The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "IPR Estoppel One Year After SAS" on April 25, 2019 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Grantland Drutchas of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP; James Hietala of Intellectual Ventures Management, LLC; and Eliot Williams of Baker Botts LLP will address how district courts have applied IPR estoppel in the year since SAS v. Iancu was decided, and will not only highlight recent cases, but will also provide tactics for both plaintiffs and defendants to make arguments about the proper scope of IPR estoppel in district court litigation. The panel will address the following topics:
• SiOnyx v. Hamamatsu Photonics (D. Mass.) and the principle that "after SAS [a narrow view of AIA estoppel] cannot be correct";
• Oil-Dri Corp. of America v. Nestle Purina Co. (N.D. Ill.) and the increasing importance of on-sale prior art that can be used in district court, but that could not have been raised in the IPR; and
• The pending Federal Circuit appeal in BTG International Ltd. v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC and whether the America Invents Act stops patent challengers who won at the PTAB from pursuing their winning arguments in 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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