• Identify how Seagate has altered opinion practice and the new standard for willful infringement;
• Clarify business objectives to determine the ultimate purpose of the opinion and the anticipated audiences;
• Formulate a pre-drafting strategy which accounts for the preparation, timing, and scope of the opinion;
• Understand how the opinion letter fits into the overall IP strategy;
• Incorporate new invalidity opinion strategies from evolving legal standards concerning written description and enablement;
• Minimize exposure to liability by taking proactive measures to protect attorney-client privilege;
• Uncover the newest search strategies and develop cost-effective and time saving ways for both biotech and chemical searches; and
• Gain strategies to integrate litigation considerations into your opinion letters.
In particular, ACI's faculty will offer presentations on the following topics:
• Reevaluating the current use and demand for patent opinions after In re Seagate;
• From the in-house counsel's desk: Clarifying the business objectives and understanding how companies use the opinion;
• Developing a cohesive strategy prior to drafting the opinion: Preparation, timing, and determining the type of opinion needed;
• Case law and Congressional update: Factoring patent reform and evolving legal standards into your opinion;
• Critical ethics considerations: Protecting attorney-client privilege and minimizing exposure to liability;
• Optimizing biotech and chemical search strategies -- to be presented by Patent Docs author Donald Zuhn;
• Playing devil's advocate: Honing your search analyses;
• Identifying ways to strategically incorporate litigation considerations into your opinion writing;
• Essential elements of drafting a legally sound non-infringement opinion;
• Assumption of infringement and the elements of an invalidity opinion.
The agenda for the Patent Opinion Writing Boot Camp can be found here. A complete brochure for this conference, including an agenda, list of speakers, and registration form can be obtained here.
The registration fee for this conference is $2,195. Those registering on or before October 2, 2009 will receive a $200 discount, and those registering on or before August 28, 2009 will receive a $300 discount. ACI will also provide a $400 discount off the standard price to all Patent Docs readers who reference the discount code "The Media Partner Discount" when registering. Those interested in registering for the conference can do so here, by calling 1-888-224-2480, or by faxing a registration form to 1-877-927-1563.
Patent Docs is a media partner of ACI's Patent Opinion Writing Boot Camp.
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