West LEGALworks® will be offering a webcast entitled: "KSR International Co. v. Teleflex, Inc.: Discover How the High Court's Ruling Will Alter the Patent Landscape" on May 8, 2007 from 1:00-3:00 PM (EST). Speakers Thomas C. Goldstein and Jeffrey K. Sherwood of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (counsel of record for Teleflex) and Robert Greene Sterne and Kenneth C. Bass, III of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. (co-counsel for Teleflex) will discuss how the KSR decision could alter the patent law landscape and make it harder for applicants to get new patents and defend existing ones, as well as how the decision fine-tunes the manner in which prior-art can be combined to render a claimed invention obvious. According to Thomson-West, the speakers will provide a balanced perspective on what the Supreme Court ruling means for patent holders, patent applicants, and licensees, and cover such issues as:
- What impact will the Court's decision have on inventors, businesses, corporations and innovation in the U.S?
- What questions has the Supreme Court left unanswered?
- What can we expect from the USPTO during its transition period?
- What impact will the KSR decision have on generic drug makers?
- What are the implications of KSR on technology companies and business method patents?
- Will the number of patents filed drop off drastically?
- Will KSR stifle innovation?
- What kind of testimony will sway patent examiners?
The registration fee for this webcast is $175. Those interested in registering for the webcast, can do so here.
The Law Bulletin Publishing Company will be holding its 2007 Corporate IP Conference on May 17, 2007 from 7:30-11:30 AM (CST) at the University Club in Chicago, Illinois. Speakers Thomas Duston, Dean Pelletier, Glen Perdue, and William McGrath will discuss a number of topics, including how the Supreme Court's decision in KSR has again shifted the playing field for in-house and outside IP practitioners and impacted IP practice. The registration fee for the conference ranges from $59 to $79. Those interested in registering can do so here.
Strafford CLE Teleconferences will be offering a telephone conference entitled: "KSR International v. Teleflex: Supreme Court Radically Changes Test for Obviousness" on May 22, 2007 from 1:00-2:30 PM (EST). Speakers Thomas C. Goldstein of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, who argued for Teleflex before the Supreme Court, and James W. Dabney of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, who argued for KSR before the Supreme Court, and David Segal of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher will discuss how the KSR decision impacts patent certainty and how patent owners and applicants can move forward following the decision. According to Strafford, the speakers will address such critical questions as:
- Does the Court's rejection of the Federal Circuit's rigid application of the TSM standard completely invalidate the test, and how will the USPTO react?
- What is the expected impact of the Court's decision on existing patent portfolios - and how can patent owners assess and mitigate the risks?
- How should patent owners and applicants move forward in light of KSR and other recent Court decisions on patent matters, e.g., MedImmune, Microsoft et al.?
An interactive Q&A session will follow the speaker presentations. The registration fee for this telephone conference ranges from $247 to $297. A program outline for the teleconference can be obtained here. Those interested in registering for the teleconference, can do so here.
The American Bar Association will be offering a webcast entitled: "Patent Law After KSR v. Teleflex: Are Your Patents Still Valid?" on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 from 1:00-2:30 PM (EST). While the program for this webcast is still being planned, those interested in pre-registering, can do so here (individuals) or here (groups). The registration fee for the ABA webcast ranges from $85 to $150.
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