October 2005

October 5 - 7

BioContact Québec 2005 A biopharmaceutical partnership symposium, Quebec City, QC.

Bereskin & Parr is a proud sponsor of the conference.

France Côté of Bereskin & Parr will chair a session on Cancer at 2:30p.m., on Wednesday, October 5, 2005.

Luc Bérubé of Bereskin & Parr will speak on “Recent Developments in Biotechnology Patent Prosecution” on Thursday, October 6 at 3:00pm.

For more information go to www.biocontact.qc.ca

October 5 - 8

Pharmaceutical Trade Mark Group (PTMG), Barcelona, Spain

October 12 - 15

Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC), 79th Annual Meeting, Mont Tremblant, QC

France Côté of Bereskin & Parr will participate in the panel “Drafting the Pharmaceutical Patent - Successful Strategies” at 3:15p.m. Thursday, October 13, 2005.

Cynthia Rowden of Bereskin & Parr will participate in the panel “How Current Developments Impact Trade-mark Filing Strategies - Part 1” at 2:00p.m. Friday, October 14, 2005.

Justine Wiebe of Bereskin & Parr will moderate the Trade-mark panel “What's Current in the U.S. and the O.H.I.M. (CTM)?” at 11:00a.m. Saturday, October 15, 2005.

For more information go to www.ipic.ca

October 16 -25

Licensing Executives Society, USA and Canada Inc. (LES CA/USA), Annual Meeting, Phoneix AZ

For more information go to www.usa-canada.les.org

October 17

Conducting Effective Corporate Due Diligence. A continuing education seminar hosted by Osgoode Hall Law School.

Isis Caulder of Bereskin & Parr will be speaking on IP Due Diligence.

For more information go to www.law.yorku.ca/pdp/cle

October 18 - 19

The Canadian Institute, 4thAnnual Forum on Pharma Patents, Toronto, ON.

Bereskin & Parr is a proud sponsor of the Forum.

Michael Charles of Bereskin & Parr will be Participating in the panel, “Update on the Proposed Amendments to the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations and the Food and Drug Regulations: What's Next?”, on Tuesday, October 18 at 9:10a.m.

For more information go to www.CanadianInstitute.com

October 19

Intellectual Property Management Group (IPMG)

Wednesday, October 19th, 2005. 8:30am-10am

Topic: Tools of the Trade, Transforming Concepts into Assets

Discussion Leader: Jim Casey, Intellectual Property Coordinator, Dofasco Inc.

For more information (and on-line registration) go to www.ipmg.ca

October 27 - 29

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C

For more information go to www.aipla.org