Clarifying KSR & Impact on Patent Law
Overview:
The recent Supreme Court Ruling KSR v Teleflex whichdismissed "obvious" or rigid interpretation in favor of "flexible"
may perhaps usher one of the most significant with the eighth
changes in Patent law in decades. How will KSR affect your
ability to protect your companies' intellectual property?
The Knowledge Congress has assembled panel of distinguished
experts to help make these policies clear to the organizations
most impacted. The panel will present their findings in a
livetwo-hour teleconference scheduled for November.
Agenda:
Presumption of validity and the clear and convincing standard for proving obviousness;
· Litigation strategy, including:
§ Prior art fact discovery;
§ Expert reports/opinions;
§ Motions for summary judgment;
§ Breadth of admissible prior art;
§ Trial presentation;
· Pending litigation considerations;
· Appeals; and
· The Patent and Trademark Office, including:
§ The PTO’s memo regarding its application of KSR;
§ Pending applications; and
§ Reexaminations
Please note this section will be updated frequently as the faculty panel continues to submit course material
Who Should Attend:
In-house Counsel, IP Attorneys & Consultants, Corporate Senior Management.
John J. Love was named Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) …
Recent representative matters and recognition include: Joined the appellate team for his client, Genentech, in obtaining review by the California …
SAs lead counsel, Jeffrey K. Sherwood has tried many matters for the firm's clients. For the past several years, Mr. …
John Dragseth is a principal of Fish & Richardson P.C. His practice emphasizes complex analytical and writing work in patent …
Mr. Bass began his legal career clerking for Justice Hugo Black of the Supreme Court. In the past 35 years, …
Thomas J. Colson is a registered patent attorney with deep experience in both prosecution and litigation. Unlike most other attorneys …
Course Level:
Intermediate
Advance Preparation:
Print and review course materials
Method of Presentation:
On-demand Webcast (CLE)
Prerequisite:
NONE
Course Code:
882382
Total Credits:
2.0 CLE
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SPEAKERS' FIRMS:
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
About Fish & Richardson P.C.
Fish & Richardson P.C. is an international law firm with
more than 425 lawyers in 11 offices throughout the United
States as well as in Munich, Germany. The firm is one of the
largest in the United States practicing intellectual property,
litigation, and corporate law and offers global services that
include worldwide IP strategy and representation in multi-
national litigation. Founded in 1878, the firm represented
Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and the Wright
Brothers. For more than 125 years we have served great
innovators, helping to protect countless ideas, nurture
discoveries, and bring new concepts to market. The firm
prosecuted and litigated many of the fundamental patents of
an industrialized America, serving corporations creating the
cutting-edge technologies of the day: the telephone, the air-
brake, the steam turbine, the automobile, and the radio.
Frederick Fish, the firm's founder, was for many years the
acknowledged leader of the patent bar of the entire country
at a time when patents were more important than they had
ever been. Today, the firm continues to represent great
innovators working in cutting-edge technologies. In fact, Fish
represents 11 of the top 25 World's Most Innovative
Companies, as identified in a Spring 2007 Business Week
survey.