The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Strategies and Pitfalls of CIP and Provisional Practice" on August 9, 2018 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Courtenay Brinckerhoff of Foley & Lardner LLP, Charles Chesney of Qualcomm Inc., and Roland McAndrews of Bookoff McAndrews PLLC will discuss potential pitfalls associated with U.S. provisional or CIP patent applications. Problems may arise not only when there is failure to fully claim the invention, but if there is a failure to: (1) list all of the inventors in a provisional application, (2) timely assign the provisional application, or (3) properly list the applicant(s). Similarly, if the timing is not right, CIP applications are often dead on arrival and, even if done correctly, may needlessly sacrifice patent term. The panel will address PCT traps, as well as the circumstances when filing a provisional or CIP application instead of a standalone utility application can be a sound strategy.
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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