Strafford
will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Leveraging the AIA's Expanded Prior Use
Defense for Patent Infringement Claims" on November 21, 2013 from
1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST). Thomas L. Irving of Finnegan Henderson
Farabow Garrett & Dunner; Colleen Kramer, Associate General Counsel -
Intellectual Property for Mars Global Chocolate; and Amy J. Hoffman,
Intellectual Property Counsel for Ecolab will examine the expanded prior
commercial use defense, its requirements, and limitations, and discuss the
strategic considerations for patents issued both before and after Sept. 16,
2011, and offer best practices for using the defense. The webinar will review the following
questions:
• How does the AIA expand the prior commercial use
defense?
• What are the limitations and exceptions to
application of the prior user rights defense to patent infringement?
• What are the strategic considerations for counsel
in determining whether to use the commercial prior use defense?
The registration fee for the webinar is $297 ($362 for registration and CLE processing). Those interested in registering for the webinar, can do so here.
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