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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…
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Wearable Computers and Intellectual Property Law
$175About the Course: Truly unique. Truly fascinating. Truly unnerving. The approaching wave of wearable computers presents numerous and momentous concerns for intellectual property professionals. For instance, patent drafters and prosecutors must take extra vigilance in safeguarding their patent applications because passersby will be able…
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Retaining Patent Brokers
$295About the Course: This webinar presents unique insights into negotiating retainer agreements with patent brokers and provides a keen overview of the patent brokerage process. Learn key questions to ask when choosing patent brokers and determine what the roles and responsibilities of the patentee and patent broker will…
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Spoliation in Intellectual Property Law and Licensing
$295About the Course: Spoliation is the destruction or material alteration of evidence or a party’s failure to preserve evidence related to a reasonably foreseeable litigation. Sanctions associated with spoliation usually depend on the conduct of the spoliating party and the prejudice to the non-spoliating party. This webinar is…
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Preserving IP Rights with Provisional Patent Applications
$345About the Course: This seminar is an unparalleled opportunity to gain insight into the strategic use of provisional patent applications. Strategies related to using provisionals to arbitrage the U.S. and non-U.S. patent filing systems are discussed. The impact of well-written and poorly-written provisionals on the quality and value…
