Developing Landscape for U.S. Patent Law: New Defenses; New Challenges

In response to groundbreaking Supreme Court decisions, the Federal Circuit has recently issued several decisions on patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 and validity under § 112 that try to apply the changed law. This seminar will make sense of those decisions, and address some perceived inconsistencies in that court’s claim-construction decisions. There will also be a discussion of the Federal Trade Commission’s recent report on Patent Assertion Entities, and some thoughts of the effect of that report.

Speakers: 
Charles Huang Ph.D. 
Gary C. Ma 
Robert Yoches

Agenda:

13:00     Registration
13:30     Welcome Remarks
13:40     Recent Developments from the Federal Circuit 
                         A. Invalidity developments
14:50     Tea Break
15:10     Recent Developments from the Federal Circuit 
                         B. Claim construction trends
15:40     FTC Report on Patent Assertion Entities

MCLE Credit:

Finnegan confirms that this activity has been certified for 2.5 hours of California MCLE credit.

Date and Location:

Friday, November 11, 2016
Le Meridien Taipei
Pegasus Room, 2nd Floor
38, Songren Rd. Xinyi Dist. Taipei 110
台北寒舍艾美酒店 室宿廳
台北市信義區松仁路38號2樓

RSVP:

Please RSVP by Wednesday, November 9, 2016. The event is free of charge. Space is limited to three registrants per company/organization.