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Best of the 6th Annual Patent Law Institute

We here at the Practising Law Institute are pretty excited at how this past week’s 6th Annual Patent Law Institute exceeded expectations in the caliber and frankness of the featured panelists. The panels ranged from patent prosecution and litigation, to strategic and transactional discussions, to the ultimate in panels: the judges’ panel where federal & district court judges discussed the most relevant issues facing their courts along with some of the top patent attorneys in the country. If you missed this amazing institute, you’re not out of luck! The Patent Law Institute will have a second run in San Francisco, California from March 19-20, 2012, and registration is still open. Until then, here is a list of highlights, a best of the best if you will, from select panels throughout the Patent Law Institute. (more…)

Scott Daniels: PTO Requests Public Comment on Proposed Rules for AIA Post-Issuance Proceedings

Here is a recent article from Scott Daniels, of Reexamination Alert and Practice Center Contributor…

The PTO has now published a lengthy set of proposed rules for administering the various post-issuance proceedings created by the America Invents Act (AIA) – supplemental review, inter partes review, post-grant review, covered business method patents, and derivation.  If you have time to read just one notice, choose the “Practical Guide for Proposed Trial Rules.” It was issued Thursday and summarizes the procedures to be followed in the latter four inter partes-type proceedings.  (Incidentally, acronyms will be important to master: e.g., PO = patent owner, IPR = inter partes review, PGR = post-grant review, CBM = covered business method patents). (more…)

Patent Law Institute Live Blog: Ethics – from the USPTO to Trial

Welcome to the final panel of the day! The Patent Law Institute live blog concludes with the ethics portion of the seminar. The panel is titled, “Ethics: from the USPTO to Trial”.  The panel is led by Kenneth W. Brothers, a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice of Dickstein Shapiro. The ethics panel discusses the quandary of single advocacy at the PTO, facing requirements for information, cross citing case-to-case in the PTO, and other advocacy ethics issues. Here are the highlights: (more…)

Patent Law Institute Live Blog: What’s Keeping Corporate Counsel Awake at Night?

Welcome back from the networking break! The Patent Law Institute live blog continues with coverage of the panel, “What’s Keeping Corporate Counsel Awake at Night?”  This panel features Mark Costello, Alyssa Harvey Dawson, Colm J. Dobbyn, David W. Highet, and David M. Shofi. These panelists spend time discussing the effects of court decisions and USPTO activity and what a corporate counsel’s concerns are regarding newly enacted legislation. Here are the highlights:  (more…)

Patent Law Institute Live Blog: Litigating Against NPE’s

Welcome to day 2 of the Patent Law Institute! The live blog will continue throughout the day, as will the live tweeting (@plipatentlaw, #PatentLawInstitute). The first panel we are reporting from this morning is entitled, “Litigating Against Non-Practising Entities,” and features P. Anthony Sammi, Partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP concentrating his practice on litigating intellectual property cases, particularly high-technology patent cases, at the trial level. Sammi shares proven strategies for defeating NPEs and explains the difference about litigating against an NPE. If you missed out today, you’ll be able to see this panel live in San Francisco on March 19-20th. Here are the highlights: (more…)