The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "After Form 18: Pleading Infringement" on April 27, 2017 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). David Donoghue of Holland & Knight LLP, Chris Freeman of Blackbird Technologies, and Mark Hannemann of Shearman & Sterling LLP will consider the spectrum of views district courts have embraced regarding the pleading standard for direct infringement since the abrogation of Form 18 in late 2015, and offer strategies for both plaintiffs and defendants. The panel will also analyze the new challenges, such as defendants' need to reply to a detailed complaint with little time to prepare affirmative defenses, such as invalidity, and discuss how the Federal Circuit has addressed the new pleading standard in Lyda v. CBS, and whether more definitive guidance is likely to be forthcoming.
The registration fee for the webinar is $135 (government and academic rates are available upon request). Those interested in registering for the webinar can do so here.
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