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Webinar on Challenging Validity of Australian Patents

Spruson & Ferguson will be offering a webinar entitled "Challenging the Validity of Patent Rights in Australia: Options and Strategies" on January 19, 2022 at 4:00 pm (ET).  Mike Zammit and Doug Horton of Spruson & Ferguson will discuss:

• The life cycle of a standard Australian patent;
• Pre-grant challenges: (a) third party observations, (b) substantive oppositions (including appeals to a Court) and (c) re-examination;
• Post-grant challenges: (a) re-examination, and (b) revocation before the Courts; and
• Several case studies will be provided.

While there is no cost to participate in the program, those interested in attending the webinar can register here.

Webinar on Patentability of User Interfaces

J A Kemp will be offering a webinar entitled "User Interfaces -- What Can You Patent?" on January 25, 2022 from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm (GMT).  Dominic Forsthye and Callum Docherty of J A Kemp will look at the EPO's approach to excluded matter as applied to user interfaces, using examples from case law to try to make sense of what can and cannot be patented at the EPO, and will discuss practical tips for drafting and prosecuting UI applications at the EPO to increase chances of success.  The webinar will address the following topics:

• The EPO's approach to excluded subject-matter
• Examples from case law to highlight how the EPO approaches user interfaces
• Technical effect, and arguments that can be employed to highlight technical effect
• A brief review of the UK approach to user interfaces
• Practical drafting tips for user interface inventions

There is no registration fee for this webinar.  However, those interested in registering for the webinar, should do so here.