5-Hour Program

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Overview

Why you should attend

The America Invents Act (AIA) post-grant proceedings effectively hybridize patent litigation and prosecution practices to yield new procedures to challenge or reinforce granted patents. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) rules to implement the AIA will be fully effective by September 17, 2012.

Join our expert, experienced faculty of in-house and law firm attorneys, as well as senior PTO officials, to learn what you must know to succeed in the new environment.

This seminar details the diverse skill set necessary to critically evaluate, file, and effectively prosecute these proceedings. Take away what you need to know to file and respond to petitions and conduct discovery, motion practice and trial before the Patent Trial and Appeals Board.

What you will learn

  • Master the new post-grant proceedings for resolving patent disputes
  • Updates to the rules and legislation relevant to the new post-grant proceedings
  • When to use the new post-grant review, inter partes review, and transitional program for covered business method patents
  • Understand derivation proceedings and supplemental examination
  • The new role of ex parte reexamination
  • Budgeting time and money for these new proceedings
  • The new definition of prior art
  • Strategies and tactics for patent trial and appeal board practice: pre-trial preparation; the use of experts; discovery; motion practice; oral hearings; and appeals

Who should attend

Patent owners and investors involved in patent litigation or considering the initiation of patent litigation; corporate counsel responsible for managing a patent portfolio and responding to third-party inquiries; patent litigators advising clients in disputes that involve or may lead to litigation; and patent professionals seeking to gain an edge by better understanding and taking advantage of these new procedures to test the validity of granted patents.

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