Section 101 and Trade Secrets: Challenges & Opportunities

The patent landscape in the United States has changed dramatically since the Supreme Court’s Alice decision addressing patentability under section 101. In addition to considering strategies for navigating section 101 challenges, technology companies are revisiting trade secrets as an effective avenue for protecting valuable intellectual property.

This webinar will address patentability challenges in the courts and at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and suggest avenues for surviving them. We will then discuss trade secret protection and recent legislative moves in the United States to strengthen trade secret protection.

Topics include:

• Recent developments in patentability challenges under section 101
• Strategies for overcoming section 101 challenges in court and at the USPTO
• Giving trade secret protection a second look
• Legislative developments on trade secrets in the United States

This webinar is the third segment of Finnegan’s winter 2016 series, “Moving Target or Opportunity: Strategic Considerations in Today’s Changing U.S. Patent Landscape.” We hope you are able to attend.

Moderator:

Gary C. Ma

Speakers:

Eric J. Fues
Doris Johnson Hines

Date:

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

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