The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Privity at the PTAB since RPX" on November 29, 2018 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Gasper LaRosa of Jones Day, Brian Murphy of Haug Partners LLP, and Dorothy Whelan, Fish & Richardson, PC will analyze the case law, and the resulting changes in PTAB practice, since the Federal Circuit's decision in Applications in Internet Time (AIT) v. RPX, which found that the PTAB took an "impermissibly shallow" look at evidence presented by the patent owner about the relationship between the petitioner and another party. The panel will analyze and discuss:
• The eventual boundaries of the "clear beneficiary" test for determining real-parties-in-interest, including whether joint defense groups will be impacted;
• The PTAB's new approach to granting discovery before institution, and how this offers patent owners a not-to-be-missed opportunity; and
• The PTAB's recent flexibility in sometimes allowing a petitioner to choose between naming additional RPIs to win institution or risking non-institution by contesting the need to do so.
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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