The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Is Alice Pulling Manufacturing Patents Down the Rabbit Hole?" on September 10, 2020 from 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm (ET). John Cheek of DRiV Inc. and Timothy McAnulty and Jeffrey Totten of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP will discuss how recent decisions from the Federal Circuit in American Axle have put manufacturing, mechanical, and electrical patents at risk, and how the Alice/Mayo test for patent eligibility is not being applied to method of manufacturing patents. The panel will discuss the following issues:
• Do these cases push the Alice/Mayotest too far?
• Do they further conflate patent eligibility with obviousness or enablement?
• Do they put manufacturing, mechanical, and electrical patents more at risk for eligibility challenges (and cancellation)?
The registration fee for the webinar is $135 (IPO member) or $150 (non-member) (government and academic rates are available upon request). Those interested in registering for the webinar can do so here.
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