This webinar will review and analyze the latest judicial guideposts regarding the role and weight of objective indicia in evaluating the non-obviousness of a claimed invention. Uncertainty in this area dates back to Graham v. Deere, where the U.S. Supreme Court explicitly endorsed the use of secondary considerations but failed to clarify their role.

This webinar, which is the third in our recent European Practice Webinar Series, will address life sciences developments and, specifically, patentability at the EPO. Our panel, which is composed of experienced attorneys based in Europe, will discuss a wide array of issues

IP practice in Europe involves many interesting issues, and none more so than the implications of Brexit and developments concerning the proposed Unified Patent Court (UPC). This webinar will bring together well-known IP practitioners from the U.K.’s Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys and IPO’s European Practice Committee to discuss the latest updates relating to these topics and to provide insight on what the future of practice in Europe will look like.

IP practice in Europe involves many interesting issues, and none more so than the implications of Brexit and developments concerning the proposed Unified Patent Court (UPC). This webinar will bring together well-known IP practitioners from the U.K.’s Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys and IPO’s European Practice Committee to discuss the latest updates relating to these topics and to provide insight on what the future of practice in Europe will look like.

This program will discuss the speedy rise of the Western District of Texas as a litigation hotspot and important PTAB decisions about Section 314 that have gone some way to change the complex interaction between post-grant proceedings at the PTAB and related district court actions. Panelists include the Hon. Alan Albright, U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Texas, and two patent litigators, one of whom is a former PTAB judge.

Some of the most interesting and talked-about IP issues, both nationally and internationally, are those relating to artificial intelligence (AI). Among AI issues, patentability and inventorship are hot topics that will likely only continue to increase in importance. On this webinar, panelists will discuss how those issues are playing out in Europe.

In this timely session of the IP Chat Channel, speakers will discuss the Practical Guide to D&I in the legal profession and reflect on how to improve diversity and inclusion. They will also highlight current issues affecting black IP professionals and the negative impact on diversity in general by the economic slowdown. They will offer concrete suggestions about what we can each do to promote these values in our profession for the good of all.

The webinar will analyze the many legal ethics issues raised for lawyers by litigation funding, including the question of who controls the litigation; the traditional law of champerty; confidentiality and privilege; disclosure and client consent; and possible conflicts if the case litigator is the one negotiating the funding.

The webinar will give attendees sophisticated insight into how funders decide in which cases they will invest and what determines the pricing; how the calculus has changed since the advent of IPRs; surprises patent owners and law firms may encounter in their search for funds; and what work a law firm needs to accomplish on a case before seeking funding.

This timely—and free for IPO members—webinar will feature a panel discussion with three senior PTAB judges. Deputy Chief Judge Jackie Bonilla, Vice Chief Judge Michael Tierney, and Acting Vice Chief Judge Michael Kim will talk with Todd Walters (Buchanan Ingersoll), Co-Vice Chair of IPO’s U.S. Post-Grant Practice Office Practice Committee.

On this webinar, panelists will discuss the economic impact of the pandemic, how these economic issues factor in when assessing intellectual property remedies, and existing case law on the impact of “acts of god” on remedies in intellectual property cases.

Panelists will discuss the latest information regarding such measures. Speakers will include officials from the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Madrid Division, as well as private practitioners who can address this topic from both a U.S. and a global perspective. They will address safeguards against missed time-limits and other changes in procedures and operations at WIPO, the USPTO, and other IP offices.

This webinar will focus on litigation strategy now that many more Section 101 issues are going to trial -- and even to a jury. Prior to 2018, the majority of district court cases involving the Supreme Court’s Alice and Mayo decisions ended in invalidation of patents early on after a motion to dismiss or by summary judgment. But then the Federal Circuit decided Berkheimer, and found that these issues can involve factual questions inappropriate for early resolution. Judges are acting accordingly, but these practices are so at the cutting edge that improvisation is needed.

The webinar will review the intersection of mental health challenges and attorneys’ ethical obligation to provide clients with competent representation. We will provide a brief overview of the eye-opening statistics around depression, substance abuse, and mental health in the bar. We will discuss potential impacts on productivity and work quality, the responsibilities of managers and supervisors, and wellness focused solutions as well as how the USPTO’s Diversion Pilot Program and employers can help affected practitioners.

The America Invents Act became law more than seven years ago, but the adjudicatory power of its signature creation, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, continues to be refined by the judiciary. In the past few months, the Federal Circuit, with its decision in Facebook v. Windy City, and the Supreme Court, in Thryv v. Click to Call, both made important clarifications regarding the PTAB’s authority in important matters such as the time bar and joinder.