Two years ago, our now President Erik Belt led a transition to a digital-only BPLA newsletter. This effort was made to advance the association’s use of content distribution technology. In so doing, President Belt pointed out that “” President Belt’s digital move was definitely the right course of action for the association.

In an effort to further advance President Belt’s initiative, with this issue we debut a new digital platform that will further improve our members’ reading experience by providing visually engaging content that is easily navigable from your computer, tablet, or smart phone. Hopefully you will agree that this new platform sees through President Belt’s mission from two years ago to move the BPLA in the vanguard of technological advances as it pertains to delivering news and information to our members.

Rory P. Pheiffer, Editor-in-Chief

Alice: Making Step Two Work

By James Lampert

Grant Submissions and Novelty: A Catch-22 for Startups

By Matthew Kinnier and Amanda Smith

Announcement of 6th Annual Invented Here! Program

By Mark Solomon, Rory Pheiffer, Aaron Connor, and Reza Sadr

BPLA Sponsors the new England Innovation Award Program of Smaller Business Association of New England (SBANE)

By Daniel Young

What/Where/When/Why/How Do I Include this Sequence in a Sequence Listing

By Tara Rix

Members on the Move

When are Method/Device Hybrid Claims Indefinite?

By Mike Visconti

By Sandra Brown and Chelsea Loughran

Update on the Patent Pro Bono Program of New England and Call for Volunteer Attorneys

IP Roundtable with Chief Judge Saris

Annual Judges' Dinner

Honoring Federal Circuit Judge Kimberly A. Moore Wednesday, June 1, 2016 John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse

Member Companies and Firms are Encouraged to Utilize BPLA’s Career Center

MA, Flexible McNeill Baur PLLC

Employment Opportunities

Cambridge, Massachusetts Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Boston, MA Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

Boston, MA NEPC, LLC

San Ramon, MA GE Digital

Boston, Massachusetts Lathrop & Gage LLP

Billerica, MA GE Oil & Gas

Boston, Massachusetts Proskauer

Cambridge, MA Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Waltham, Massachusetts Alkermes

Hopkinton, MA EMC

Saved by the Date? Is Your Pre-AIA Patent still at Risk for AIA Post-Grant Review?

By Doreen Hogle

By Patrick Concannon

Significant Changes to the Rules related to European Trademarks – Three Things You Should Know

BPLA Writing Competition Accepting Entries

Report on the Giles Rich Moot Court Competition

By Emma Hall and Carolina Save