Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Section 112(a) Enablement and Written Description: Leveraging CCPA and Early Federal Circuit Decisions — Capitalizing on Precedent to Withstand 112(a) Rejections and Attacks on Patent Validity and Patentability" on August 24, 2017 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT).  Thomas L. Irving of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner; Donna M. Meuth, Associate General Counsel, Eisai; Amanda K. Murphy of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner will provide guidance to patent counsel on leveraging decisions by the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (CCPA) and the Federal Circuit regarding application of § 112 written description, and examine lessons learned through CCPA and early Federal Circuit decisions and offer strategies to overcome the challenges of § 112.  The webinar will review the following topics:

• What lessons can patent counsel draw from CCPA decisions when making arguments of written description support and enablement?
• What steps can counsel for patentees take to meet the written description and enablement requirements and withstand invalidity/unpatentability challenges based on written description and enablement?
• What steps should patent counsel take going forward to avoid repeating mistakes of the past?

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