Law
Seminars International (LSI) will be offering a one-hour telebriefing on "Patent-Eligible Subject Matter After CLS Bank and Ultramercial: Implications
of Two Key Federal Circuit Decisions" on July 22, 2013 from 3:00
to 4:00 pm (Eastern).  Eric L. Sophir of Dentons will
moderate a panel that includes Thomas
W. Krause, Special Counsel for Intellectual Property Litigation, Solicitor's
Office, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Michael B. Chernoff, Director of
Legal Services, Patent Operations, Accenture; and Benjamin Lee, Legal Counsel,
Twitter.  The panel will assess
the implications of the CLS Bank and Ultramercial
decisions and provide practical guidance for assessing patent-eligibility of an
invention, particularly software and business methods patents.  Among the topics to be covered are:

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Impact of the decisions on applications and challenges to software and business
methods patents
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Current test for assessing patent-eligibility under Section 101
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When and how the Abstract Idea Exception may apply
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Strategies for drafting claims for examination at the U.S. Patent &
Trademark Office
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Predictions on future handling of this issue by the courts

A
Q&A will follow the presentation and last for up to 30 minutes.

The
registration fee is $150 per caller and $100 for each additional person on the
same line who desires continuing education credit.  Those interested in registering for the
telebriefing, can do so here.