The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "The Impact of Recent Cases Addressing Patent Term: Insights for Patent Prosecution and Litigation" on March 5, 2019 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET).  Jack Brennan of Fish & Richardson, P.C., Jeff Hohenshell of Medtronic, Inc., and Nicholas Mitrokostas of Goodwin Procter, LLP will help patent owners and their counsel navigate both patent prosecution and litigation issues related to patent term by drawing on insights from three recent Federal Circuit decisions:  Novartis AG v. Ezra Ventures LLC, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. Breckenridge Pharmaceutical, and Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Iancu.  The panel will consider and analyze:

• Strategies for obtaining PTA/PTE at the USPTO, including deciding which of multiple patents covering a product are best suited for PTE
• How to try to avoid terminal disclaimers
• Options for applicants with pending patent applications
• The remaining threat of double-patenting challenges in litigation

The registration fee for the webinar is $135 (government and academic rates are available upon request).  Those interested in registering for the webinar can do so here.