Functional Claiming: The Turbulent Seas of Prosecution and Claim Construction
Webinar Series: Shifts in U.S. Patent Law: How to Pivot

Two years have passed since the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided Williamson v. Citrix Online, LLC, a landmark case redefining the standard for determining whether claim terms should be construed as “means-plus-function” language. More varieties of functional claim language, besides traditional “means for” and “step for” terms, arguably qualify as means-plus-function language under Williamson than qualified under the old standard. This presents a challenge to companies and practitioners in predicting how the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and U.S. district courts will handle such terms.

Join our panel for an overview of district court cases decided after Williamson and a discussion on the practical impacts of these cases. Topics include:

• Williamson and its effect on construing functional language
• Recent developments and cases decided post-Williamson, including the effect of those decisions on patents and applications in particular technology areas
• Strategies and considerations in view of these recent developments
• Challenges for Asian companies pursuing U.S. patent applications based on foreign-language priority applications

This webinar is the final segment of Finnegan’s summer 2017 series, “Shifts in U.S. Patent Law: How to Pivot.”

Moderator:
Ningling Wang

Speakers:
John M. Mulcahy
James D. Stein

Date:
Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Time:
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. India
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. China/Taiwan
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Japan/Korea

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