Strategies for Coordinating Your Patent Protection Efforts in the United States and Europe

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” 

    • The New European Union (EU) Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court - What It All Means To You. 

Time:

2:45-3:00 p.m. - Registration
3:00-5:00 p.m. - Program
5:00-6:00 p.m. - Reception 

Location:

Finnegan
Two Seaport Lane, Boston, MA 02210

RSVP:

Please RSVP by Thursday, November 1, 2012 to ipeventsboston@finnegan.com