Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Patent Design Arounds: Minimizing Risk of Infringement or Reducing Likelihood of Design Arounds -- Navigating Claims, Specifications, Prosecution History, Prior Art and Other Key Considerations" on December 1, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST). Patrick G. Burns of Greer Burns & Crain, and Dale S. Lazar of DLA Piper LLP (US) will provide guidance to patent counsel on how to leverage design arounds to reduce the risk of patent infringement, and also discuss what counsel can do when drafting patent applications to minimize the likelihood that competitors can design around the patent. The webinar will review the following issues:
• What factors should patent counsel consider when seeking a design around of a valid patent?
• What steps can patent counsel take when preparing a patent application to reduce the likelihood of design arounds?
• What role do design arounds play in the context of damages?
The registration fee for the webinar is $297. Those interested in registering for the webinar, can do so here.
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