Best Practices for Prosecuting IPRs in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

There have been more than 1,000 decisions on petitions for inter partes review (IPR) during the past three years from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, plus Federal Circuit and Supreme Court reviews of some of those decisions. This seminar reviews some of those decisions and recounts the experience of the speakers who have been collectively involved in more than 100 IPR proceedings. Joshua L. Goldberg is also an author of The Practitioner’s Guide to Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, published by the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law.

This is not an introductory seminar, although there will be a brief review of IPRs. The speakers will concentrate on providing practical suggestions based on their experience and study.

Agenda:

13:20    Registration
13:40    Welcome
14:00    Overview of IPRs
14:15    Best Practices for Filing and Opposing Petitions
15:05    Break
15:20    Best Practice for Making and Opposing Prior Art Invalidity Arguments
16:05    Best Practices for Using IPRs with Litigation
16:40    Q&A

Speakers: 

Joshua L. Goldberg
Stephen E. Kabakoff
E. Robert Yoches

MCLE Credit:

Finnegan confirms that this activity has been certified for 3.25 hours of California MCLE credit.

Date and Location:

Thursday, September 8, 2016
International Conference room, CPT building, NCTU
1001 University Road, Hsinchu
國立交通大學 交映樓一樓國際會議廳
新竹市大學路1001號

RSVP:

Please RSVP by Friday, September 2, 2016. The event is free of charge. Space is limited to three registrants per company/organization.