2021 was an active year for IP cases. The U.S. Supreme Court Supreme Court tackled THREE blockbuster cases: United States v. Arthrex, Google v. Oracle, and Minerva v. Hologic. And while perhaps not issuing any blockbuster opinions, the Federal Circuit has provided the IP law mill with some additional grist. This webinar will provide a roundup of this year’s most significant intellectual property cases. Our panelists are three litigators in private practice, all members of IPO’s Amicus Brief Committee. They will review the most significant decisions as of 2021 and give a sneak peek at coming attractions.

This panel, made up of experienced in-house counsel and Administrative Patent Judges, will discuss the best practices and emerging trends from pre-institution through final hearing. Topics will include strategies focused on petition drafting, preliminary patent owner responses, discretionary denial considerations, replies, protective orders, discovery practice, cross-examination practice, motions practice, motions to amend, demonstratives, and oral hearings.

This webinar will address IP enforcement activities with private marketplace entities. The discussion will include an overview of the brand registration process, enforcement of design patents, and Amazon’s neutral patent evaluation procedure, a procedure implemented to help resolve disputes between sellers and patent owners. The panel will address motions for preliminary injunction, requests for a Temporary Restraining Orders (TRO), and recent case law.

Through this webinar, IPO is proud to launch its Version 3.0 of Section 201 of the Practical Guide to Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession. In this webinar, IPO diversity committee leaders will provide practical insights and tips to lawyers who seek to improve their practices by becoming better stewards of diversity and inclusion in the profession. After introducing various critical concepts and tools from the IPO Practical Guide, we will have a discussion with Sophia Piliouras, Chief Operating Officer of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, who will share insights on how the tools of the IPO Practical Guide to Diversity & Inclusion can help all of us be better attorneys, while allowing us to foster meaningful diversity and inclusion in the process. Participants will have an opportunity to engage, ask questions, and learn how they can use the Practical Guide to take immediate action on this crucial topic.

China has recently introduced much anticipated drug patent linkage measures as part of its implementation of IP reforms required by the U.S.—China Phase I Trade Agreement. This webinar will introduce details of this system. Panelists will describe how it works, share views on whether it is likely to be effective, and provide updates on the latest developments in actions that have been brought under it. They will also discuss the drug patent linkage system of South Korea and provide a comparison with U.S. patent linkage measures.

In this second installment of the three part series, the panelists will discuss the pros/cons of the various options for challenging the validity of patent claims giving perspectives from both challenger and patent owner. The panel will highlight strategic considerations of practice and procedure before the PTAB, district courts, and the ITC. Key topics will include the overall landscape, success rates, costs, timing considerations, presumptions and burdens, estoppel, and more. Learn from a truly experienced panel with experience before all of the forums.

Our panel, which will include an official from the World Intellectual Property Organization and inside and outside counsel, will delve into why, and how, to protect new designs. It will focus on the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Design and considerations for whether and how to use the Hague System, including sharing various tips and best practices.

AIA post-grant proceedings have become very popular with over twelve thousand petitions filed. The landscape and rules have changed over the years and keeping up is difficult. In the discussion, titled “Strengthening Your Patent Portfolio to Resist AIA Post-Grant Attacks,” panelists will discuss strategies and practical tips for obtaining patent portfolios that survive post-grant attacks. Key topics will include: PTAB statistics, application drafting, claim drafting strategies, prosecution strategies, obtaining a robust portfolio, and knowing when and where to assert your patents.

AI technology has emerged as the backbone of many products and services. The panel will walk through an invention disclosure to discuss strategies and best practices for protecting, licensing, and enforcing IP rights covering AI. The panel will also consider the trade-offs of available forms of IP protection for AI including patents, trade secrets, and copyrights. Among the topics that will be discussed: claiming strategies, disclosure obligations, maintaining secrecy, reverse engineering, infringement detection, and eligible subject matter.

Bad faith is an ever-evolving doctrine in trademark law, which has seen several recent developments in key jurisdictions for brand owners. This webinar will cover perspectives from the US, China and Europe, with a focus on case studies and practical take-aways.

This presentation by Carole Boelitz and Jason Friday at Lenovo, moderated by Ahsan Shaikh at McDermott, will discuss the challenges and rewards of taking this bold step into transparency in the diversity in innovation discussion, and what other organizations can do to follow in the Lenovo’s footsteps

With the pandemic, remote and hybrid work arrangements, including for IP lawyers, has proliferated. As we look ahead to re-entry after the pandemic – even if delayed – it appears that such arrangements will continue, at least to some degree, alongside in-person arrangements. This virtual panel discussion will cover topics relating to the various work arrangements, with a focus on those with disabilities.

This joint webinar will provide an overview of arbitration and mediation of IP disputes. Speakers from private practice in the U.S. and China will discuss mechanisms, experiences, and insights for requesting and conducting alternative dispute resolution in their respective countries. In addition, a WIPO official will join the panel to discuss the details of using the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center as a venue to resolve disputes.

Joint ventures (JVs) and other collaborations are becoming increasingly important across the energy sector. They can help lower costs, spread risk, meet technical challenges, open new markets, and navigate ongoing price volatility. But JVs and other collaborations also create many potential pitfalls for your IP portfolio.

The Diverse Inventors subcommittee of the Women in IP Committee is proud to launch a new and updated Law Firm Toolkit that assists legal professionals in law firms to team with their corporate and university clients to increase the diversity in in the innovation ecosphere of the their clients.  The panel will walk through the updated toolkit, how to use it, and discuss practical ways for in-house and outside counsel to partner to use the toolkit.