Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Structuring Freedom-to-Operate Opinions: Reducing Risk of Patent Infringement — Combating Troubling FTO Results, Overcoming Potential Roadblocks, Addressing Impact of Post-Grant Process on FTO Opinions" on September 21, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Doris Johnson Hines and Thomas L. Irving of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, and Laura A. Labeots, Ph.D., of Husch Blackwell will provide guidance to patent counsel preparing and providing freedom-to-operate (FTO) opinions for companies developing new products, and outline best practices for drafting FTO opinions to reduce infringement risks.  The webinar will review the following issues:

• What are best practices for patent counsel when analyzing FTO issues and structuring FTO opinions?
• What is the impact of the post-grant process on FTO opinions?
• When should counsel seek FTO opinions to protect new research and products from infringement claims?

The registration fee for the webinar is $297.  Those interested in registering for the webinar, can do so here.