Agenda
Tuesday, Jun 20, 2023
8:00 AM ET
9:30 AM ET
Building an IP Portfolio: When Does Patent Protection Make Sense?
Patenting and secrecy are the two major methods of protecting technology that supports competitive advantage. Trade secrets protect a wide range of confidential information, ranging from customer lists to strategic plans and business methods. Patents, of course, protect innovations. There can be substantial overlap between what can be protected with secrets and patents. Or, perhaps it is more accurate to say…
Sivon Kalminov
Louisa Salomon
Patenting and secrecy are the two major methods of protecting technology that supports competitive advantage. Trade secrets protect a wide range of confidential information, ranging from customer lists to strategic plans and business methods. Patents, of course, protect innovations. There can be substantial overlap between what can be protected with secrets and patents. Or, perhaps it is more accurate to say…
,10:50 AM ET
Patent Eligibility: Tips for Drafting and Responding to Examiners
Michael Nye
Wen Xie
12:10 PM ET
Creating an Innovative Ecosystem to Drive Value
The concept of driving value in the patent context can mean many different things to different people. Conceptually, there is nothing new about the need for fiscal responsibility as a lead component in the value proposition. What is new, however, is what seems to be the sometimes-unrealistic expectations of the courts, which is diametrically inapposite to the often-indiscriminate cost-cutting measures…
Randy Canis
Idris McKelvey
Joseph Monaghan
Derek Somogy
The concept of driving value in the patent context can mean many different things to different people. Conceptually, there is nothing new about the need for fiscal responsibility as a lead component in the value proposition. What is new, however, is what seems to be the sometimes-unrealistic expectations of the courts, which is diametrically inapposite to the often-indiscriminate cost-cutting measures…
,1:10 PM ET
2:20 PM ET
The Art of Responding to Obviousness Rejections
While much attention in recent years has been placed on patent eligibility—and rightly so— the truth is obviousness remains the most important threshold for most innovations. When the Supreme Court issued its decision in KSR v. Teleflex things substantially changed. Obviousness today is all about predictability of results. Long gone are the days where an obviousness rejection was inappropriate simply…
While much attention in recent years has been placed on patent eligibility—and rightly so— the truth is obviousness remains the most important threshold for most innovations. When the Supreme Court issued its decision in KSR v. Teleflex things substantially changed. Obviousness today is all about predictability of results. Long gone are the days where an obviousness rejection was inappropriate simply…
,3:40 PM ET
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly: Tips and Strategies for Building a Strong Patent Portfolio
Patents have been and continue to be an important asset for all innovators. Unfortunately, a patent is not an asset that typically possesses flexibility and adaptability. This makes “doing it right” from the outset of the utmost importance. What does “doing it right” mean? What it means to “do it right” will be the focus of this panel conversation, but…
Robert Stoll
Patents have been and continue to be an important asset for all innovators. Unfortunately, a patent is not an asset that typically possesses flexibility and adaptability. This makes “doing it right” from the outset of the utmost importance. What does “doing it right” mean? What it means to “do it right” will be the focus of this panel conversation, but…
,5:00 PM ET
Strategic Portfolio Acquisition and Maintenance: Ensuring Business Objectives Align with Patent Strategy
Tom Holsten
6:00 PM ET
Cocktail Reception
Beer, wine and cocktails with hors’ d’ oeuvres.
Beer, wine and cocktails with hors’ d’ oeuvres.
,Wednesday, Jun 21, 2023
8:00 AM ET
9:30 AM ET
Best Practices for Building a Worldwide Patent Portfolio
For many companies the best course of action when seeking to obtain worldwide patent protection is to file an International Application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. This strategy puts off decision-making for up to 30 months after filing the PCT application and leaves virtually all doors open. However, the PCT process is not cheap, and it can be more economical…
Gary Lobel
Cynthia Deal Mitchell
John White
For many companies the best course of action when seeking to obtain worldwide patent protection is to file an International Application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. This strategy puts off decision-making for up to 30 months after filing the PCT application and leaves virtually all doors open. However, the PCT process is not cheap, and it can be more economical…
,10:50 AM ET
Patent Drafting: Tips for Avoiding and Arguing 112 Rejections
The patent specification has always been a critical part of the patent application, but the specification has become increasingly important in recent years. Gone are the days of cheap patents with thin disclosures. While it remains necessary to draft patent applications carefully, and cautiously, to not run afoul of KSR v. Teleflex, courts seem increasingly skeptical of patents and patent…
The patent specification has always been a critical part of the patent application, but the specification has become increasingly important in recent years. Gone are the days of cheap patents with thin disclosures. While it remains necessary to draft patent applications carefully, and cautiously, to not run afoul of KSR v. Teleflex, courts seem increasingly skeptical of patents and patent…
,12:10 PM ET
Practical Tips for Increasing Patent Allowance Rates
The first commandment of patent prosecution should be to know your patent examiner. To do this patent practitioners need to consider examiner time constraints and production goals, what examiners need to see to allow an application, and must have an appreciation for what examiners are being instructed to do by supervisors. Interactions between patent examiners and patent practitioners are often…
The first commandment of patent prosecution should be to know your patent examiner. To do this patent practitioners need to consider examiner time constraints and production goals, what examiners need to see to allow an application, and must have an appreciation for what examiners are being instructed to do by supervisors. Interactions between patent examiners and patent practitioners are often…
,1:10 PM ET