2015 U.S. and EU Patent Law Update for the Electrical and Mechanical Technology Fields

Name: 2015 U.S. and EU Patent Law Update for the Electrical and Mechanical Technology Fields
Start: 2015-11-19T00:00:00Z
End: 2015-11-19T00:00:00Z

November 19, 2015

Paris, France

The past year has proven eventful for patent stakeholders in the electrical and mechanical industries. In the United States, both the Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit have issued key decisions impacting U.S. patent rights in these technology areas. The USPTO has also instituted programs that, when used effectively, can be game changers for prosecuting patent applications before the electrical-mechanical examining groups. And the changes ushered in by the America Invents Act continue to impact current U.S. patent strategies. The patent landscape in Europe has also been busy as businesses prepare for the arrival of the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court (UPC).

Join Finnegan and Darts-IP as we cover important updates—in both the United States and Europe—for practitioners active in the electrical and mechanical industries.

Patent Prosecution Strategies
- Patent eligibility in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Alice decision and the USPTO’s Dec. 2014 guidelines
- Strategic use of USPTO pilot programs
- Claim drafting strategies in light of recent USPTO Guidelines and current EPO practice
Post-Grant Challenges
- Recent global trends and statistics from the USPTO and EPO, including filing trends and patent validity rates
- Impact of the new rules for U.S. post-grant proceedings
Litigation
- Important recent Supreme Court and Federal Circuit decisions impacting electrical-mechanical technologies
- Trends from 2015 Finnegan Global Patent Litigation Survey and Darts-IP global database
- How the UPC may impact U.S. patent litigation
- Projections for the Central Divisions of the UPC based on historical data of actions in Europe (2007-2013)
- Low-cost litigation in the UK Intellectual Property Enterprise Court