Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Preparing for Pharma PGRs: Lessons for Patent Owners From PGR Denials — Leveraging Successful IPR Arguments, Strengthening Patent Applications to Survive PGR Petitions" on January 19, 2017 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Thomas L. Irving and Amanda K. Murphy of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, and Kerry Flynn, Vice President, Chief IP Counsel, Vertex Pharmaceuticals will provide guidance to prepare patent counsel for pharma-related America Invents Act (AIA) post-grant reviews (PGRs). The panel will provide theories for surviving a declared PGR with instituted claims intact, or, even better, achieving denial of institution.  The webinar will review the following issues:

• How can practitioners help patent owners prepare for PGRs?
• What can patent owners do during prosecution to strengthen their patents against PGR challenges?
• What can patent counsel learn from successful IPRs in order to succeed in PGRs?

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