12-Hour Program

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Overview

Why you should attend

The Institute is designed to be of ultimate practice value to all three subgroups in the patent law community: patent prosecutors, patent litigators, and strategic/transactional lawyers. The two-day schedule includes six plenary sessions of interest to all patent lawyers and six breakout sessions in each of the three subgroups.

You design the two-day schedule that best meets your professional needs.

Do not miss this unique opportunity to sharpen your practice skills and network with federal judges, USPTO officials, in-house counsel and outside patent lawyers!

What you will learn

Plenary sessions include:

  • Featured Speaker: Hon. Paul R. Michel (Ret.)
  • Key buyers, sellers and brokers of patent assets divulge inner workings of the patent marketplace
  • Federal judges provide insight on patent law and litigation
  • Practitioners and PTAB Judges provide guidance on PTAB Trial Proceedings and Parallel Litigation
  • The practice impact of the America Invents Act, and recent Supreme Court and Federal Circuit decisions
  • Corporate counsel discuss critical issues that keep them awake at night
Plus customize your Institute by choosing from 18 breakout sessions!


Prosecution Breakout Track: three sessions focused the ongoing USPTO rules and tweaks implementing the America Invents Act (AIA), New PTO Ethics (modelled on the ABA Rules), Patent Law Treaty Revisions for Designs, and other PTO rule action; and two sessions focused on PTAB and CAFC decisions and their unique strategic spillover into the chemical and biotechnical patent prosecution field. Is it all, by now, naturally occurring? The USPTO has been all about AIA implementation; but, the Supreme Court has been increasing its patent system oversight with considerable change at the USPTO being the outcome. Are software implemented methods all abstract? What to do? Come to our PTO intensive breakouts and find out!

Litigation Breakout Track: containing patent litigation costs; developments in life sciences litigation; discovery issues in patent litigation as viewed from the bench; insights on NPE litigation; advice on using courtroom technology; and developments in patent damages.

Strategic/Transactional Breakout Track: hear about key issues concerning patent-eligible subject matter in view of recent Supreme Court and Federal Circuit decisions; views from in-house counsel regarding patent quality and Cost-Effectiveness; and the continued relevance of advice of counsel.

Special Features
  • Earn one hour of Ethics credit!

Who should attend

Patent litigators, patent prosecutors and patent transactional lawyers, both in-house and outside counsel, should not miss PLI’s Patent Law Institute.

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