The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "The Revised PTAB Trial Practice Guide and Its Impact on Your Practice" on September 13, 2018 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Hon. Michael Tierney, Lead Administrative Patent Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Tarek Fahmi of Ascenda Law Group; and Eliot Williams of Baker Botts LLP will discuss the reasoning behind recent changes to the PTAB Trial Practice Guide and explain how these revisions will impact PTAB practice. Among the major revisions to the Guide that will be addressed, are:
• The introduction of a surreply to
the prior sequence of briefs
• The circumscribed role to be played by expert evidence
• The introduction of a new prehearing conference call, which some commentators predict has the potential to be as important as the main oral hearing
• Clarifications regarding motions to strike and motions to exclude
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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