Post-Grant Amendments
Webinar Series: Strategies for IP Prosecution and Enforcement in Europe and the United States

This latest series of webinars will explore emerging trends in the changing intellectual property (IP) legal environment in Europe and the United States. Our team will provide guidance for challenges faced by IP owners and advisors, and consider potential solutions. We encourage everyone to join us live or on-demand for one or all of the sessions.

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11 April 2018 | Post-Grant Amendments

In today’s fast-moving world, changing strategies can make it desirable to amend your issued patents. Your own interests, or the interests of your competitors, often change. You may learn a competitor is copying your technology, or a competitor may accuse you of copying its technology or infringing its patents. You may become aware of new information not previously considered during the prosecution of your relevant patents. In this webinar, we will discuss the extent to which you can backtrack, change focus, or fix the scope of your granted patent rights. The webinar will consider questions including:

• What tools are available to fix a U.S. or European patent?
• What types of amendments can you make?
• When can you make the changes, and how does the timing impact your rights?
• What are the risks and strategies for effective use of these post-grant tools?

This webinar is the second segment of Finnegan’s 2018 series, “Bridging the Pond: Strategies for IP Prosecution and Enforcement in Europe and the United States.” We hope you are able to attend.

Moderator:
Anthony Tridico, Ph.D.

Speakers:
Hazel Ford, Ph.D.
Timothy May

Date:
Wednesday, 11 April 2018

Time:
15:00-16:00 BST
16:00-17:00 CEST
10:00-11:00 a.m. EDT

Scheduling Conflict? Finnegan records all hosted webinars. To view the recorded program, simply register for the webinar and you will receive an access link shortly after the live program is complete.

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30 May 2018 | Strategic Use of Post-Grant Challenges

• Challenging patents before litigation in the United States and Europe
• Leveraging post-grant challenges during licensing negotiations
• Preparing and filing observations, interventions, and protests

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26 September 2018 | Preparing for U.S. Litigation and Discovery

• Diligence: collecting key documents and interviewing key witnesses to test initial theories of the case
• Sorting out attorney-client privilege and work product applicability to documents and correspondence involving European patent attorneys and lawyers
• Changed landscape in the United States relating to attorneys’ fees

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28 November 2018 | Optimizing Your Trademark and Design Portfolio for Europe

• The Interface Between Trademarks and Designs—U.S. and EU Approaches
• Non Traditional Trademarks—U.S. and EU Approaches 
• Current state of the law related to EU trademark and design rights 

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28 February 2018 | Freedom to Operate and Avoiding Infringement

• Weighing risks and best practices for avoiding liability for patent infringement 
• The role of a Freedom To Operate opinion during the different phases of product development 
• Current U.S. and EP legal frameworks regarding infringement and willfulness

Sharing our knowledge and resources is part of Finnegan’s mission. In addition to in-person seminars and in-house training, we develop webinars specifically targeted to our international audience. We welcome your input on future program topics, online or tailored for your organization.