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Forward Rejection Analysis
$295About the Course: Forward Rejection Analysis is a unique and powerful tool for assessing patent strength. This methodology indicates the extent to which a patent or patent portfolio blocks competitors from receiving patents in a similar space. The more competitors blocked–and the more assertively they prosecute their patents–the…
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Patents and Secrecy Orders
$295 – $334About the Course: The Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office is authorized to order patent applications to be kept secret and not published, if such publication is deemed to be “detrimental to national security.” Not only may such determinations risk depriving inventors of their ability to…
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Intellectual Property and Video Games
$295About the Course: The creation and marketing of video games touches upon every aspect of intellectual property law which includes patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights and rights of publicity. This webinar provides keen insight into the cost and ease of obtaining; terms; and, coverages provided by each form…
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Managing Intellectual Property in Bankruptcy
$295 – $334About the Course: This seminar provides a thorough overview of the rights and risks of licensors and licensees that are subject to bankruptcy proceedings. Insight into how various intellectual asset classes–patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets–are affected by bankruptcy filings is provided. Among the issues discussed during this…
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Patent Valuation in the Wake of the America Invents Act
$295 – $334About the Course: This webinar provides insight into how the America Invents Act may impact patent valuation. The Post-Grant Review process, first to file and expanded user rights are explored in great detail. The nuances of changing standards for establishing claim invalidity; broader standards for claim interpretation; cost…
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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…
