fund supported by the Michigan ACC.

Devon Grant  is a small-group discussion leader on patent and intellectual property law at the 5th Annual National HBCU Pre Law Summit & Law Expo 2018. The event takes place at Emory University in Atlanta on September 15, 2018.

Pharmaceutical Practice Group Co-Chair and partner Anne Maxwell, Ph.D. will attend the Managing IP Life Sciences Forum on September 12, 2018 in New York City. The conference brings together industry leaders, inhouse and outside counsel, and members of the judiciary to discuss the latest decisions and significant changes affecting the life sciences industry today. 

Dennis Jakiela, Ph.D. will present, "Protecting your Invention: A Patent Primer," at the American Chemical Society, New Haven Chapter's General Meeting on September 12, 2018 in New Haven, Connecticut. 

Partners Scott McBain and Paul Rodriguez will attend Clubs & Connections 2018: Automation Alley's Golf Outing at Red Run Golf Club in Royal Oak, Michigan. Cantor Colburn is a long-standing member of Automation Alley, a nonprofit technology and manufacturing business association.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of the 2018 Nexteer Scholarship Golf Outing on August 23, 2018.

The Summer Fête: Movers, Shakers and WonderMakers is the largest fundraiser of the year for KidsPlay Museum, in Torrington, Connecticut. 

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring the 15th Annual Patents for Financial Services Summit on July 25-26, 2018 in New York City. Partner Brad Lawrence will moderate a panel discussion on patent matters and AI - artificial intelligence. Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II and Associate Michael Powell will also attend the summit.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning sponsor of the 6th Annual Beer Tasting & BBQ Battle, a collaborative effort of Atlanta Legal Aid Society and Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation to raise funds – and awareness – to support critical programs administered by each organization in the Atlanta area. It takes place on June 14, 2018 at Park Tavern in Atlanta.

Cantor Colburn is proud to support the United Way Women's Initiative event Power of the Purse Luncheon and Silent Auction on Thursday, June 14, 2018. This annual event benefits women and families by providing them with resources and means to help become financially stable. Attendees to the luncheon include Cantor Colburn attorneys Jessica Zimberlin Eastman, Ph.D., Alicia Hayter, Krista Kostiew, Tasia Perkins, and Lynn Stewart. 

Michael Cantor, Co-Managing Partner, and Michelle Ciotola, Partner and Vice Chair of the Trademark & Copyright Department, will attend the ECTA's 37th Annual Conference in Athens, Greece. ECTA (the European Communities Trade Mark Association) promotes the knowledge and professionalism of members and owners alike in the fields of trade marks, designs, copyright and other IP rights within the European Union.

The 2018 BIO International Convention will take place on June 4-7, 2018, in Boston, Massachusetts. Cantor Colburn attorneys Todd Garabedian, Ph.D., Anne Maxwell, Ph.D., Dmitry Zuev, Ph.D. and Sandy Shaner, Ph.D. will attend the 25th annual event. More than 16,500 life sciences professionals will flock to Boston for the convention.

Cantor Colburn is proud to have been a returning sponsor of the The National Invention Convention and Entrepreneurship Expo (NICEE) May 31 - June 2, 2018, at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI. Cantor Colburn sponsors the Most Patentable Award, and provides pro bono legal assistance to the winner, which includes a patent search, patent filing, and prosecution of a patent application.  

Attorney Eric Baron is Vice President on the Board for The Connecticut Invention Convention and is a volunteer judge at the National competition.

Cantor Colburn attorneys and Western New England University (WNEU) Alumni Phil Colburn, Pamela Curbelo, Jim Merrick, Jim Wimpe, and Troy LaMontagne will attend the 50th Annual WNEU Alumni Golf Tournament at the Country Club of Wilbraham in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. Cantor Colburn is a long-time supporter of the tournament, which benefits the WNEU Alumni Association Golf Tournament Endowed Scholarship.

Cantor Colburn Partner Charles O'Brien and Henkel Patent Counsel Taylor Coon will present an introductory workshop on IP basics to the Greater Hartford Chapter of SCORE on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 from 9-11AM at the Institute of Technology & Business Development in New Britain, Connecticut.

Jessica Zimberlin Eastman, Ph.D. will be attending the CT Chapter of the Society of Plastics Engineers annual golf outing, Tuesday, May 22, 2018. The SPE promotes local education in the plastics industry and related fields.

The 140th annual meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA) will take place in Seattle, Washington from May 19-23, 2018. Nearly 10,000 intellectual property professionals from around the world will attend, including a large delegation from Cantor Colburn.   

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring The IP Strategy Summit: Boston on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II will be a featured speaker. Phil will be part of a panel discussion on "Prosecution and Portfolio Management: "Going Beyond Quality" and lead a roundtable discussion on "Unintended Consequences of Nautilus, Highmark, Octane & ALICE for Patent Owners." Brad Lawrence, a partner at Cantor Colburn will also attend.

Jenae Gureff will attend AIPLA Spring Meeting in Seattle on May 14-17, 2018.

Partner Grant E. Ehrlich, Ph.D., will attend the 233 Electrochemical Society Meeting on May 13-17, 2018 in Seattle, WA. The ECS biannual meetings are a forum for sharing the latest scientific and technical developments in electrochemistry and solid state science and technology.

Cantor Colburn is proud to support the Atlanta Community Food Bank in the 7th annual Georgia Legal Food Frenzy.

Several Cantor Colburn attorneys will be judges at the regional and statewide Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC), competitions, including Eric Baron, who is also a CIC board member, Lynn Stewart, Dennis Jakiela, Ph.D. and Dmitry Zuev, Ph.D. This year's convention will take place on Saturday, April 28, 2018 at UConn's Storrs campus.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring The IP Strategy Summit: Atlanta on April 25, 2018 in Atlanta where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II will be a featured speaker. 

Members of Cantor Colburn's Design Patents Practice Group will attend USPTO Design Day on April 25, 2018 in Alexandria, VA. Cantor Colburn is the #3 largest filer of design patents in the country and several of our attorneys attend Design Day every year. Design Practice Co-Chair Dan Drexler will be a panelist at the event. 

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring the Paragraph IV Disputes conference in New York City on April 23-25, 2018.  Cantor Colburn has a dedicated Pharmaceutical Practice Group comprised of experienced litigators, Ph.D. chemists, and patent attorneys.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring The IP Strategy Summit Defense: Silicon Valley on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II will be a featured speaker. Phil will be part of a panel discussion on "Prosecution and Portfolio Management: International Growth & Domestic Uncertainty" and lead a roundtable discussion on "Unintended Consequences of Nautilus, Highmark, Octane & ALICE for Patent Owners."

The Organic Chemistry Symposium will take place on April 12, 2018 presented by the Yale University Department of Chemistry. 

Cantor Colburn Co-Managing Partner Michael Cantor will speak at the Hartford Business Journal event, “90 Ideas in 90 Minutes,” on April 3 at the Hartford Club along with eight other successful executives, all sharing their 10 top business and leadership insights.

The Women of Innovation® awards gala on March 28, 2018, celebrates the women who make Connecticut's businesses and institutions strong leaders on the cutting edge. The event is presented by the Connecticut Technology Council, and Cantor Colburn attorneys Taylor Coon and Jamie Sternberg are judges, working to evaluate the finalists' contributions and select award winners. 

Partner Grant Ehrlich, Ph.D., will attend the 2018 International Battery Seminar & Exhibit, which takes place in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, March 26-29, 2018. Ehrlich is an expert on lithium-ion batteries, and has authored chapters in several battery reference books, in addition to many other articles on the subject. 

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the New York Intellectual Property Law Association's 96th Annual Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary on March 23, 2018. The firm is a longtime sponsor of the Judges' Dinner.

Curt Krechevsky will attend the INTA (International Trademark Association) Brands and Innovation Conference in New York City on March 19-20, 2018.

Cantor Colburn is the Platinum Sponsor for the UConn Innovation Workshop & Patent Celebration on March 19, 2018 at the UConn Law Reading Room. This event will celebrate the UConn/ UConn Health Faculty innovations that have recently been issued patents from the USPTO.

Michael Cantor, Co-Managing Partner of Cantor Colburn, will be a featured speaker. Michael is an Alum of the School of Engineering and the Law School. He has been an adjunct professor teaching at the Law School for more than 20 years.

Michael Cantor is chair of the 2018 United Arts Campaign, in support of the Greater Hartford Arts Council, which kicks off on March 15, 2018 with the event, "Big Red for the Arts," which Cantor Colburn is also sponsoring. 

Howard Levy will lead a roundtable discussion, "Explore the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Accelerated Patent Examination," at the 10th Annual Corporate IP Counsel Forum in New York City on March 14, 2018.

Charles O'Brien and Taylor Coon will present an introductory workshop on IP basics to the Greater Hartford Chapter of SCORE on March 14, 2018 from 10AM-12PM in East Hartford, Connecticut.

Michael Cantor will speak on "Bringing Down the Costs: IP Budget Planning- Tips and Tricks" at the 5th Annual Best Practices in Intellectual Property Conference in Tel Aviv, Israel on March 12-13, 2018.  

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor the 7th Annual Pharma IPR Conference in Mumbai, India, on March 7-9. 2018. Cantor Colburn's Pharmaceutical IP Services Practice Group handles litigation, patent prosecution, inter partes reviews and other Patent Office review proceedings, opinions, landscapes, competitive intelligence, transactional services, portfolio management, biosimilar and interchangeable biological drugs, and more. Steve Coyle, who leads the Pharmaceutical Litigation Group, will speak on "ANDA filling and litigation: strategies to respond."

Dave Christensen will attend the ABA TechShow 2018 in Chicago on March 7-10.  

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) is holding the IP Owners Spring Summit on March 7-9, 2018 in Washington, D.C. This is a conference focusing on corporate IP best practices.  

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the 19th Annual Ethics Seminar and Golf/Spa Event presented by the Houston ACC (Association of Corporate Counsel) in Houston, Texas on February 27, 2018. The agenda includes CLE presentations in the morning and golf or spa in the afternoon. Cantor Colburn's Pamela Curbelo and Jessica Zimberlin Eastman, Ph.D. will attend.

The Association of University Technology Managers will hold its Annual Meeting on February 18, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona.

The Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) presents the workshop, “How IP Motivates Investors and Helps Price Drugs” on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at the Graduate Club in New Haven, which includes a pre-event workshop for investors, entrepreneurs and attorneys.

Partner Jenae Gureff will attend the American Intellectual Property Law Association MidWinter Meeting, January 24-27 in Palm Springs. She is an active member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and is the current Chair of the Mentoring Committee, having recently served as Vice Chair.  

Partner Karl Vick will attend the Association of Corporate Patent Counsel (ACPC) 2018 Winter Meeting in Palm Springs on January 21-24, 2018. 

Cantor Colburn is proud to support the Korean American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA) and its 10th Year Anniversary Gala. 

Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin will speak at the MetroHartford Alliance Rising Star Breakfast on January 9 in Hartford.

Connecticut's bioscience community celebrates the holidays together at CURE's annual holiday party.

The (Society of Women Engineers) Hartford held a Stanley, Black and Decker Open House featuring speaker Karin Overstreet, Vice President, Construction Hand Tools. Karin will speak on Product Development innovation within Stanley, Black and Decker. Cantor Colburn's Krista Kostiew and Jessica Zimberlin Eastman, Ph.D., attended the event. 

Cantor Colburn's copyright attorneys are pleased to partner with the Greater Hartford Arts Council and present a copyright basics seminar for artists in all media. This session will  inform artists about the rights and protections available to them regarding their creations.

Phil Colburn will be a part of the panel presentation and discussion, "Portfolio Management & Patent Prosecution in the Era of IPRs, ALICE & OCTANE" at the IP Strategy Summit: Boston on November 15, 2017.  Phil also led a roundtable discussion on "Unintended Consequences: What Patent Owners Need to Know about Nautilus, Octane, Highmark and Alice." 

CURE, BioscienceClubhouseCT, and the UConn Technology Incubation Program present "Lessons in Herding Cats: Strategic Opportunities for Life Science Companies" on November 14 at the Grossman Auditorium, Cell & Genome Sciences Building at UConn Farmington.

Daniel P. Lent, partner and Chair of Cantor Colburn's Japanese Practice, has been invited by the Intellectual Property Division of the Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, a part of the Japanese government, to give a seminar to 100 patent attorneys, IP professionals, and local enterprises in Nagoya, Japan on November 14, 2017.

Yale and CURE BioHaven present "Sema4 - Transforming Diagnostic Testing Into An Information Business." Originating from the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, Sema4 is an interdisciplinary partnership of scientists, doctors, engineers, and genetic counselors. Senior Patent Agent Sandra Shaner, Ph.D. will attend. 

Hartford Chapter area alumni of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, including Cantor Colburn partner David Fox, will meet on November 13 for a career management and networking event, attended by industry leaders from aerospace, IT, insurance, and Executive Recruiting, among others.

David Bomzer will present a professional development workshop on Intellectual Property to the Professional Activities Committees for Engineers (PACE), the grassroots network of Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) volunteers and committees, on November 11, 2017, at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut. 

The Women in Law and IP Summit: Seattle conference will take place on November 9, 2017 in Seattle, Washington. Partner and Co-Chair of the Chemical, Materials, and Life Sciences Department Pamela Curbelo will attend. 

Cantor Colburn, a Premier Sponsor of the Georgia State University College of Law Intellectual Property Program, is pleased to support The 11th Annual Corporate IP Institute®.

The 2017 INTA (International Trademark Association) Leadership Meeting, November 7-10, 2017 in Washington, D.C., brings together INTA volunteer leaders once a year to advance the Association’s objectives and goals. It offers them an advanced-level educational program and the opportunity to conduct business and network with colleagues from around the world.

Partner Blake Dorr will attend the Asian Patent Attorneys Association 67th Council Meeting in Auckland, New Zealand on November 4, 2017.  

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor ScaleUP CT on November 2, 2017 in New Haven, Connecticut. Presented by the Connecticut Technology Council, ScaleUP CT is designed to support emerging growth companies that excel in innovation and entrepreneurship. Michael Cantor, Co-Managing Partner of Cantor Colburn and Chairman of Connecticut Innovations, will moderate a panel discussion, "War Story of Growth - Perspectives on Managing Growth."

The Summit on IP Due Diligence: Comprehensive and Practical Tips for Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Medical Device Professionals will take place on November 2-3, 2017, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Women in Law and IP Summit: NYC conference will take place on November 2, 2017 in New York, New York. Partner and Co-Chair of the Chemical, Materials, and Life Sciences Department Leah Reimer, Ph.D., will attend. 

Co-Managing Partner Phil Colburn will attend the IP Strategy Summit: New York on November 1, 2017, where he will lead a discussion on "Unintended Consequences of Nautilus, Highmark, Octane & ALICE for Patent Owners." 

Partner Grant Ehrlich, Ph.D., will speak at the Lithium Battery Materials & Chemistries 2017 Conference, which takes place in Arlington, Virginia, October 31- November 2, 2017. Ehrlich is an expert on lithium-ion batteries, and has authored chapters in several battery reference books, in addition to many other articles on the subject.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor The 4th Annual Forum on Healthcare Innovation presented by The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine on October 25-26. 2017, at the Jackson Laboratory's Farmington, Connecticut headquarters. The Forum will focus on emerging science and technology that will change the future of healthcare, and innovations in healthcare.

Phil Colburn will be a part of the panel presentation and discussion, "Prosecuting and Portfolio Management: Crafting and Managing Enforcable Patents" at the IP Enforcement: Silicon Valley on October 24, 2017.  Phil will also lead a roundtable discussion on "Unintended Consequences of Nautilus, Octane, Highmark and Alice for Patent Owners." 

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) held its annual meeting October 19-21, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Jenae Gureff, Counsel in the D.C. office, became Chair of AIPLA's Mentoring Committee. 

Jessica Zimberlin Eastman, Ph.D., will participate in the UConn School of Engineering's Graduate Professional  Workshop: Non-Traditional Career Paths for Students with Graduate Engineering Degrees. Dr. Eastman is a patent agent at Cantor Colburn. She has a B.S. in chemical engineering and a B.A. in German from UConn and a Ph.D. in polymer science and engineering from UMass-Amherst.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the CIP CUP Charity Intellectual Property Golf Tournament on October 17, 2017, at the St. Ives Country Club in Johns Creek, Georgia.

AIPPI World Congress takes place October 13-17, 2017 in Sydney, Australia.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring the 2nd Annual IP Strategy Summit: Houston on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at the Derek Hotel where partner Karl A. Vick will be a featured speaker. 

Patent attorney Alicia Hayter has been recognized as a New Leader in the Law by the Connecticut Law Tribune. She will be honored at an awards dinner on October 3 in Hartford as one of only 25 lawyers selected as a New Leader.

The AUTM 2017 Eastern Region Meeting, to be held in Boston, will gather to discuss best practices and strategies for industry-academia partnerships that culminate in successful product commercialization through company formation or licensing and other agreements.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the Justice Jam Karaoke & Lip Sync Battle 2017 at the Brickyard in Marietta, Georgia, in support of the Legal Aid of Cobb County and Cobb Justice Foundation.

The Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) 45th Annual Meeting takes place in San Francisco, California, September 17-19, 2017.

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor the ICLE's 43rd Annual Intellectual Property Law Summer Institute for the sixth consecutive year.

The New York Intellectual Property Law Association presented Hot Topics in IP Law, Trademark Ethics 101: Investigations, Advance Consents and Terminating Client Relationships at the Princeton Club in New York City on July 19, 2017.  Gerard F. Rogers, Chief Administrative Judge of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, spoke at the event.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office marks the 5th anniversary of the Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional Office and celebrates the success of the first regional office in the U.S. patent system's 227 year history with an event on July 14, 2017 at the Midwest Regional Office.

Cantor Colburn Detroit-based attorneys Paul Rodriguez, Justin Spurlock, Cathy Roumell and David Burns attended the USPTO’s Anniversary Party at the Detroit Yacht Club on July 13, 2017, commemorating the 5th anniversary of the opening of the Elijah J. McCoy Midwest Regional Patent Office.

Michelle P. Ciotola, Partner and Vice Chair of the firm's Trademark & Copyright Department, attended the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA) 34th Annual Conference in Budapest, Hungary, on June 28, 2017.

Charlie O'Brien presented a webinar on Artifex Software, Inc. v. Hancom, Inc. to the Intellectual Property Owners Association's Open Source Committee.

Connecticut's bioscience community celebrated the start of summer at CURE's annual picnic. CURE (Connecticut United for Research Excellence) is the bioscience cluster of Connecticut, a diverse network of small and large life and health care sciences companies, universities, scientists, educators, students, entrepreneurs, mentors, business experts, and investors. Cantor Colburn is a member of CURE.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the Beer Tasting & BBQ Battle, a collaborative effort of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society and the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation to raise funds and awareness to support critical programs administered by each organization in the Atlanta area.

Cantor Colburn is proud to have been a returning sponsor of the The National Invention Convention and Entrepreneurship Expo (NICEE) on Saturday, June 3, 2017, at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Cantor Colburn sponsored the Most Patentable Award, and provided pro bono legal assistance to the winner, which includes a patent search, patent filing, and prosecution of a patent application.  

The 139th annual meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA) took place in Barcelona, Spain from May 20-24, 2017 and was attended by more than 9,500 trademark professionals including a large delegation from Cantor Colburn. 

Cantor Colburn attorney Jenae Gureff attended the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) 2017 Spring Meeting.  Gureff is Vice Chair of the Mentoring Committee and is Chair of the Pairings Subcommittee.

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association's Judge's Dinner on May 11, 2017.

Cantor Colburn is a gold sponsor of the 4th Annual IP Think Tank and the 13th Annual Intellectual Property Hot Topics Luncheon presented by the Georgia State University College of Law.

Cantor Colburn associate Cathy Roumell attended the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s (AIPLA) 2017 Women in IP Global Networking Event for Southeast Michigan on May 4, 2017. The AIPLA Women in IP Law Committee works to ­facilitate the practice of IP law by women through educational events, networking, and ­mentoring. 

Several Cantor Colburn attorneys were judges at the Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC), an award winning, internationally recognized, 501(c)(3) educational organization open to K-8 students statewide, and is designed to develop, encourage, and enhance critical thinking skills through invention, innovation and entrepreneurship.  

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning sponsor of SpringPosium, an annual Intellectual Property CLE conference co-sponsored by Georgia State University Foundation, Atlanta Bar CLE, and the Atlanta Bar's IP Section.

Cantor Colburn sponsored The IP Strategy Summit Defense: New York City on Thursday, April 27 at the W Hotel - Union Square where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II was a featured speaker. Conference topics addressed Defensive Strategy, 2017 Defensive Perspectives on Post Issuance Proceedings, NPE Defense, Strategic Defense Against Rivals & Operating Companies, Risk Management & Avoiding Litigation and Ethics in IP.

Stem Conn is Connecticut’s largest scientific conference, with 500 participants from academia, industry, and government. The 2017 event took place on April 27 at the Omni in New Haven.

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor a CURE BioHaven event, "The Biopharmaceutical Industry’s Challenges in Drug Pricing" with Dr. John LaMattina, about drug pricing transparency.   

Cantor Colburn is a member of CURE, Connecticut’s bioscience network. Dr. John LaMattina is currently a Senior Partner at PureTech Health, and is the former Senior Vice President of Pfizer Inc. and former President of Pfizer Global Research and Development.

USPTO Design Day took place on Tuesday, April 25 at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in Alexandria, Virginia. Cantor Colburn is the fourth largest filer of design patents in the country and our attorneys attend Design Day every year.

Cantor Colburn litigation partner Steve Coyle moderated the panel "The Ongoing Jurisdiction Debate: From Mylan to TC Heartland" at the Paragraph IV Disputes Conference in New York City, which the firm also sponsored.  Cantor Colburn has a dedicated Pharmaceutical Practice Group comprised of experienced litigators, Ph.D. chemists, and patent attorneys.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning sponsor of The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Discovery Challenge on April 12, 2017 at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. 

The Connecticut Technology Council presented the Women of Innovation Awards Dinner, held on March 29th. This prestigious award program recognizes the energy, creativity and remarkable capabilities of women working in Connecticut's science and technology community.

Grant Ehrlich, Ph.D., Esq., attended International Battery Seminar in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in March 2017.  Ehrlich, a partner in the Hartford office, is an expert on lithium-ion batteries, and has authored chapters in several battery reference books, in addition to many other articles on the subject.

Phil Colburn, Co-Managing Partner of Cantor Colburn LLP, attended the IPO Committee Leadership Meeting in Washington, D.C. on March 15, 2017.  Phil is the Vice Chair of the IPO Open Source Committee.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring The IP Strategy Summit: Atlanta on March 8 at the Ritz Carlton, Atlanta, where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II was a featured speaker. Conference topics addressed IP strategy in light of the Alice ruling on what’s patentable, the Octane and Highmark decisions on fee shifting standards, and potential risky outcomes from post issuance proceedings.

On January 26, 2017, Daniel Lent, Cantor Colburn’s Japanese Practice Group Chair, spoke to  50 members of the Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA) in Osaka regarding: Technology Transfer Strategies for Universities, Useful USPTO Pilot Programs, and Recent Rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit.

With the first four U.S. biosimilars approved and many more in the FDA pipeline, it is critical that pharmaceutical companies develop strategies at a business operations level to comply with evolving regulations, mitigate risk and execute long-term decisions to prepare for success. At the 12th Biosimilars Summit, industry experts spoke about the tools and strategies needed to prepare for the impending changes impacting all elements of the healthcare industry.

On January 24, 2017, Bill Cass, Co-Chair of the Litigation Department, and Daniel Lent, the Japanese Practice Group Chair, spoke to 30 members of the Institute of Intellectual Property in Tokyo regarding: USPTO Post Grant Procedures, Obtaining Attorney Fees Awards in Federal Court for Proceedings Before The USPTO including Reissue, Re-examination, and PTAB Proceedings, Useful USPTO Pilot Programs, the Collaborative Search Pilot Outreach,  and Recent rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit.

Cantor Colburn is pleased to support the Auto Show Charity Preview on January 13, 2017, the proceeds of which directly benefit a wide range of children's charities.

Curt Krechevsky spoke on "The Year in Review in Trademark Registration" at the National CLE Conference in Snowmass, Colorado.  Curt is a partner and chairs the firm's Trademark & Copyright Department.

Leslie-Anne Maxwell, Ph.D., Partner and Co-Chair of the Pharmaceutical IP Services Practice, spoke on "Pharma Patent Battles" at the Pharma and IP Legal Summit in Morristown, New Jersey on December 7th.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning sponsor of the annual Tons of Toys event, produced by Hartford Young Professionals and Entrepreneurs (HYPE), an initiative of the MetroHartford Alliance. The Tons of Toys event collects toys for children in the Hartford area to go to the Boys & Girls Club of Hartford. Last year, HYPE collected more than 1,500 toys.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the 2016 IPO Education Foundation Awards Dinner which recognized Inventor of the Year, Distinguished IP Professional, IP Video Contest Winners, and a grant to a team of high school inventors.

On Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 1:00 pm EST, Jamie Platkin, Counsel in the Trademark & Copyright Department, spoke on the panel of a live Strafford webinar called Preparing UDRP Complaints: Determining Registrant Rights, Providing Evidentiary Support of Bad Faith Registration and Use.  

The Innovation Summit is the largest networking event for Launch, Growth and Proven companies, featuring workshops,  Lunch with an Angel, Company Showcase, and more! Perfect for entrepreneurs, businesses, venture capitalists, angel investors, and members of the public. Cantor Colburn is the founding sponsor of this event.

The 2016 INTA Leadership Meeting, November 15-18 in Hollywood, Florida, brings together INTA volunteer leaders once a year to advance the Association’s objectives and goals. It offers them an advanced-level educational program and the opportunity to conduct business and network with colleagues from around the world.

INTA is a global association of trademark owners and professionals dedicated to supporting trademarks and related intellectual property in order to protect consumers and to promote fair and effective commerce. 

Cantor Colburn sponsored The IP Defense Summit: Boston on Thursday, November 3, in Boston, where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II was a featured speaker. Conference topics addressed defense and litigation. Phil was a part of a panel discussion entitled “The 3 Ps of a Defense Strategy-Prosecution, Portfolio Management & People” and led a roundtable discussion entitled "Unintended Consequences: What Patent Owners Need to Know about Nautilus, Octane, Highmark and Alice." 

Dmitry Zuev, Ph.D. was part of a panel discussion on biomedical careers held at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut on Wednesday, November 3, 2016. 

The Yale Biomedical Careers Committee invited Dmitry Zuev, Ph.D., Esq., to participate in a panel discussion that introduced the university’s Ph.D.s and postdocs to various aspects of careers in law.  

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) held its annual meeting October 27-29, 2016, in Washington, D.C. 

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the China Intellectual Property and Innovation Summit in Shenzhen, China, October 27-28, 2016.

Cantor Colburn sponsored The IP Strategy Summit: New York on Thursday, October 27, 2016 in New York City where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II was a featured speaker. Phil led a panel discussion entitled "The Pillars of an Aligned IP Strategy: Prosecution, Portfolio Management, Competitive Intelligence & Business Goals." 

Cantor Colburn hosted the October 2016 International Trademark Association (INTA) roundtable, Emerging Issues in the Electronic Marketplace, in the firm’s Hartford office. Trademark attorney Jamie Platkin facilitated the two-hour roundtable discussion where lunch was provided. Contact INTA to register.

The 2016 Forum on Healthcare Innovation was presented by The Jackson Laboratory in collaboration with the Connecticut Health Council. The Forum focused on two specific topics: coverage decisions for biomedical innovation  and emerging science and technology that will change the future of healthcare.

The Licensing Executives Annual Meeting takes place on October 23-26, 2016 in Vancouver, BC, Canada, and will host more than 1,000 industry leaders from more than 800 companies. Cantor Colburn attorneys Charlie O'Brien and Grant Ehrlich are presenters.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring The IP Defense Summit: Seattle 2016 on Thursday, October 20, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seattle, where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II will be a featured speaker. 

Cantor Colburn presents a seminar for artists on copyright law through our partnership with the Greater Hartford Arts Council, entitled "Creativity and the Law." Cantor Colburn attorneys will show the importance of using intellectual property law, especially copyright law, to protect artists.

Partner Blake Dorr will attend the Asian Patent Attorneys Association 66th Council Meeting in Bali, Indonesia on October 8, 2016.  

Partners Daniel Lent and Bill Cass spoke to the Intellectual Property Division of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in New York City on October 7, 2016.  

Bill Cass will speak at the Additive Manufacturing for Defense and Aerospace Conference on Designing Additive Manufacturing Airworthiness Certification Standards in Arlington, Virginia in September 28, 2016.

CURE presents a deeply experienced panel of bioscience investors as they explain the venture capital trends of 2016 as well as discuss a look into the future as to where the capital will be flowing in 2017.  

The Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) 44th Annual Meeting takes place September 22-24, 2016, in New York City. For more information visit the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) website.

The AIPPI World Congress takes place in Milan, Italy September 16-20, 2016.

Co-Managing Partners Michael Cantor and Phil Colburn will attend.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning silver sponsor for the 6th annual Sikorsky Homerun for Heroes fundraiser. The fundraiser is to honor Connecticut military veterans and their families and funds raised benefit military veterans organizations in Connecticut.

Michelle Ciotola, Partner and Trademark & Copyright Department Vice Chair, will attend The MARQUES 30th Annual Conference that takes place on September 20-23, 2016 in Alicante, Spain.  This year's conference theme is BRANDS versus TRADEMARKS - TRADEMARKS versus BRANDS. Many of the sessions will address different aspects of this question, focusing on the legal issues and challenges of brands vs trademarks. 

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor the ICLE's 42nd Annual Intellectual Property Law Summer Institute for the fifth consecutive year.

Todd Garabedian, Ph.D. will present a seminar entitled, "Patent Law as a Career Path" at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Okinawa, Japan on July 6, 2016. Todd will discuss his career in patent law, as well as recent changes in patent law, including the importance of legal protection for novel intellectual assets that could have commercial implications.

Litigation partner Bill Cass will speak on New Ideas in 3D Printing at the Inside 3D Printing Conference & Expo in Seoul, Korea. He chairs the Additive Manufacturing Practice Group.

Biosimilars, a forum on legal, regulatory, commercial, and patent strategies for the emerging U.S. biosimilars landscape, will take place on June 13-14, 2016, in New York City.  

Anne Maxwell, Ph.D. and Todd Garabedian, Ph.D. are attending the BIO International Convention (BIO) in San Francisco, June 6-9, 2016.

Partner Jeffrey Waters will speak on “IP creation: The process of patenting” at the 25th International Conference for Management of Technology in Orlando, Florida on May 18, 2016. The theme for the conference is Technology – Future thinking, where researchers, scholars and industry participants from all over the world will explore ideas, innovations, and technologies that change lives, and transform the world.  Jeff concentrates his practice on drafting and prosecuting patents for mechanical and electrical innovations.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring  The IP Strategy Summit: Houston on May 12, where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II will be a featured speaker. 

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor the IP Think Tank and 12th Annual Intellectual Property Hot Topics Luncheon presented by the Georgia State University College of Law. Partners Peter Hagerty and Jeffrey Waters will attend. 

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor the 2016 Connecticut-Israel Innovations Showcase will feature leading-edge Israeli companies whose work dovetails with Connecticut's major industries. Brief presentations will be followed by an opportunity to meet the presenters and uncover synergies, customer opportunities and investment possibilities.

Several Cantor Colburn attorneys will be judges at the Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC), an award winning, internationally recognized, 501(c)(3) educational organization open to K-8 students statewide, and is designed to develop, encourage, and enhance critical thinking skills through invention, innovation and entrepreneurship. 

On April 29, 2016, seniors at UConn's School of Engineering will participate in Senior Design Day at UConn's Gampel Pavilion, followed by a reception for UConn's Engineering Alumni to mark the school's centennial. Michael Cantor, Co-Managing Partner of Cantor Colburn, will offer remarks to his fellow alumni at the reception.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning sponsor of the UConn Health White Coat Gala, which honors the “white coats” worn by the men and women breaking new ground in the lab and providing exceptional, personalized patient care.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring The IP Enforcement & Monetization Summit: Silicon Valley 2016 on April 21, 2016, where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II will be a featured speaker.

Cantor Colburn partner Andrew C. Ryan will present, "Revisions to PTAB Rules" during the 32nd annual Joint Patent Practice Continuing Legal Education (JPPCLE) on April 21, 2016 in New York, New York. 

Andy is a trial lawyer with over a decade of experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in patent cases and other complex litigation matters. He also has significant experience in adversarial proceedings in the Patent and Trademark Office and chairs the firm’s Post Grant Review Practice Group. He regularly counsels clients on adversarial PTO proceedings co-pending with litigation. 

This year is the 10th Anniversary of the USPTO Design Day.  Design Day is on April 19 and takes place at the PTO. The free seminar is attended by United States Patent and Trademark Office Design Examiners, Managers, Design Patent Practitioners and Industrial Designers from across the country.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning sponsor of SpringPosium, an annual Intellectual Property CLE conference co-sponsored by Georgia State University College of Law and the Atlanta Bar's IP Section. Co-Managing Partner Phil Colburn will be on a panel discussing Subject Matter Eligibility.

William Cass spoke at the Inside 3D Printing Conference & Expo in New York City on April 10-12, 2016.  Bill will speak about the "New Ideas in 3D Printing."

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a sponsor of The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Discovery Challenge on April 6, 2016 at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

The Women of Innovation® awards gala on April 6, 2016, recognizes women accomplished in science, technology, engineering, math and those who are involved in their community. It is presented by the Connecticut Technology Council, which Cantor Colburn has supported for many years.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the New York Intellectual Property Law Association's 94th Annual Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary on April 1, 2016. The firm is a longtime sponsor of the "Judges' Dinner" event.

The Connecticut Bar Association Young Lawyers' Section presents, "Representing the Startup Venture in Connecticut," on March 29, a two-hour presentation with CLE credit available. Counsel Grant Ehrlich, Ph.D., JD and other panelists will discuss what attorneys need to know when representing a start up company in Connecticut, including the important aspects in business formation and IP that are different from traditional businesses, as startup companies are often in technological fields and involve outside investors. 

Partner Victor Kernus will present Patent Basics to the George Mason University chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring The IP Strategy Summit: Atlanta on March 1 at the Twelve Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, where Co-Managing Partner Philmore Colburn II will be a featured speaker. 

Attorney Christopher Whalley presented trademark and copyright law issues involved in starting a new business at the Connecticut New Venture Challenge, a weekend session that support students in their interest in starting new ventures.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the 2015 IPO Education Foundation Awards Dinner which will recognize Inventor of the Year, Distinguished IP Professional, IP Video Contest Winners, and a grant to a team of high school inventors.

The INTA Leadership Meeting brings together INTA volunteer leaders once a year to advance the Association’s objectives and goals. 

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the Innovation Summit, presented by the Connecticut Technology Council.  

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor The Corporate IP Institute®, presented by the Georgia State University College of Law and the J. Mack Robinson College of Business. This collaboration is for the educational benefit of corporations interested in maximizing the value of their intellectual property assets.  The annual two-day annual event is held at the Georgia State University Student Center, on October 27 & 28, 2015.

The Licensing Executives Society (LES) Annual Meeting is on October 25-28, 2015 in New York City.

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will hold its annual meeting October 22-24, 2015, in Washington, D.C.

Cantor Colburn Partner and Litigation Department Co-Chair William Cass will attend the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) Science and Society Forum, “3D Printing – Beyond the Tipping Point.”   He will make a presentation entitled, "Legal Challenges in Additive Manufacturing" and then be part of a panel discussion on the subject. 

Daniel Lent, partner and chair of the firm's Japanese Practice Group, will attend the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) IP Practice in Japan Pre-Meeting on October 20-21, 2015 in Washington, D.C.

AIPPI World Congress is on October 10-14, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Phil Colburn will host the roundtable discussion entitled, "Unintended Consequences: What Patent Owners Need to Know about Nautilus, Octane, Highmark and Alice" at the IP Strategy Summit: Boston on October 6, 2015.

The IP Strategy Summit: Defense will take place in Seattle, Washington on October 1, 2015. Phil Colburn is one of the presenters.

Cantor Colburn's Trademark & Copyright Department hosted The International Trademark Association (INTA) Roundtable "Due Diligence in IP Transactions" from 12-2 PM on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at Cantor Colburn's Hartford office. 

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor reSET Impact Awards Night on October 29, 2015.  The reSET Impact Awards Night celebrates the most innovative and viable early stage ventures and start-ups from all industries, and for the first time this year the Challenge competition was opened to all of New England. Honorees will receive unrestricted seed capital, pro bono professional services, and public recognition at the event.

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) 43rd Annual Meeting offers a mix of educational programs led by distinguished presenters, committee meetings, exhibits, and networking functions.

Phil Colburn will be a part of the panel presentation and discussion, "Patent Prosecution & Monetization - Ensuring a Future Revenue Stream" at the IP Strategy Summit: Monetization in New York City on September 24, 2015.  Also on the panel are Dr. Jan M.K. Jaferian,Vice President - IP at Manitowoc Company, Thelma Chen Cleland, Ph.D., Director of IP at Mannkind, and  Reza Sarbakhsh, Lead IP Attorney at IBM.

William Cass will present the session, "IP in an Additive World" at Euromold 2015 on September 24, 2015 in Dusseldorf, Germany.  

Michelle Ciotola, Counsel in the firm's Trademark & Copyright Department, will attend the 29th MARQUES Annual Conference in Vienna, Austria in September 2015.  The theme of the conference is “Mind the Brand! Psychology of Brands.” 

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning silver sponsor for the 5th annual Sikorsky Homerun for Heroes fundraiser. The fundraiser is to honor Connecticut military veterans and their families and funds raised benefit military veterans organizations in Connecticut.

Charles O'Brien presented a webinar for the California State Bar Intellectual Property Section, entitled, "What’s the Deal? What In-House Counsel Need to Know About Intellectual Property Transactions" on August 19, 2015.

Partner Charles O'Brien presented "How to Value Your Innovation" to members of the Connecticut Inventors Association on July 28, 2015 at Fairfield University.

Mr. O'Brien chairs the firm's IP Transactional Practice Group and concentrates his transactional practice on the exploitation, transfer and licensing of technology, and IP rights through various IP related transactions. He has extensive experience in all aspects of complex IP licensing.

Grant Ehrlich, Ph.D., Esq., will attend 3rd Advanced Battery Outlook in Long Beach, California in July 2015.  Ehrlich, an associate in the Hartford office, is an expert on lithium-ion batteries, and has authored chapters in several battery reference books, in addition to many other articles on the subject.

Cantor Colburn Trademark Counsel Michelle P. Ciotola will attend the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA) 34th Annual Conference in Hamburg, Germany on June 10, 2015.

Cantor Colburn LLP is proud to sponsor the upcoming Georgia State Law Hot Topics Luncheon "IP Strategies in Our New, New World" on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at the Georgia State University Student Center.  Cantor Colburn has been a Premier Sponsor of the Georgia State University College of Law Intellectual Property program since 2012.

3D Printing:  Living Tissue to Human Organ, UConn's first Science Salon event, takes place Thursday, June 4, 2015 at NIXS Hartford at 6 p.m. The discussion will explore this transformational innovation from a variety of perspectives, namely medical, ethical, economic and technical. 

Partner Leslie-Anne Maxwell will present a session at the American Conference Institute's 6th Annual Summit on Biosimilars, a forum on the legal, regulatory, patent, and commercial realities of follow-on biologics, June 1-3, 2015, in New York City.  Maxwell, who holds a PhD in chemistry from Yale University as well as a legal degree, co-chairs the firm's Pharmaceutical Practice Group.

The IP Inn of Court for Connecticut was inaugurated on May 13, 2015. The Inn was inaugurated when Federal Circuit Judge Richard Linn presented District of Connecticut Judge Janet Bond Arterton with the charter of the Inn.  

Cantor Colburn's Michael Cantor, Co-Managing Partner, and Nicholas Geiger, Litigation Associate, are officers of the IP Inn.  Other Cantor Colburn attorneys who are charter members are Bud Bedingfield, Adam Bercowetz, Christopher Boehm, and Tasia Perkins.

Dmitry Zuev, Ph.D., Esq. spoke at the 31st Annual Joint Patent Practice Seminar on May 12, 2015 in New York City.

Trademark Counsel Michelle Ciotola gave a presentation entitled “What They Didn’t Teach You in Law School about Trademark Law” during the International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Meeting 2015 Career Development Day.

The 137th annual meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA) takes place in San Diego, California and will be attended by more than 9,500 trademark professionals including a large delegation from Cantor Colburn. 

Several Cantor Colburn attorneys will be judges at the Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC), including Counsel Eric Baron, who is also a CIC board member.

The annual convention gives students and parents an introduction to careers in engineering with exhibits staffed by UConn's students and professors which showcase engineering subjects, including civil, mechanical and chemical engineering – helping students discover engineering and science as real possible careers, definitely within reach.  

Cantor Colburn litigation partner Steve Coyle will present at the Paragraph IV Disputes Conference in New York City, which the firm is also sponsoring.  Cantor Colburn has a dedicated Pharmaceutical Practice Group comprised of experienced litigators, Ph.D. chemists, and patent attorneys.

Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor the 2015 DC Korean-American Attorneys’ Gala, co-hosted by the Korean-American Bar Association of Washington, DC (KABA-DC) and Korean-American Intellectual Property Bar Association (KAIPBA), celebrating the achievements of its members.

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning sponsor of the UConn Health White Coat Gala.

Litigator Nicholas Geiger will be a part of the panel discussion "How to Break Your Adversary without Breaking the Bank: IP Litigation Strategies" at the Connecticut Bar Association IP Law Section Spring Meeting and Networking Event on April 22, 2015 in Hartford.

Cantor Colburn partner Todd Garabedian, Ph.D. will speak at the University of New Haven as part of their Alvine Engineering Professional Effectiveness and Enrichment Program, Spring 2015, Speaker Series.  

Phil Colburn, Co-Managing Partner of Cantor Colburn, will host a roundtable discussion on the Alice ruling and its implications at the IP Strategy Summit in Atlanta on April 14, 2015.

Co-Managing Partner Phil Colburn will be a panelist discussing international IP protection at the 2015 Intellectual Property SpringPosium, which the firm is also sponsoring.

At the New York Intellectual Property Law Association's 93rd Annual Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary, former United States Secretary of State Keynote Speaker Madeleine K. Albright will be the keynote speaker and Honorable James D. Smith, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, United States Patent and Trademark Office, will receive the Outstanding Public Service Award.  

Phil Colburn, Co-Managing Partner of Cantor Colburn, will be a part of the panel discussion "Patent Prosecution: Producing Enforceable Patents" at the IP Strategy Summit: Enforcement in New York City in March 2015. 

Blake Dorr attended INTA's Trademarks in Japan conference in Tokyo.  Blake, a partner in the firm's Atlanta office, was an attorney with a Japanese firm for two years.

Cantor Colburn's Trademark & Copyright Department hosted The International Trademark Association (INTA) Roundtable "Lean and Mean – Effectively Managing a Global Trademark Practice" from 12-2 PM on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at Cantor Colburn's Hartford office.

Partners Curt Krechevsky and Howard Levy will attend INTA's 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing:  Cutting-Edge IP and Business Implications conference in New York City on March 10-22, 2015.  

Phil Colburn, Co-Managing Partner of Cantor Colburn, will be a part of the panel discussion "Designing a Prosecution Strategy for the Global Market" at the IP Strategy Summit in Seattle, Washington in February 2015.

Phil Colburn, Co-Managing Partner of Cantor Colburn, will be a part of the panel discussion "Patent Prosecution & Monetization - Ensuring Future Revenue Stream" at the IP Strategy Summit - Monetization:  Harvesting Your IP in Silicon Valley, California, in January 2015.

Washington, D.C.-based Cantor Colburn associate Jenae Gureff attended the AIPLA 2015 Mid-Winter Institute meeting in Orlando. Gureff serves on the AIPLA Mentoring Committee and chairs the Pairings Subcommittee.

Partner William Cass will present "Global Strategies for Intellectual Property in Additive Manufacturing" at the Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo January 27-28, 2015, in Singapore.

Cass co-chairs Cantor Colburn's Additive Manufacturing Practice Group and is a frequent speaker and author on the topic in relation to intellectual property.

The North American International Auto Show 2015 takes place the week of January 12, 2015, showcasing the next generation of transportation.  Cantor Colburn is pleased to support the Auto Show Charity Preview on January 16, the proceeds of which directly benefit a wide range of children's charities.

Attorneys Adam Bercowetz and Nick Stadnyk will present a session on intellectual property issues involved in starting a new business at the Connecticut New Venture Challenge, a weekend session that support students from several Connecticut colleges.

Leah Reimer, Ph.D., Partner and Co-Chair of the firm's Chemical, Material, and Life Sciences Department, will speak at the International Intellectual Property Law Association (IIPLA) Annual Congress 2015 during January 5-6, 2015 at Le Méridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  She will present the topic "Prior Use Rights – Established Worldwide, but Assert Only with Caution in the U.S."

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the 2014 IPO Education Foundation Awards Dinner.

Phil Colburn, Co-Managing Partner of Cantor Colburn, will be a part of the panel discussion "A Unified Patent Prosecution Strategy" at the IP Strategy Summit in Orange County, California, in November 2014.

Cantor Colburn is the founding sponsor of the Connecticut Innovation Summit, the state's largest tech networking event, where innovative, emerging, and disruptive companies, premier service providers, and elite technology leaders meet and celebrate innovation. The event concludes with an Awards Ceremony, hosted by Co-Managing Partner Michael Cantor, which will recognize the next generation of high-growth companies in Connecticut.  

Cantor Colburn is proud to be a gold sponsor of the Licensing Executive Society Asia-Pacific's 5th Annual Regional Conference.  Partner and Korean Practice Group Chair Jim Merrick and Associate Jaehoon Kim will attend the event. 

Partner William Cass will present "Global Strategies for Intellectual Property in Additive Manufacturing" at the Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo on November 4, 2014, in Shanghai, China.

Cantor Colburn will host the October 2014 International Trademark Association (INTA) roundtable, Are you up-to-date with the latest legal issues in social media?, in the firm’s Hartford office.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring reSET’s 4th Annual Social Enterprise Awards, a celebration of Connecticut social entrepreneurs with the most viable, sustainable, market-based solutions for some of our state’s most pressing social problems. 

Cantor Colburn partners Anne Maxwell, Ph.D., Esq. and Christopher Boehm, Esq. will present "Understanding and Valuing Intellectual Property" to the Connecticut Chapter of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts on Thursday, October 23rd at the New Haven Realtors Association in North Haven, Connecticut.  

Cantor Colburn will host the September 2014 International Trademark Association (INTA) Trademark Assistant (TMA) roundtable, The Office Action:  A Challenge or a Cinch?, in the firm’s Hartford office on September 11th.

Dmitry Zuev, Ph.D., Esq., attended the 248th American Chemical Society Meeting in San Francisco, where he gave two presentations:  “Lead Compound Theory in Obviousness Inquiry: an Unsurmountable Obstacle for a Patent Challenger?” and “Fixing Application Filing Errors: When Can a Defective Patent Be Reissued?”

Cantor Colburn partner and Japanese Practice Group Leader, Daniel P. Lent, will speak at the meeting.

On Saturday, May 3, 2014 at UConn's Storrs Campus, more than 600 young inventors  will come together for the 30th annual state-wide Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC) hosted by UConn's School of Engineering. Several Cantor Colburn attorneys are volunteer judges at the event.

Yale's Dr. Thomas Steitz, Nobel Prize Laureate and co-founder of Melinta, will provide introductory remarks about the the company's foundation science. This is presented by Yale University and CURE.

Cantor Colburn partner Anne Maxwell, Ph.D. will speak on Patent Invalidity Due to the On Sale Bar - Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. v. Sunbeam Products, Inc. during the 30th annual Joint Patent Practice Continuing Legal Education on April 23, 2014 in New York, New York. 

The Keynote Speaker will be Hon. Alan D. Lourie of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Key government officials from the USPTO and FTC have been invited to join the program to discuss the latest developments in IP law. These include Drew Hirshfeld, USPTO Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy; Markus Meier, FTC Assistant Director; Janet Gongola, USPTO Patent Reform Coordinator and Associate Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy; Nathan Kelley, USPTO Solicitor and Deputy General Counsel for IP; and Hon. Thomas  Giannetti, USPTO Lead Administrative Patent Judge, Patent & Trial Board. 

Cantor Colburn patent agent Tina Dorr, Ph.D., presented “From the Bench to the Bar: Patent Law Careers for Scientists” to biology and computer science Ph.D. students at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia on April 16, 2014. Dr. Dorr's Ph.D. in chemistry and biochemistry is from Georgia Tech, where she was formerly a research assistant.

Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor Intellectual Property SpringPosium 2014, a two-day CLE conference presented by the Atlanta Bar Association. Co-Managing Partner Phil Colburn is a panelist for a session entitled, Subject Matter Eligibility After Myriad and CLS Bank.

Cantor Colburn partner Todd Garabedian, Ph.D., will speak on patent law and intellectual property to engineering students at the University of New Haven's the Alvine Engineering Professional Effectiveness and Enrichment Program Speaker Series.

USPTO offers its annual Design Day.

Pamela J. Curbelo, Partner and Co-Chair of Cantor Colburn’s Chemical, Material and Life Sciences Department, is named a finalist by the Connecticut Technology Council in the Women of Innovation Award in the Small Business Innovation and Leadership category.  This is the tenth year of this prestigious award program recognizing the energy, creativity and remarkable capabilities of women working in Connecticut's science and technology community.

Cantor Colburn partner Anne Maxwell, Ph.D., joins a CURE panel discussion of the Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics decision and its impact on entrepreneurship In diagnostics and customized medicines at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven on Tuesday, March 25, from 4-6 PM. This BioHaven seminar has convened a panel of experts from various sectors of the biotech and pharmaceutical industry to discuss the business implications of cases such as Myriad.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring two intellectual property (IP) symposia in Mumbai and Ahmedabad, India on Strategies for Managing Pharma, Biotech & Chemical Patent Portfolios attended by research and development scientists and IP professionals from India, presented by the Institute of Intellectual Property Research & Development. Co-Managing Partner Michael Cantor and Pharmaceutical Litigation Practice Group Chair Steve Coyle will lead a team to make presentations on strategic generic pharmaceutical patent portfolio issues.

Cantor Colburn is sponsoring two intellectual property (IP) symposia in Mumbai and Ahmedabad, India on Strategies for Managing Pharma, Biotech & Chemical Patent Portfolios attended by research and development scientists and IP professionals from India, presented by the Institute of Intellectual Property Research & Development. Co-Managing Partner Michael Cantor and Pharmaceutical Litigation Practice Group Chair Steve Coyle will lead a team to make presentations on strategic generic pharmaceutical patent portfolio issues.

Cantor Colburn partner and Japan Practice Group Leader Daniel P. Lent attended the American Intellectual Property Law Association Mid-Winter meeting, where he gave two presentations to the Japan Practice Committee. The first was on the new USPTO Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Programs (PPH) and the second was on the Patent Law Treaty (PLT).

Connecticut's bioscience community celebrates the holidays together at CURE's annual holiday party. CURE (Connecticut United for Research Excellence) is the bioscience cluster of Connecticut, a diverse network of small and large life and health care sciences companies, universities, scientists, educators, students, entrepreneurs, mentors, business experts, and investors.

The IP Strategy Summit: NY brings together thought-leaders from a cross-spectrum of blue chip companies for a unique mix of insightful content, workshops, exclusive speakers, high power networking and real life, actionable cases studies.

Cantor Colburn is a platinum sponsor of the Connecticut Innovation Summit, a day-long program for executives, entrepreneurs, rising technology leaders, and investors to come together to share ideas and promote innovation. The program includes mentor meetings, a funding fair, a sales pitch competition, a poster expo, and an awards ceremony.

Attendees will meet with the UConn Engineering faculty along with representatives from Connecticut Innovations, UConn's Office of Economic Development and the School of Business to offer practical knowhow to help companies improve operations and bottom line profits. The program will feature an open networking forum along with reserved speed dating for individual industry-faculty discussions. 

Jamie Platkin will host The International Trademark Association (INTA) Roundtable "WIPO’s Madrid and OHIM’s CTM and RCD Systems" on October 31, 2013 at Cantor Colburn's Hartford Office.

Cantor Colburn is hosting a University of Connecticut Alumni Networking Reception at its Houston office from 6-9 p.m. on Thursday, October 17, 2013. The reception is hosting with UConn School of Engineering Interim Dean Kazem Kazerounian, UConn School of Business Dean John A. Elliott.   All alumni are welcome.

Inside 3D Printing Conference & Expo is the first B2B 3D printing trade show in the Asia-Pacific region.

Cantor Colburn is pleased to once again be a sponsor of the 39th Annual Intellectual Property Law Summer Institute, co-sponsored by the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan.

Trademark Counsel Michelle Ciotola gave a presentation entitled “What They Didn’t Teach You in Law School about Trademark Law” during the International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Meeting 2013 Career Development Day.

Phil Colburn, speaker, "America Invents Act - Practical Implications of New First to File Provisions"

Phil Colburn moderated the panel, "Winning Early:  Working with R&D and Pre-Launch Teams to Optimize Monetization."

Presenter: "Third Party Pre-Issuance Submission and Public Forums: The tension between sections 122(c) and 122(e) and whether an examiner is permitted to search for public forum discussions of a pending application (such as Stack Exchange)"

Presenters: Steven Coyle, Anne Maxwell, Ph.D., David Rodrigues, Ph.D.

Presenters: Steven Coyle, Anne Maxwell, Ph.D., David Rodrigues, Ph.D.

Jamie Platkin will host The International Trademark Association (INTA) Roundtable "Social Media and Intellectual Property" on January 29, 2013 at Cantor Colburn's Hartford Office.

Anne Maxwell, Ph.D. presented "Kyocera Wireless Corp. v. ITC" at the 25th Annual JPPCLE Conference.