April 24, 2013
Webinar
Privilege issues often arise when foreign companies, using non-U.S. attorneys or agents, assist with or prosecute applications in the United States and abroad. Federal common law, as construed by the United States Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit, governs questions of privilege in patent cases. In determining, for example, whether communications of a foreign in-house attorney or agent are discoverable in U.S. litigation, most district courts employ a two-step analysis. The threshold question involves a determination of whether U.S. or foreign privilege law applies. Following this choice-of-law analysis, courts then determine whether the governing law recognizes privilege for the particular communications at issue and the scope of that privilege.
Please join our panel as they discuss the implications and nuances of foreign privilege law in global prosecution and U.S. litigation. Topics include:
This webinar is the third in Finnegan’s 2013 series, “Strategic U.S. Patent Series for European Counsel.” We hope you are able to attend.
Speakers:
Bryan C. Diner
Jennifer H. Roscetti
Date:
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Time:
16:00 CEST
10:00 EDT
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