• Successful international patent preparation and prosecution.
• Managing multilateral patent procurement.
• Selecting foreign jurisdictions most appropriate for patent applications.
• Fast track patenting.
• Industry specific trends in global prosecution.
• Drafting specification and claims in a multilateral patent application.
• Country-specific considerations for litigation overseas.
In particular, LSI's faculty will offer presentations on the following topics:
-- Focus on Europe:
• Prosecution trends;
• Analysis of practice on divisional applications;
• Impact of the EPC Revision Act;
• The effects of the London Agreement;
• Formal requirements for the description and claims in the EPO;
• Recent case decisions affecting how descriptions and claims should be drafted for success;
• EPO operational issues.
-- Focus on Japan: Successful Preparation and Prosecution
• How the JPO determines lack of inventive step;
• How the description and claims should be drafted for success.
-- Focus on Korea: Successful Preparation and Prosecution
• Preparing specifications and claims to maximize patent protection in Korea;
• Tips and strategies for expediting Korea patent prosecution.
-- Focus on China: Successful Preparation and Prosecution
• Perspectives and suggestions on patent prosecution in China;
• The current patent system and development trends of patent law in China.
-- Fast Track Patenting
• Using new fast track programs including U.S. accelerated examination, Patent Prosecution Highway, and New Route, and similar efforts in other countries;
• Risks of fast track patenting;
• Compare and contrast schemes - speed and effectiveness;
• Impact on pendency and enforcement.
-- Key Industry-Specific Trends in Global Prosecution
-- Drafting Specification and Claims in a Multilateral Patent Application
• Can a U.S. application be drafted for later successful foreign prosecution with minimal changes in the specifications?
• Proposed form introduced;
• Interactive panel addressing benefits and drawbacks;
• Drafting issues;
• Multiple jurisdiction claims.
-- Interpreting Claims and Litigating Patents Overseas: Country-Specific Considerations
The agenda for the Multilateral Patents workshop can be found here. A complete brochure for this workshop, including an agenda, list of speakers, and registration form can be downloaded here.
The registration fee is $347.50 for students and new employees, $545 for government employees, or $695 for all other attendees. Those interested in registering for the conference can do so here, by calling 1-800-854-8009, or by faxing a registration form to 1-206-567-5058.
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