| WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PATENT LAW PRACTICE AFTER THE AIA
Sponsored with the Intellectual Property Law Concentration
Please Note: This course has already
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Date: Friday, March 22, 2013
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The America Invents Act (AIA) is the most sweeping change to U.S. patent law in the last half century. Key aspects became effective when the AIA was signed into law in 2011. The critical transformation from “first-to-invent” to “first-inventor- to-file” is effective March 16, 2013. The conference will provide attendees with a thorough understanding and critical insights into: - The evolution of the AIA legislation
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rules implementing “first-inventor- to-file,” post-issuance patent challenges, and other key AIA provisions
- Practical considerations in patent prosecution, transactions/due diligence, and intellectual property and patent litigation
The conference will be led by expert speakers including the Chief Administrative Patent Judge of the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the Director of the USPTO’s Office of Patent Legal Administration, the former counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee and a principal architect of the AIA, and leading patent prosecutors and litigators. ATTEND AND LEARN - Gain insights into the congressional history of the AIA and its implementation by the USPTO
- How to apply key AIA provisions and USPTO rules
- Strategies for challenging patents before the USPTO and in the courts
- What are the perspectives of leading USPTO officials and expert patent lawyers
WHO SHOULD ATTEND Anyone involved in managing work pertaining to obtaining and enforcing patent rights, including patent prosecutors and litigators in private practice or in-house at corporations or universities.
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Jason Honeyman, Esq., Co-Chair
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Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, PC, |
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Mary K. Murray, Esq., Co-Chair
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Partner, Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C. |
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Sarah Columbia, Esq.
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McDermott Will & Emery |
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Brian A. Fairchild, Esq.
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Partner, Goodwin Proctor, LLP |
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Administrative Patent Judge Thomas Giannetti
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Patent Trial and Appeals Board, USPTO |
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Brian Hanlon, Esq.
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Director, Office of Patent Legal Administration
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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Joe Matal, Esq.
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Associate Solicitor, USPTO, Formerly Judiciary Committee Counsel to Senator Jon Kyl |
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Frank P. Porcelli, Esq.
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Principal, Fish & Richardson, PC |
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| S C H E D U L E / A G E N D A |
| 9:00 |
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS |
Professor Andrew Beckerman-Rodau, Co-Director IP Law Concentration
Suffolk University Law School
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| 9:10 |
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE AMERICA INVENTS ACT |
Joe Matal, Esq.
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| PATENT |
APPLICATIONS (9:30 a.m. to 12 noon) |
| Moderator: Jason Honeyman, Esq. Administrative Patent Judge Thomas L. Giannetti Brian Hanlon, Esq. Mary K. Murray, Esq. Commentary: Joe Matal, Esq.
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| 9:30 |
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| Requirements for Novelty Requirements for Nonobviousness Brian Hanlon, Esq. and Mary K. Murray, Esq
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| 11:00 |
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| Preissuance Submissions by Third Parties Brian Hanlon, Esq.
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| Derivation Proceedings Administrative Patent Judge Thomas L. Giannetti and Mary K. Murray, Esq.
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REVIEW OF ISSUED PATENTS |
- Supplemental Examination by the Patent Owner
- Inter Partes Review
- Post-Grant Review and Transitional Program for Covered Business Methods Review
Moderator: Mary K. Murray, Esq. Brian Fairchild, Esq., Administrative Patent Judge Thomas L. Giannetti, Brian Hanlon, Esq. Commentators: Joe Matal, Sarah Columbia, Jason Honeyman and Frank Porcelli
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| 2:30 |
PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q & A |
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DEFENDING AND ENFORCING PATENTS |
Strategies and Tactics in View of Inter Partes Review, Post-Grant Review, Transitional Program for Covered Business Methods - Advice of counsel
- Novelty and obviousness challenges
Moderator: Mary K. Murray, Esq. Sarah C. Columbia, Esq., Jason Honeyman, Frank Porcelli, Esq. Commentator: Joe Matal, Esq.
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| Date: |
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Friday, March 22, 2013 |
| Tuition: |
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$250; $225 for Suffolk Alumni and attorneys admitted after 2011. The course materials for this program will be published electronically and will be emailed to you prior to the conference. If you would like to purchase a hard copy, there will be an additional charge of $35.00. Please call 617.573.8627 to order.
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| Walk-Ins: |
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Please call 617.573.8627 to confirm space availability.
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There is a $15.00 cancellation fee for those who cancel by Thursday, March 21, 2013. There will no refunds given after this date.
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| Location: |
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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Approved for CLE credit in NH; approval pending for ME and Rhode Island. Rhode Island Attorneys
Attorney attendance received by Advanced Legal studies after thirty (30) days from the date of the course will be subject to a late fee of $30.00. This fee can only be paid by MC, VS, AMEX or DS at time of request. Please contact Peniey McClary at 617.305.1655 or pmcclary@suffolk.edu.
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