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LSPN North America Spring 2023

March 2023

HGF are gold sponsors of the LSPN North America Spring 2023 in Boston on the 3 – 4th of May.

Brought to you by Life Sciences Intellectual Property Review, this in-person event presents an unrivalled gathering of in-house patent counsel pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.

HGF Patent Director Dr Lauris Kemp is speaking alongside Daniel Rudoy, Shareholder at Wolf Greenfield, on ‘The WHAT, WHY and HOW of protecting the IP in your Bioinformatics and AI inventions’.

HGF Partner and Patent Attorney Dr Claire Irvine is hosting a CRISPR roundtable on Day 2, of the event, on ‘Navigating the Current CRISPR Patent and Licensing Landscape’. HGF Patent Director Marie Walsh is hosting a roundtable session on Day 2, of the event, on ‘Current Challenges and Sharing Solutions in Precision Medicine Protection’.

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