Strategies for Coordinating Your Patent Protection Efforts in the United States and Europe
September 5, 2012
Menlo Park, CA
The recent changes in U.S. law and practice arising from the America Invents Act (“AIA”) and recent decisions of the Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court bring U.S. patent practice closer to that of Europe in many respects. However, significant differences remain, even in apparently similar areas. When modifying practices to accommodate changes in the United States, European applicants also need to take into account how they might also change their European Patent Office (“EPO”) practice, both to get the best out of the European system, and to support their activities in the United States. Topics to be discussed include:
- EPO Opposition v. U.S. Post Grant Proceedings: Strategies for Coordinating
- Your Efforts Reissue in Europe? The EPO Central Limitation Procedure
- Prometheus and Patentable Subject Matter: Strategies for Complying in the United States and Europe
- Drafting and Prosecuting the “Global Patent Application”
1. Written Description: A Tale of Two Continents
2. When Priority Is Not a Priority
3. Amendment Practice at EPO
4. Prior Art Effect of Earlier Filed-Later Published Applications: Another Tale of Two Continents
5. Making the most of the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) - The New European Union (“EU”) Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court - What It All Means To You.
Finnegan confirms that this activity has been certified for 1.5 hours of California MCLE.
Date
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Time
2:00 - 2:15 p.m. - Registration
2:15 - 4:30 p.m. - Program
4:30 - 6:00 p.m. - Reception
Where
Quadrus Conference Center
2400 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
