The webinar will focus on the best way to leverage your litigation resources. As China continues to grow, the increased number of infringement cases bring our attention towards its court practice and litigation system. In this webinar, we will provide an overview on effective enforcement and litigation strategies for intellectual property cases, including administrative actions, evidence collection, court proceedings and litigation tactics.

In Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the Federal Circuit’s interpretation of the “on sale bar” — holding that “Congress did not alter the meaning of ‘on sale’ when it enacted the AIA.” In so doing, the Supreme Court answered affirmatively that a secret sale of an invention, or a sale of a technology under terms that require the invention to remain confidential, is barred under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a)(1), thereby preventing the invention from being patented. In this webinar, our panelists will weigh in on the impact of this decision and offer practical pointers to stakeholders and practitioners when dealing with secret, on-sale offers, activities, or commercialization.

This program offers 1 MCLE credit. You must register in advance to participate. What a company does in the first 48 hours of a data breach will set the stage for three major confrontations – regulatory investigations, private lawsuits, and PR damage control. From having a detailed and well understood Incident Response Plan in place, to understanding…

When is a diagnostic method an abstract idea? Can you still patent isolated natural products? Are methods of treatment routine and conventional? What are the limits to patent eligibility when a machine learns a clinical protocol? This webinar will explore these questions, address recent case law and updates to the USPTO Guidelines, and leave you with some practice tips.

When you need a nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement (NDA) as part of potential new business deals, M&A discussions, or in relation to employee hires, do you simply plug in party names into an old template, execute, and move on? If so, you’re not alone. But we can all do better.