Law Seminars International (LSI) will be holding a workshop on Successfully Drafting Multilateral Patents on June 23, 2008 in San Francisco, CA.  The workshop will provide information on:

• Successful international patent preparation and prosecution.
• Managing multilateral patent procurement.
• Selecting foreign jurisdictions most appropriate for patent applications.
• Fast track patenting.
• Industry specific trends in global prosecution.
• Drafting specification and claims in a multilateral patent application.
• Country-specific considerations for litigation overseas.

In particular, LSI's faculty will offer presentations on the following topics:

— Focus on Europe:

• Prosecution trends;
• Analysis of practice on divisional applications;
• Impact of the EPC Revision Act;
• The effects of the London Agreement;
• Formal requirements for the description and claims in the EPO;
• Recent case decisions affecting how descriptions and claims should be drafted for success;
• EPO operational issues.

— Focus on Japan:  Successful Preparation and Prosecution

• How the JPO determines lack of inventive step;
• How the description and claims should be drafted for success.

— Focus on Korea:  Successful Preparation and Prosecution

• Preparing specifications and claims to maximize patent protection in Korea;
• Tips and strategies for expediting Korea patent prosecution.

— Focus on China:  Successful Preparation and Prosecution

• Perspectives and suggestions on patent prosecution in China;
• The current patent system and development trends of patent law in China.

— Fast Track Patenting

• Using new fast track programs including U.S. accelerated examination, Patent Prosecution Highway, and New Route, and similar efforts in other countries;
• Risks of fast track patenting;
• Compare and contrast schemes – speed and effectiveness;
• Impact on pendency and enforcement.

— Key Industry-Specific Trends in Global Prosecution

— Drafting Specification and Claims in a Multilateral Patent Application

• Can a U.S. application be drafted for later successful foreign prosecution with minimal changes in the specifications?
• Proposed form introduced;
• Interactive panel addressing benefits and drawbacks;
• Drafting issues;
• Multiple jurisdiction claims.

— Interpreting Claims and Litigating Patents Overseas:  Country-Specific Considerations

The agenda for the Multilateral Patents workshop can be found here.  A complete brochure for this workshop, including an agenda, list of speakers, and registration form can be downloaded here.

The registration fee is $347.50 for students and new employees, $545 for government employees, or $695 for all other attendees. Those interested in registering for the conference can do so here, by calling 1-800-854-8009, or by faxing a registration form to 1-206-567-5058.