Library: 2018 Annual Meeting
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2018 Annual Meeting Papers & Audio
Perspectives from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on Inter Partes Reviews
October 25th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) Chat with the Chief - A Year of Changes at the PTAB; and (2) It’s Hearing Day: What to Expect from Your Panel and What Your Panel Expects from You.
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Trip-Wires of The World
October 25th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) FCPA 101: The Law and its Interaction with Intellectual Property; (2) Watch Foreign IP Prosecution and Beware Quick Success: How Foreign Counsel and Third-Party Agents Can Expose US Companies to FCPA Violations; and (3) IP Due Diligence, Private Investigators, and Foreign Anticounterfeiting Efforts: A Perfect Storm for Corruption Lightening to Strike.
Franchise Law for IP Lawyers: A Primer to Make You Shine Before Clients
October 25th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) Franchise Law 101: Knowledge is Power; (2) Structuring Relationships: Avoiding Traps and the Accidental Franchise; and (3) Litigating Trademark Issues in Franchise Matters.
The Lanham Act’s Protection Against False Advertising: It’s More Powerful Than You Might Think
October 25th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) It’s on the Internet, It Must Be True: Practical Applications of False Advertising Law in the World of Influencer Marketing, Social Media, and Product and Service Reviews; and (2) Best Practices to Secure Damages for False Advertising Claims Posted on the Internet.
What Happens When Federal Government Interests Touch Intellectual Property
October 25th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) Obligations Attached to Government Interests; (2) How Government Interests Affect Downstream Use of IP; and (3) Government March in Rights.
Watch Out for the Forest: The Collision of IP and Antitrust
October 25th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) Overview of How IP Enforcement May Implicate Antitrust; (2) Antitrust Issues and Innovation Involving IP: An FTC Perspective; and (3) Lessons Learned from IP Settlement Agreements Deemed Anticompetitive.
Where Are We Now? The State of Copyright Law on Emerging Issues
October 25th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) Software Use: Transformative or Not – That is the Question!; (2) Artificial Intelligence-Created Works: Who Owns the Copyright?; and (3) Continuing Copyright Infringement: Rights, Remedies, and Statute of Limitations.
Knock Knock! Patent Eligible Subject Matter in 2019 in the US and Abroad
October 25th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) Strategies for Claiming Inventions Involving Software and Algorithms; (2) Attention Biotechs! Purified and Isolated Products May Be Patented, Right?; and (3) One World, One Invention: Understanding the Present State of Patent Eligible Subject Matter in the EP.
Back to The Future of Patent Licensing in 2019 and Beyond
October 25th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) The Patent License of 2019: A Primer on Key Terms and Conditions; (2) How the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Influences Patent Licenses; and (3) It’s All About the Money: Best Practices for Calculating, Confirming, and Collecting Royalties.
Defending Against Willful Infringement Post-Halo
October 25th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) The Reality of Willful Infringement and Ethical Issues Post-Halo; (2) The Expanding and Contracting Scope of Waiver When Asserting an Opinion of Counsel Defense; (3) What Halo v. Pulse Means to Innovators – A Review And Prognostications Based on Willfulness History And Recent Cases; and (4) Post-Halo Pleadings.
The Nonobviousness of Obviousness: Best Practices for Overcoming Obviousness Rejections
October 25th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) Tips to Persuade Examiners that Obviously Claims are Nonobvious; (2) The Role (or Not) of Inherency in Prior Art Rejections; and (3) Tactics for Leveraging Objective Indicia of Nonobviousness During Patent Prosecution.
PCT Best Practices
October 25th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
Patent Cooperation Treaty Best Practices: USPTO, WIPO, and EPO Perspectives.
Opening Plenary: Daniel Lee (Office of the U.S. Trade Representative) [Old]
October 25th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
Updates on Intellectual Property and International Trade.
Opening Plenary: Daniel Lee (Office of the United States Trade Representative)
October 25th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
Updates on Intellectual Property and International Trade.
Luncheon Keynote (Hon. Andrei Iancu)
October 25th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
USPTO Update from Hon. Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary for Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent & Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA.
Cross-Border Issues Impacting Intellectual Property Portfolios
October 26th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) “Global Patent Applications:” Best Practices for Efficiently Prosecuting Patent Applications to Survive the USPTO, EPO, and SIPO; (2) Protecting Clients in Collisions Between Copyright Law and (Transnational) Media Streaming and Other Digital Media Services; and (3) Holding Internet Providers and Search Engines Liable or Accountable for IP Infringement: Really?
Electronic Discovery—Learn It, Love It, Live It!
October 26th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) A Primer on E-Discovery: Ethics and Obligations of Counsel, Clients, and Third Parties; (2) Burden & Ethics Under Rule 26(b)(1): The Nature of the Beast and How to Tame It; (3) Social Media Discovery: Uses, Pitfalls, and Ethical Considerations; and (4) In-House Counsel Perspective: Tips for Outside Counsel on Coordinating E-Discovery with Clients.
Keeping Cheaters in Check: You Won on Misappropriation, but How Do You Obtain and Enforce Meaningful Remedies in the US and Worldwide?
October 26th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) A Review of Available Remedies for Trade Secret Theft: What Works, What Doesn’t?; (2) Trade Secret Disputes in China: What’s New, What Works, and Is There Meaningful Value in Remedies?; and (3) The European Union Trade Secrets Directive and its Impact on Employers.
Successfully Managing International Trademark Portfolios
October 26th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) Best Practices for Articulating “Global” Goods and Services Descriptions; (2) Madrid Union Roadmap: Where Are We Now?; and (3) An Update on Corporate Priorities for International Filing Strategies (or An Update on Corporate Priorities for International Filing Strategies in Response to Evolving International Laws).
Copyrights Versus the Global Digital Reality
October 26th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) Copyright Implications of Fanfiction and User Generated Content; (2) Heard of YouTube? Assessing Fair Use in a World of Countless Publishers and Global Dissemination; and (3) Music Law 101: What Every IP Lawyer Should Know About Music Licensing.
Powering Our Future with The Future of Power: Emerging Trends in Energy Storage Technologies
October 26th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) Energy Storage Patents: Why They’re Needed, and How to Get Them (Fast!); (2) How Power Innovations are Empowering Change? Current Issues in Licensing and Cross-Licensing, Research Funding Programs and Joint Ventures; and (3) IP Strategies for Energy Storage Technologies.
Trade Secret Litigation: Practical Tips for Fast-Changing Standards
October 26th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) Identifying Your Trade Secrets, Simple Right?; (2) Best Practices for Negotiating Protective Orders, Discovery Legal Sequencing, and Third-Party Involvement; and (3) Strategies for Enforcing Compliance with Trade Secret Injunctions, Restraining Orders, and Other Remedial Orders.
Regulatory and IP Issues for Immunotherapies Including Car-T and Antibody Technologies (“Don’t Put The “Car-T” Before the Horse—IP And Regulatory Issues for Immunotherapies”)
October 26th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) Obviousness of Immunotherapeutic Inventions in view of PTAB Decisions; and (2) Resolving Patent Infringement Issues for Biosimilars/Interchangeable Biologics.
Obviousness-Type Double Patenting and Related Conflicts That Jeopardize Patents and Patent Terms
October 26th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) Recent US Case Law on Obviousness Type Double Patenting; (2) Prosecution Strategies for Avoiding Obviousness Type Double Patenting Problems; and (3) Harmonization Efforts in the Area of Conflicting Applications.
Federal Circuit Appeals: Righting Perceived Wrongs Below
October 26th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) Strategies for Establishing the Best Record Below in District Court and PTAB Appeals; (2) Logistics Matter: A Primer on Appellate Briefs and Submitting the Record; (3) Aiming Higher? Supremely Positioning and Arguing Federal Circuit Appeals with Cert in Mind; and (4) Judicial Perspectives: View from the Bench.
Cybersecurity in The IP Landscape: Your Business’s Future Depends on it!
October 26th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) US Government Intellectual Property Enforcement Efforts, “Supporting Innovation, Creativity & Enterprise: Charting a Path Ahead”; (2) Staying Out of the News and Keeping Your Networks Up: Practical Cybersecurity Tips for Outside IP Counsel and Corporate IP Legal Departments; and (3) Managing Innovation, Invention Disclosures, and Trade Secret Assets in a World of Recording Devices and Hacking: How Can IP and IP-Related Laws Help?
Fighting Trademark Counterfeiting Along and Within the US And Foreign Borders
October 26th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
Best Practices for Detecting, Reporting, and Stopping Counterfeit Trademarked Goods Before Distribution in the United States, Latin America, and ASEAN Countries.
Luncheon Keynote (Hon. Kara Farnandez Stoll, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit)
October 26th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
Q&A with Hon. Kara Farnandez Stoll, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, D.C., and Lisa Jorgenson, AIPLA Executive Director, Arlington, VA.
Closing Plenary: Year in Review [Old]
October 27th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) Trademarks; (2) Patents; (3) Trade Secrets; and (4) Copyrights.
Closing Plenary: Year in Review
October 27th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
(1) Trademarks; (2) Patents; (3) Trade Secrets; and (4) Copyrights.
Closing Plenary: Ethics (An IP Lawyer’s Prior Art Disclosure Dilemma)
October 27th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
Understanding the Differences Among the Disclosure Requirements of AIA Trials, Rule 1.56, and Therasense.
Ethics: An IP Lawyer’s Prior Art Disclosure Dilemma [Old]
October 27th, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting
Understanding the Differences Among the Disclosure Requirements of AIA Trials, Rule 1.56, and Therasense.