Webinar on Written Description Requirement after Ariad v. Lilly

Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Patents and the Written Description Requirement: Meeting Section 112 Disclosure Obligations After Ariad v. Lilly" on June 10, 2010 from 1:00 - 2:30 PM (EST).  Peter Pappas of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan will provide guidance to patentees, patent challengers, and counsel for dealing with the written description requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, and discuss the implications of the Federal Circuit's opinion in Ariad v. Lilly for compliance and patent challenges.  The webinar will review the following questions:

• What are the implications of Ariad for the predictable and non-predictable arts?
• How will Ariad impact patent prosecution?
• What steps can patentees and counsel take to meet the written description requirement and withstand invalidity challenges based on the written description?

The registration fee for the webinar is $297 ($362 for registration and CLE processing).  Those registering by May 14, 2010 will receive a $50 discount.  Those interested in registering for the webinar, can do so here.

Comments

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"• What steps can patentees and counsel take to meet the written description requirement and withstand invalidity challenges based on the written description?
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Invent something and then claim it and only it. Bam, you just avoided all WD rejections/invalidations that ever could be made.

I know it's hard for some people.

[j]

No. 6 - Fail.

The problem is the sufficiency of one's description of what one has invented, not a failure to only claim what one has invented.

If someone examining the application decides the person of skill in the art has little knowledge and no skill in the art, 100 pages of description still aren't enough.