Advanced IP Workshop — Maximizing Your Success in Post-Issuance Procedures in the United States Patent and Trademark Office

We now have nearly four years of experience with the post-issuance procedures that the America Invents Act introduced, and we have received more than 1,050 inter partes review (IPR) decisions, and more than 130 covered business method patent decisions from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. We also have Federal Circuit and Supreme Court review of some of those decisions. This is a perfect time for a review, since all involved are becoming comfortable with these procedures.

The speakers have been collectively involved in more than 120 of these procedures, and Josh Goldberg is an author of The Practitioner’s Guide to Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, published by the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law. They will share their experience, focusing on IPRs, and offer advice on strategies that have proven to be successful and those that have not.

This is not an introductory seminar, so the speakers will assume the audience has a basic understanding of post-issuance procedures. They recommend attendees review https://www.uspto.gov/patent/laws-and-regulations/america-invents-act-aia/inter-partes-disputes or http://www.aiablog.com/to-do-list-filing-an-ipr/ to refresh themselves on the fundamentals of these procedures. The speakers will concentrate on providing practical suggestions based on their experience and study.

Moderator: 
Ningling Wang

Speakers: 
Stephen E. Kabakoff 
E. Robert Yoches 
Joshua L. Goldberg 

Date:

Tuesday, 13 September 2016

Agenda:

13:00 - 13:30     Registration
13:30 - 13:40     Welcome Remarks
13:40 - 14:50     Strategies for Filing and Opposing Petitions
14:50 - 15:10     Coffee Break
15:10 - 16:10     Paying Attention to Details in Prior-Art Arguments
16:10 - 17:00     Coordinating Post-Issuance Procedures with Litigation
17:00 - 17:30     Questions and Answers

RSVP:

Please RSVP by 9 September 

Venue:

Beijing Room, 2nd Floor
Shangri-La Pudong
No. 33 Fu Cheng Road, Shanghai