AIPLA is proud to present its inaugural Virtual Roundtable Discussion

KSR and the Patent System: The Supreme Court's View
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
12:30 – 2:00 pm, EDT
Live Teleconference

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Moderator: James Crowne, AIPLA Director of Communications

Speakers:  Stephen Kunin, Oblon Spivak et al, Alexandria, VA
                  Jeffrey I.D. Lewis, Patterson Belknap et al, New York, NY
                  John F. Witherspoon, Law Office of John Witherspoon

This teleconference will feature a roundtable discussion among practitioners with some involvement in the KSR case to examine the realized and unrealized expectations in the wake of the Supreme Court decision. The participants will consider the meaning of the decision as it is applied by PTO examiners to patent applications and by the courts in infringement suits.
 
Among other things, the panelist will discuss the following questions:
 
1.  Is the decision a course correction or a revolution in patent validity determinations?
 
2.  Will patent examiners be encouraged to find obviousness more freely?
 
3.  Does the decision take adequate account of the hindsight problem?
 
4.  Does the analysis of recent Federal Circuit opinions conform to the KSR test?
 
5.  Can the decision be expected to eliminate more bad patents than before?

Registration Fee:

Members: $69	Non-Members: $99

Please Note!!

• Participants will receive a separate email with the dial-in phone number and instructions for the program.
• Limited CLE will be available and attorneys will need to file on their own as self-study with their individual state bar.
• Listeners will be able to submit questions at the end of the program via e-mail.