Technology Transfer Tactics will be offering a webinar entitled "The Elimination and Creation of Defenses in the Wake of AIA" on June 14, 2012 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm (Eastern).  U.S. and European patent attorney Robert Lelkes of Steffin Lelkes Azod, LLP will cover those portions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act that impact the elimination and creation of certain defenses and provide practical strategies for protecting patents.  The webinar will cover the following topics:

• Enhance university income from patents via preservation of the university exception to the prior use defense;
• Preserve ownership of inventions via the new derivation proceedings;
• Protection of the patentability of claims in foreign countries; and
• Timing and claim content considerations to eliminate or create applicability of first-to-file, the new grace period definition, and the new post grant proceedings.

The registration fee for the webinar is $197.  Those interested in registering for the webinar, can do so here.