The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "AIA Estoppel: A New Flavor of Collateral Estoppel and/or Res Judicata?" on October 31, 2018 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Herbert Hart of McAndrews of Held & Malloy, Ltd. will moderate a panel consisting of Emily Johnson of Amgen Inc.; Barbara McCurdy of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP; and the Hon. James Peterson, Chief District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The panel will explore the potential impact of statutory and rule-based estoppel resulting from Final Written Decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including:
• What is the likely impact of AIA estoppel at the PTAB and in the district courts?
-- Is Shaw still alive after SAS?
-- What's the likely impact of SAS on the scope of estoppel?
-- How does the Maxlinear decision change the potential scope of estoppel?
• How should the terms "skilled searcher," "diligent search," and "reasonably could have been expected to discover" be interpreted for estoppel purposes?
• How should non-documentary prior art be handled in a district court, even if it relates to publications used in an IPR?
• When and how should the estoppel defense be raised at the PTAB? In a district court?
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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