This CLE course will provide patent counsel with guidance for navigating evidentiary issues in PTAB trials. The panel will look at PTAB evidentiary standards, address types of permitted discovery, contrast the weight versus admissibility of evidence, review timing requirements, and examine evidentia... Read More

This CLE course will guide patent counsel on the use of secondary considerations to demonstrate or refute obviousness. The panel will examine what works and what does not when seeking to survive or defeat validity challenges. The panel will also review recent Federal Circuit decisions and Patent Tri... Read More

This CLE course will guide patent counsel on issues of inducement in pharmaceutical patent litigation following the Federal Circuit's decision in Amarin Pharma v. Hikma Pharm. The panel will also discuss strategies and tactics regarding claim language and label language, as well as types of evidence... Read More

This CLE course will guide patent counsel on overcoming the challenges of obviousness in biologics patent claims in the U.S., Europe, and China. The panel will examine the similarities and differences between claim types that have the best chance of success. The group will also discuss recent case l... Read More

This CLE course will provide patent counsel with suggestions on claim and label language; to proactively coordinate patent, regulatory, and clinical personnel; and to maintain consistency between claims and likely or actual label language throughout patent prosecution and label negotiation with the... Read More

This CLE course will guide patent counsel on the monitoring and enforcing of medical device patents. The panel will address the considerations before enforcing a patent and will discuss the path of enforcement. The panel will discuss alternatives, such as licensing or paying royalties, and best prac... Read More

This CLE course will provide patent counsel with guidance on using invalidity opinions in defense of patent infringement claims. The panel will discuss the issue of waiver of the attorney-client privilege and other factors when considering invalidity opinions. The panel will provide best practices f... Read More

This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on the use of experts in patent disputes in both the federal courts and at the PTAB. The panel will discuss the selection of experts and discovery issues with experts. The panel will also address the use of experts in claim construction as well as limiting... Read More

This CLE course will guide patent counsel on understanding the types of activity that may lead to a finding of inequitable conduct or unclean hands. The panel will also provide insights into practical tactics to avoid the risk of a court's ruling of inequitable conduct or unclean hands. The panel wi... Read More

This CLE course will guide patent counsel on the Federal Circuit's recent GSK v. Teva decision, and any other relevant post-launch non-Hatch Waxman pharmaceutical litigation. The panel will also discuss strategies and tactics regarding claim language and label language, as well as types of evidence... Read More

This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on patent damages. The panel will review recent decisions and the guidance they provide. The panel will look at the role of experts and what documentation can aid experts in their evaluation. The panel will also discuss patent damages for foreign activity.... Read More

This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on Alice motions at the pleading stage in patent infringement litigation. The panel will discuss key considerations when filing these motions. The panel will address Section 101 and the Mayo/Alice test, discussing steps 1 and 2 of the test for abstract idea... Read More

This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on patent litigation financing and the associated issues. The panel will discuss the options patent owners and litigators have for financing. The panel will address third-party funding and the use of judgment insurance. The panel will also discuss key consi... Read More

This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on obtaining U.S. discovery when involved in litigation outside the U.S. The panel will examine the use of Section 1782 applications and the potential roadblocks and challenges that litigants face. The panel will discuss how the courts have treated such dis... Read More

This CLE course will provide patent counsel with an examination of the role of the advice of counsel defense in patent infringement cases and the temporal and subject matter scope of the potential waiver of the attorney-client privilege and work product protection when an accused infringer relies up... Read More

This CLE course will examine recent trends and developments, as well as who should use the International Trade Commission (ITC) and how to prepare for ITC litigation. The panel will also discuss some of the practical aspects of litigating at the ITC, including fact discovery, expert reports and exam... Read More

This CLE course will guide patent counsel on issues of inducement in pharmaceutical patent litigation in light of the GSK v. Teva decision. The panel will also discuss strategies and tactics regarding claim language and label language, as well as types of evidence to adduce to prove inducement of in... Read More

This CLE course will guide patent litigators on overcoming challenges when conducting discovery outside the U.S. The panel will examine national privacy and blocking laws that impede discovery outside the U.S. and how the courts treat the issue. The panel will discuss the international comity analys... Read More

This CLE course will guide patent counsel on the pleading requirements in patent infringement cases. The panel will discuss what is the right amount when pleading patent infringement cases. The panel will discuss how the courts have addressed the issue and offer best practices for meeting the pleadi... Read More

This CLE course will guide design patent counsel in the application of the Gorham ordinary observer test in design patent litigation. The panel will review recent design patent decisions that result in undesirable subjective outcomes. The panel will also present validated large-sample consumer surve... Read More

NOTE: A PTAB judge has been added to the panel. This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on ex parte appeals. The panel will discuss the strategy of choosing ex parte appeals and key considerations. The panel will also offer best practices for ex parte appeals. Read More

This CLE course will guide counsel on patent litigation in the Western District of Texas. The panel will examine key considerations and discuss strategies to navigate litigation issues from case commencement through post- trial motions. Read More

This CLE course will guide patent litigators on prosecution history estoppel and when it applies. The panel will discuss the exceptions and the guidance provided by the courts in recent decisions. The panel will review strategies to avoid the presumption of estoppel while getting the desired claim a... Read More

This CLE course will guide patent litigation counsel on discovery issues. The panel will examine proportionality requirements and considerations to determine if these requirements are met. The panel will discuss scope and timing of discovery, including patent holder and accused infringer requests fo... Read More

This CLE course will guide patent counsel on using the experimental use defense. The panel will discuss where the defense stands under U.S. law as well as how other countries treat the defense. The panel will examine when it is permissible to use prior inventions to build new ones and when it crosse... Read More

This CLE course will guide patent counsel through the evolving evidentiary standards at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The panel will examine decisions recently designated as precedential or informative and their impact on the standards. The panel will off... Read More

This CLE course will provide guidance to patent counsel on litigation of patent rights globally. The panel will examine substantive and procedural differences that counsel should analyze when determining when and where to bring infringement suits in various global jurisdictions. The panel will also... Read More

This CLE course will guide patent counsel on the enforcement of patent rights globally. The panel will examine global patent litigation to protect IP rights in the worldwide marketplace. The panel will discuss current global litigation trends and the tools necessary when determining if, when, and wh... Read More

This CLE course will guide patent litigators in understanding and recognizing untenable positions in patent infringement litigation. The panel will discuss how to formulate reasonable infringement positions that do not press patents beyond the scope of the invention and will offer strategies to navi... Read More

This CLE course will guide counsel on pharmaceutical-related patent challenges from strategy to settlement. The panel will discuss the interplay between Paragraph IV litigation and post-grant proceedings, and where multiple generic challengers fit in the exclusivity scheme. The presenters will also... Read More

This CLE course will guide counsel on handling divided infringement claims when enforcing patent rights. The panel will review recent court decisions and outline steps to protect IP rights and allocate liability in the event of an infringement. Read More

This CLE course will offer guidance to counsel for companies operating in the Chinese market on asserting patents and avoiding and defending patent infringement litigation. The panel will also outline best practices for counsel involved in infringement disputes in China. Read More

This CLE course will provide patent counsel with insights on the new Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) trial practice guidance, focusing on claim construction, amendment practice, additional discovery, joinder, institution decisions, and much more. The panel will discuss the implications of the n... Read More

This CLE course will guide patent counsel on the recent Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) precedential or informative decisions. The panel will discuss what they mean for the introduction of new evidence at rehearing, issue joinder, live testimony at oral hearings, and the PTAB's discretion to de... Read More

This CLE course will discuss the expanded doctrine of blocking patents. The panel will discuss the Acorda decision and secondary considerations. The panel will also address how the decision impacts the obviousness analyses, licensing, and invalidity/validity/opposition searches. Read More

This CLE course will provide guidance to patent counsel on preparing a PTAB case for appeal to the Federal Circuit. The panel will also offer strategic tips for conducting a PTAB trial with an eye to appeal and best practices for prevailing on appeal. Read More

This CLE course will guide patent counsel on apportionment of patent damages. The panel will review how the courts have treated the issue of damages apportionment and will discuss the damages analysis as well as calculating damages for multi-component products. The panel will also consider how appor... Read More

This CLE course will guide patent counsel on trends in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) trial practice, focusing on motion opportunities, amendment, concurrent reissue/reexamination, evidentiary opportunities, petition missteps and much more. Read More

This CLE course will guide patent counsel on the use of secondary considerations at the the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The panel will examine what works and what does not when seeking to defeat validity challenges. The panel will also review Federal Circuit decisions addressing secondary... Read More

This CLE course will provide guidance to counsel on the impact of the Federal Circuit's decision in Travel Sentry Inc. v. Tropp on divided patent infringement claims. The panel will examine how the decision fits into the Akamai V framework and outline steps to protect IP rights and allocate liabilit... Read More

This CLE course will examine the U.S. Supreme Court's Samsung v. Apple decision and its impact on design patent damages. The panel will also discuss the impact on patent prosecution and strategies that can be employed during design patent prosecution to increase chances that, if infringed, the relev... Read More

This CLE course will provide guidance to patent counsel involved in challenging or defending patent validity on the impact of concurrent proceedings at the USPTO and in the courts on claim construction, estoppel, real-parties-in-interest (RPI) and stays. The panel will offer best practices for deali... Read More

This CLE course will provide patent counsel with guidance on the preparation for and the conducting of Markman hearings. The panel will examine key considerations from claim selection to timing to the use of experts. The panel will offer effective strategies to navigate the claim interpretation proc... Read More

This CLE course will provide guidance to patent counsel on the Supreme Court's new standard for enhanced damages under 35 U.S.C. Sec. 284. The panel will explain the Court's recent decision and its implications. Read More

This CLE course will provide patent counsel with guidance for navigating evidentiary issues in PTAB trials. The panel will look at PTAB evidentiary standards, address types of permitted discovery, contrast the weight versus admissibility of evidence, review timing requirements, and examine evidentia... Read More