America Invents Act Web Series
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Web Series Part
I
USPTO Implementation of the America Invents Act
October 27, 2011
On September 16, 2011, the America Invents Act (AIA) was signed into law
and introduced substantial changes to the United States patent laws. Over the
next 18 months, various provisions of the AIA will go into effect requiring
patent practitioners, applicants, and patentees to revise their practices and
strategies for patent preparation, prosecution, protection and enforcement.
Join Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator for the U.S. Patent &
Trademark Office (USPTO), who will provide insight into the USPTO’s
implementation of the AIA, discuss the impact the AIA will have on patent
examination, post-issuance matters, and the USPTO’s fee and budgetary issues,
and highlight the anticipated challenges for implementing the AIA in the
USPTO.
Presenter:
Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator, USPTO
Web Series Part
II
Pre-Grant Procedures for Patent Practitioners
Under the America Invents Act: Filing and Prosecuting Patent
Applications
Course Description:Congress designed the America
Invents Act (AIA) to enhance opportunities for innovation and entrepreneurial
investment, to better harmonize U.S. patent laws with those of other countries,
and to streamline patent office procedures. From now until March of 2013, the
U.S. patent laws will drastically change, which will require patent
practitioners, inventors, and businesses to reconsider their patent practices
and strategies. AIPLA continues its webinar series on the AIA with Charles Van
Horn of Finnegan Henderson, who will provide practice tips and strategies for
the preparation, prosecution, and enforcement of patents under the AIA. The
topics of discussion will include, for example, the first inventor-to-file
system, new definitions of prior art, derivation proceedings, the Patent Trial
and Appeal Board, pre-issuance submissions, best mode requirements, and priority
examination, just to name a few.
Presenter:
Charles
E. Van Horn, Finnegan Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner,
LLP
Web Series Part
III
Post-Issuance Activities and Enforcement of
Patents Under the America Invents Act
The CLE seminar
examines the new post-grant mechanisms of the America Invents Act (AIA)
including Post Grant Review, Inter Partes Review, Supplemental Examination, and
Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents. The operation and
implementation of these new mechanisms will be explained, as well as the
application of these new post grant USPTO proceedings to existing and future
patent litigation strategies.
The AIA significantly overhauls and expands
post-grant patent practice before the USPTO. Changes include:
- Creation of
the new, Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)
- Introduction of a new,
fast-track, post-grant mechanisms for third party challengers
- Overhaul of
current patent reexamination practices
- Implementation of collateral
estoppel provisions for ITC actions/modifies District Court estoppel
provisions
- In some instances, automatic stays of parallel District Court
litigation
- Establishment of a special review proceedings for business
method patents
- Creation of a supplemental examination provision for patent
owners
Presenter:
Scott
McKeown, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt,
L.L.P.
Web Series Part
IV
Effects of the America Invents Act on Valuation, Licensing & Acquisitions
February 15, 2012
Course Description:
With the passage of the America Invents Act, the Act’s supporters have predicted that reforming the patent system for the first time in nearly 60 years would result in an increase in jobs and promotion of innovation. Jeff and Michael will explore how the numerous changes to the patent system might affect valuation of patents. Armed with this information, they will then look at the various risks the new legislation provides in licensing and acquisition of patents, and they will provide ways to address the various risks from the licensor/licensee and buyer/seller perspectives.
Presenter:
Jeffrey Whittle, Bracewell & Giuliani
LLP
Michael Samardzija, Bracewell &
Giuliani LLP
Please contact AIPLA
with any questions. (703) 412-1302.