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Webinar: What Is Patentable Subject-Matter One Year Post-Bilski?

March 29, 2011

Webinar

In the landmark case Bilski v. Kappos, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the most fundamental question in patent law: What is patentable? Although the Court broadly interpreted the scope of patentable subject matter under Section 101 of the U.S. Patent Act, it refrained from articulating a test for patent eligibility and specifically refused to adopt any “categorical rules that might have wide-ranging and unforeseen impacts.” Instead, the Court encouraged lower courts to develop more guidance through future cases. Nearly one year later, we now have several post-Bilski decisions.

This webinar will examine how the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have applied Bilski. In particular, our speakers will address: 
    - What guidance do the recent decisions from the Federal Circuit provide? 
    - How has the USPTO applied Bilski? 
    - The current role of the “machine-or-transformation” test 
    - The impact of Bilski on life sciences, including an update on the Myriad case

This webinar is the second in Finnegan’s “Strategic U.S. Patent Series for European Counsel.”

Moderator:
Anthony C. Tridico, Ph.D.

Speakers:
Eric P. Raciti
E. Robert Yoches

Time:
16:00 CEST
10:00 EDT

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Speaker:
Tridico Ph.D., Anthony C.
Raciti, Eric P.
Yoches, E. Robert

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