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Konrad Sechley is a principal patent agent in Gowlings' Vancouver office and chair of Gowlings' Life Science Industry Group. He is the former national leader of the Patent Prosecution Practice Group. His practice focuses on patent protection in the biotechnological, agricultural, pharmaceutical chemical, cleantech, biofuel and bioenergy sectors in Canada, U.S. and abroad. He works with a full range of clients including government, university and hospital research labs, startup and mid-sized biotech, cleantech, pharmaceutical and multinational corporations.
He is a registered patent agent in Canada and the United States and a qualified Canadian patent examiner.
Prior to joining Gowlings, Konrad worked as a post-doctoral research scientist in several university, government and industrial research labs in the field of biochemistry and molecular biology (cloning, protein sequencing, antibody production, analysis of developmentally induced genes).
Konrad is involved in the training of patent agents within Gowlings, the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada and the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys.
Konrad has published numerous articles and speaks regularly on IP protection in biotechnology.
- "Not all first to file systems are the same,” co-authored with Clare Salisbury, Life Sciences and Law, 2013-2014
- Chair of IPIC Patent Agent Tutorials and tutor for patent drafting module, Gatineau, Quebec, March 4-5, 2013
- CILS Conference on International Intellectual Property Law, co-chaired with David Aylen, Austria, January 27-February 1, 2013; presented paper: “Not all first to file systems are the same”
- “Methods of Medical Treatment Claims in Canada, Europe and the US,” co-presented webinar with Scott Foster, November 29, 2012
- "Intellectual Property - an international view," University of British Columbia, March 14, 201
- Chair of IPIC Patent Agent Tutorials and tutor for Patent Drafting module, Gatineau, Quebec, February 27-28, 2012
- "Developments in Canadian Life Science Patent Law", Conference on International Law, Center for International Legal Studies, Denver CO, February 13-17, 2012
- "IP Strategies for Life Science Companies," co-presented with Sean Alexander, Gowlings Life Science Webinar series, November 28, 2011
- "Identifying and Protecting Intellectual Property/Pursuing Partnerships with the Private Sector", Edmonton, Alberta Innovates Health Solutions, October 13, 2011
- "Patent drafting and prior art," Toronto, tutor in FICPI patent claim drafting work shop, October 1-2, 2011
- "America Invents Act", Vancouver, University of British Columbia, University Industry Liaison Office, September 29, 2011
- "Global Markets and Foreign IP Laws - IP Issues for Life Sciences Companies," Vancouver Licensing Executive Society, May 25th, 2011; co-presented with Sean Alexander
- "Patent Protection in Biofuels and Bioenergy" in Life Sciences & Law, current issues 2011/12
- "Methods of Medical Treatment and Dosage Claims" in Life Sciences & Law, current issues 2011/12; coauthored by Gloria Hsi and Alaka Chatterjee
- "Intellectual Property," Vancouver, Student Biotechnology Network, Venture Ready Program, May 24, 2011
- "Getting the IP Strategy that is Right for You," Insights Magazine, BIOTECanada, Spring 2011, co-authored by Jane Clark, John Norman, Mary Thomson, and Jennifer Wilkie
- "Patent Protection in Bioenergy and Biofuels, a Global View," Toronto, BIO - World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology & Bioprocessing, May 8-11, 2011
- "Patent Drafting," Gatineau, QC, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada Patent Agent Training Tutorials, February 28 - March 1, 2011; Chair of 2011 Patent Agent Tutorials
- "Emerging Challenges for Obtaining Patent Protection in the Life Sciences," Salzburg, Austria, Centre for International Legal Studies, February 2, 2011
- "IP: What's in it for you," Canadian Intellectual Property Office Bank of Speakers Workshop, Bow Valley College, Calgary, January 26, 2011
- "Patent Law" (2010 update), in Life Sciences Law in Canada, Blanchard & Steinberg eds., Carswell.
- "IP Issues in Bioenergy and Biofuels," Honolulu, Hawaii BIO PacRim Conference, December 11-14, 2010
- "Amazon: impact on Life Science patenting," Vancouver BC, Licensing Executive Society, November 8, 2010
- "Patent Protection in Bioenergy and Biofuels," Edinburgh, Scotland, European Forum on Industrial Biotechnology, October 19-22, 2010
- "New Canadian Patent Rules," Webinar, October 18, 2010
- "Advanced Patent Issues in Biotechnology," Winnipeg Manitoba, Life Science Association of Manitoba Workshop on Developing a winning IP and Business Strategy, October 6, 2010
- "Advanced Life Science Patent Issues," Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, September 12-15, 2010
- "Bioenergy and Patenting," Prince George BC, International Bioenergy Conference, June 8, 2010
- "Advanced Claims Drafting Life Sciences," Intellectual Property Institute of Canada Workshop Toronto, Ontario, May 11-12, 2010
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