Technology Transfer Tactics will be offering a webinar entitled "Protecting University IP against PTAB Challenges" on May 13, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (Eastern).  Jessica N. Morton, Vice President of Intellectual Property at IP Shakti, LLC will moderate a panel consisting of Dipanjan "DJ" Nag, CEO and President, IP Shakti LLC and Patent Docs author Dr. Kevin Noonan of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP.  The webinar will cover the following topics:

• A solid understanding of the mechanics of the PTAB
• Best practices to help avoid PTAB challenges including:
    – Invention disclosure review
    – Provisional filings
    – Continuation Practices & Preserving Priority Chain
    – Claim Practices
    – Robust patent families
    – Post-grant Reissue Practices
• Guidance on which technologies in your patent portfolio are most likely to be targeted
• Numbers and trends: Filings in 2014 and forecast for 2015
• Cost comparisons of post-grant reviews versus post-grant reissues: using your budget wisely
• How to keep your TTO’s legal and patent budget in check despite higher hurdles presented by PTAB

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