Three of the hottest topics in U.S. patent law that affect Taiwan companies are 1) what kinds of software, processes, and method patents are patentable; 2) the increasing visibility and assertion of design patents; and 3) how companies in Taiwan could infringe U.S. patents, even if they do not directly sell to the United States and none of their employees ever set foot in the country. In this installment of Finnegan’s Taiwan Lecture Series, we will explore these topics with special emphasis on popular areas of technology, including unmanned aerial vehicles, the Internet of things (IoT), virtual reality, and financial related technologies.
Topics:
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Getting Software, Process, and Method Patents That Survive §§ 101 and 112 Challenges: We will discuss recent U.S. decisions regarding patentable subject matter, as well as claiming and prosecution strategies related to software patents, particularly as they relate to popular new technologies such as UAVs, the IoT, and Fintech.
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The Growing Popularity of Design Patents: Why and how is this alternative form of IP becoming king? We will explore the unprecedented value and expanding use of design patents by leading tech companies, the increasing importance of design patents to UAV, the IoT, VR, and wearable technologies, its relationship to other forms of IP, and the 2016 Supreme Court and 2017 Federal Circuit decisions in Apple v. Samsung.
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What Is and Isn’t Patent Infringement in the United States? We will summarize the state of the law on direct and indirect patent infringement in the United States and clarify the risks of indirect and direct infringement for companies outside of the country that sell products or components to the United States, or products or components that may end-up in the country. Our discussion will be based on guidance from multiple recent decisions, including the Supreme Court’s 2017 Life Technologies v. Promega decision, its Global-Tech decision, and several recent Federal Circuit decisions on induced, contributory, and multi-party infringement.
Agenda:
13:00 Registration
13:30 Welcome remarks
13:35 Getting Software, Process, and Method Patents That
13:35 Survive §§ 101 and 112 Challenges
14:15 The Growing Popularity of Design Patents
14:55 Tea break
15:25 What Is and Isn’t Patent Infringement in the United States?
16:05 Q&A
Speakers:
Lionel M. Lavenue
Gary C. Ma
Ming Tao-Yang
MCLE Credit:
Finnegan confirms that this activity has been certified for 2.5 hours of California MCLE credit.
Date and Location:
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Le Meridien Taipei, Leo Room, 2nd Floor
38, Songren Rd. Xinyi Dist. Taipei 110
台北寒舍艾美酒店 軒轅廳
台北市信義區松仁路38號2樓
Tel: +886-2-6622-8000
RSVP:
Please RSVP by Friday, April 7, 2017
The event is free of charge. Space is limited to three registrants per company/organization.
