American Conference
Institute (ACI) will be holding its 3rd Advanced Summit on Medical Device
Patents on March 5-6, 2013 in Chicago, IL.
The conference will allow attendees to:
• Integrate the
monumental changes under the AIA including first-to-file and patent validity
assessment at the PTO into their medical device patents practice;
• Prepare for the
fallout of Akamai on medical device
method patents including increased vulnerability to allegations of joint infringement
and inducement of infringement;
• Protect medical
device diagnostic patents post-Mayo v.
Prometheus and draft claims to withstand § 101 patentability challenges;
• Maximize medical
device patent life cycles globally through a consistently executed international
medical device patent prosecution and litigation strategy for established and
emerging markets; and
• Analyze the
drivers of the billion dollar medical device patent infringement verdict and
position their device portfolios for litigation and NPE attacks.
In particular,
ACI's faculty will offer presentations on the following topics:
• Evaluating the state of
the medical device industry: Key developments to factor into portfolio
management in a game-changing year;
• PTO keynote: Update on the
implementation of the American Invents Act: Lessons learned in the first six
months of the post-patent reform world — presented by Janet Gongola, Patent
Reform Coordinator for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office;
• Proving or disproving joint infringement:
Bracing for the fallout from Akamai
in device method prosecution and litigation;
• Revolutionizing medical device patent
prosecution and litigation strategies post-patent reform: Preparing for the
monumental switch to validity assessment in the PTO;
• Demystifying the current standards for
device obviousness: Defeating rejections at the PTO and combating challenges in
the courts;
• Practical strategies for dealing with
the written description / enablement dichotomy: Satisfying ever-evolving § 112
standards for validity;
• Vigilantly protecting device IP
globally: Developing a plan for international medical device patent life cycle
management;
• View from the Bench: The judicial
perspective on medical device patent litigation — panel includes The Honorable
James F. Holderman, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District
of Illinois; The Honorable James L. Robart, District Judge, U.S. District Court
for the Western District of Washington; and The Honorable Sue L. Robinson,
District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware;
• Protecting method and diagnostic claims:
Tailoring medical device patents to comply with increasingly strict § 101
patentability standards;
• Calculating and proving medical device
damages: Analyzing drivers of the billion dollar infringement verdict;
• Establishing
freedom-to-operate: Mitigating patent infringement risks when commercializing
medical devices;
• Preparing your device portfolio for
litigation: Limiting liability and managing and reducing costs; and
• Is inequitable conduct dead? Updating medical device prosecution and
litigation strategies post-Therasense.
In addition, a
pre-conference interactive working group session entitled "Integrating
Changes at the PTO into Medical Device Patent Practice: Supervisory Patent
Examiners Weigh In" will be offered from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm on March 4,
2013, and a pre-conference master class entitled "Maximizing Device Patent
Scope and Life: Navigating Through the Medical Device Patent Minefield"
will be offered from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm on March 4, 2013.
The agenda for the
Medical Device Patents conference can be found here, and the agenda for
the pre-conference interactive working group session and master class can be
found here. A complete brochure for this conference,
including an agenda, detailed descriptions of conference sessions, list of
speakers, and registration form can be obtained here.
The registration
fee for the conference is $2,295 (conference alone), $2,895 (conference and one
pre-conference session), or $3,295 (conference and both pre-conference
sessions). Those registering by January
8, 2013 will receive a $300 discount, and those registering by February 1, 2013
will receive a $200 discount. Patent Docs readers who reference the
discount code "PD 200" will receive $200 off the current price tier
when registering. Those interested in
registering for the conference can do so here, by e-mailing
CustomerService@AmericanConference.com, by calling 1-888-224-2480, or by faxing
a registration form to 1-877-927-1563.
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