Webinar on Inter Partes Review Strategy and Trends in the Life Sciences Industry

Morrison & Foerster LLP will be offering a webinar entitled "Inter Partes Review Strategy and Trends in the Life Sciences Industry: Implications for Patent Prosecutors and Litigators" on May 28, 2015 from 8:30 to 10:00 am (PDT).  Tina E. Hulse, Administrative Patent Judge, Silicon Valley U.S. Patent Trademark Office; and Michael Jacobs, Matthew Kreeger, and Cary Miller of Morrison & Foerster LLP will highlight several concrete strategies for IPR petitions in pharmaceutical and biotechnology cases.  Topics to be covered in the web conference will include:

• How life sciences companies are integrating IPRs into their patent litigation strategies and patent portfolio management;
• The types of claims and challenges involved in life sciences IPRs
• The use of IPRs in ANDA/Hatch-Waxman litigation;
• Factors to consider in choosing ex parte reexamination, IPR, or litigation as the best approach to challenging validity in life sciences cases; and
• The interplay amongst IPRs, prosecution, and litigation, including whether or not to institute an IPR and its potential impact on ongoing prosecution and litigation.

While there is no cost to participate in the program, registration is required.  Those interested in attending the webinar can register here.

Comments

[Robert Jepsen]

Hello,

I'm writing on behalf of my attorney. Will this webinar include CLE credits for CO and/or MN?

Thank you!

- Rob

[Donald Zuhn]

Rob:

Please contact Morrison Foerster, which is hosting the webinar, to inquire about the states for which CLE credit is being offered.

Thanks,

Don