Navigating Significant Changes to What Constitutes Prior Art, Derivation Practice and More

A live 90-minute CLE webinar/teleconference with interactive Q&A
Sponsored by the Legal Publishing Group of Strafford Publications
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 ~ 1:00pm-2:30pm EDT
Price: $297

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This CLE webinar will provide guidance for counsel to IP owners and inventors on the first-to-file system under the new America Invents Law. The panel will review what constitutes prior art and the new derivation practice.

Description

On Sept. 8, 2011, Congress finalized its six-year effort to reform the U.S. Patent Law System by passing the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA). The AIA represents the most significant change to the U.S. Patent Law System in decades.

Perhaps the biggest change is the move from the current first-to-invent system to the first-to-file system, starting on March 16, 2013. Among the important changes under the new system are the expansion of what constitutes prior art and the elimination of the interference practice.

Counsel to IP owners and inventors must carefully examine and understand the many changes that are coming as patent reform goes into effect in order to advise clients on meeting the new requirements and protecting their IP rights.

Listen as our authoritative panel of patent attorneys provides an overview of the America Invents Act and examines the first-to-file provisions, including what constitutes prior art under the new patent reform law. The panel will offer best practices for patent practice under the new system.

Outline

• America Invents Act
  1. Overview of changed landscape
  2. Effective dates for changes
• First inventor to file provisions
  1. What changes
  2. What stays the same
  3. Derivation practice
• Examples of how new section 102 works under the AIA

Benefits

The panel will review these and other key questions:

• What constitutes prior art under the new first-to-file system?
• How does the derivation practice differ from interference practice?
• How will the new first-to-file system under section 102 work under the AIA?

Following the speaker presentations, you’ll have an opportunity to get answers to your specific questions during the interactive Q&A.

Faculty

Stephen G. Kunin, Partner
Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt LLP, Alexandria, Va.
He represents clients in post-grant patent proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He also serves as an expert witness and consultant on patent policy, practice and procedure. During his tenure at the USPTO, he served in many executive positions, including as Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy.

Brad D. Pedersen, Partner
Patterson Thuente Christensen Pedersen, P.A., Minneapolis
He concentrates his practice in the areas of high-technology, computer, software and medical device patent prosecution strategy, licensing and litigation. Serving as counsel in court trials, interferences and reexaminations, and as an expert witness, he has extensive litigation experience, in addition to his experience in patent prosecution and transactional work.

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Price covers an unlimited number of staff at your office location. Can’t participate in the live seminar? A CD of the full event proceedings, including Q&A and PDF files of all handouts, will be available 10 days after the seminar.

Continuing Legal Education
Continuing Legal Education credits are granted for an additional $65 per person. Please refer to the options on the order page to take advantage of these credits.

Please note: You will be taken to the
Strafford website to complete your order.