Proposed Changes to the Rules for PTAB Trials: What's All the Fuss About?

With several new rules packages already released in the three years that inter partes review (IPR), post-grant review (PGR), including covered business method patents (CBM) proceedings have been available, practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) is evolving quickly. Containing what the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) calls “more involved” changes to the rules for PTAB trials, the latest proposed rules package released on August 19, 2015, may provide new challenges and opportunities for both patent owners and petitioners. If adopted, these rules will constitute the most significant changes to the rules of practice since PTAB trials became available.

Please join us for a practical discussion on how the proposed rules may impact petitioners and patent owners, including:

• Review of the proposed rule changes
• Patent owner strategies for taking advantage of the rule changes, including the submission of new testimonial evidence with preliminary responses
• Petitioner strategies for blunting the impact of the rule changes, including the new word count limits on petitions
•  What, if anything, petitioners and patent owners should be doing to prepare for the rule changes

Moderator:
Aaron J. Capron

Speakers:

Joshua L. Goldberg
Timothy P. McAnulty
James D. Stein

Date:
Thursday, September 10, 2015

Time:
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. EDT