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Month: December 2017
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The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a program on "The Ramifications of TC Heartland and Recent Decisions About Venue in Patent Cases" on January 10, 2018 from 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm (EST) at the FCBA office in Washington, DC. Andew R. Sommer of Winston & Strawn LLP will moderate a panel…
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Foley & Lardner will be offering a webinar entitled "PTAB — A Year in Review" on January 18, 2018 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (CST). George Beck, Andrew Cheslock, and Steve Maebius of Foley & Lardner LLP will discuss the year's major developments and how they may impact practice before the PTAB going forward, and…
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Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Strategic Use of Patent Reissue: Whether and When to Pursue a Reissue Application — Correcting Errors, Responding to an IPR Challenge and Mastering the Recapture Rule" on January 18, 2018 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST). Amelia Feulner Baur of McNeill Baur, and Thomas L. Irving and Jill…
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The Knowledge Group will offer a webcast entitled "Paragraph IV Patent Certifications: Recent Legal and Regulatory Developments" on January 19, 2018 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm (EST). Robyn Ast-Gmoser of Polsinelli and Jason A. Lief of Cooley LLP will provide an in-depth discussion of recent Paragraph IV patent certification developments and trends, and also offer…
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LexisNexis will be offering a webinar series entitled "IP Year in Review And Look Ahead" on January 18, 25, and 29, 2018 at 2:00 pm (ET). The series provide highlights over the past year, trends emerging for 2018, and use cases for success on the following topics: • Patent Research — January 18• Patent Prosecution…
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By Andrew Williams — On November 21, 2017, PTAB Chief Judge Ruschke issued a memorandum entitled "Guidance on Motions to Amend in view of Aqua Products." As we reported at the time, the Federal Circuit in Aqua Products determined that the PTAB can no longer place the burden of establishing the patentability of amended claims…
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By John Cravero — About the PTAB Life Sciences Report: Each month we will report on developments at the PTAB involving life sciences patents. Visionsense Corp. v. Novadaq Technologies, Inc. PTAB Petition: IPR2017-01426; filed May 11, 2017. Institution of Inter Partes Review; entered November 16, 2017. Patent at Issue: U.S. Patent No. 8,892,190 ("Method and…
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Damned if you do . . . By Kevin E. Noonan – Great cases like hard cases make bad law. For great cases are called great, not by reason of their importance . . . but because of some accident of immediate overwhelming interest which appeals to the feelings and distorts the judgment. Northern Securities Co.…
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January 4, 2018 – "Patent Drafting for Machine Learning: Structural Claim Limitations, Avoiding 101 or 112 Rejections" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) January 9, 2018 – "After-Final Practice: Navigating PTO Options to Compact Patent Prosecution — Utilizing After-Final Consideration Pilot 2.0, Pre-Appeal Conference and More" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) January…
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