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Insights into the Economic Espionage Act
$295 – $334About the Course: Violating the Economic Espionage Act is very costly in terms of both monetary damages and imprisonment. To wit: A former Dow scientist was sentenced to five years in prison for stealing trade secrets relating to Dow Chemical’s CPE process and product technologies and conspiring to…
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The Implications of Microsoft v. Motorola
$175About the Course: The Microsoft v. Motorola verdict transcends RAND, standards setting bodies and patent pools. This decision will impact how patents are drafted, how patents are prosecuted and how patents are litigated. In light of this decision, it is possible that major companies will no longer participate…
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Double Patenting: Defeating Rejections and Avoiding Terminal Disclaimers
$295About the Course: Double patenting occurs when a patent applicant seeks to receive two patents on the same invention in the same jurisdiction. The doctrine of double patenting seeks to prevent the unjustified extension of patent exclusivity beyond the term of a patent. Consequences of double patenting can…
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Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics: The Implications of the Supreme Court Decision
$175About the Course: In Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, the Supreme Court held that isolated DNA is not patent eligible subject matter, but that cDNA may be patent eligible subject matter under certain circumstances. This webinar discusses the extent to which additional limitations will be placed on the…
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Emasculating Patent Trolls
$295About the Course: Patent trolls are under attack. As proposed legislation and governmental edicts do not clearly define what constitutes a patent troll, this webinar is vital for anyone asserting patents or defending themselves against accusations of patent infringement. This session discusses in great detail the actions that…
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Unauthorized IP in Your Supply Chain
$295About the Course: Intellectual Property is proliferating. Supply chains are elongating. Outsourcing is diffusing. Anti-infringement compliance is withering. Government and regulatory oversight is rising. Do these elements forebode a surge in IP-Supply Chain litigation? Even if your company is unaware of the use of unauthorized IP by your…
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Patent Strategies for Clean Technologies
$295About the Course: The number of patents covering clean technologies has surged from roughly 750 per year in 2002 to more than 3,000 in 2012. This growth in patenting has been a worldwide phenomenon as clean technology patent issuance has risen consistently in the US, Japan, Germany, Korea…
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Managing Complex International Trade Commission Litigation
$295About the Course: Addressing patent infringement at the US International Trade Commission offers rapid decisions and relatively high likelihood of receiving an injunction. However, the ITC cannot impose damages and is not bound by judicial doctrine. This webinar presents the listener with an extremely thorough primer on litigating…
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Negotiating Patent Infringement Indemnification
$175About the Course: Manufacturers and their suppliers are often confronted with the issue of patent infringement indemnification. Failure to consider a range of issues that could arise with respect to allegations of patent infringement at the outset of a business relationship could present ruinous liabilities for suppliers and…
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Navigating Ethical Issues in Patent Prosecution
$175About the Course: This session discusses a multitude of ethical issues that arise during the prosecution of patents. Examples are provided that illustrate the range of severity of prosecutorial negligence as well as the resulting disciplinary action taken against the counselor. A review of critical litigation between prosecuting…
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Minimizing Risks Through Pre-Issuance Submissions
$175About the Course: This session provides a thorough overview of a variety of measures available to mount challenges to patent applications. Insight is provided into patent application challenges such as third-party IDS submissions; protests; ex-parte re-exams; inter-partes proceedings; and, pre-issuance submissions. The submission requirements, filing deadlines and fees…
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Assessing Key Person Risks
$175This session is the culmination of more than 20-years of experience in determining key person discounts. Discount factors such as lost debt capacity, adequacy of potential replacements, and degree of dependence are reviewed. Relevant marital, business and valuation case law is discussed in-depth. About the Course: This session…
