Neil Smith, Of Counsel, Schwegman Lundberg and Woessner LLP to Speak at TKG's PTAB Patent Proceedings: Best Practices and Strategies
The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Neil Smith, Of Counsel, Schwegman Lundberg and Woessner LLP will speak at the Knowledge Group's webcast entitled: PTAB Patent Proceedings: Best Practices and Strategies LIVE Webcast.
- Jersey City, NJ (1888PressRelease) October 10, 2016 - This event is scheduled Tuesday, October 18, 2016 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM (ET).
For further details, please visit:
https://theknowledgegroup.org/all-events-list/live-webcasts/event/?ID=ptab-patent-proceedings-best-practices-and-strategies-live-webcast
About Neil Smith
Neil Smith is Of Counsel with Schwegman, Lundberg and Woessner in San Jose, CA. He previously served as the first Administrative Patent Judge on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, for the US Patent & Trademark Office's Silicon Valley Satellite Office. Neil is a specialist in the use of the PTAB to challenge the patent validity.
He litigated, through the Ninth Circuit, the first copyright case dealing with the Internet technique of "framing." He is a specialist in Trademarks, Internet issues and domain names, and litigated the first case dealing with metatags as trademark infringement, for client Playboy. His landmark case for Reebok in the Ninth Circuit established extraterritorial enforcement of the Lanham Trademark Act, and ex-parte seizures and the attachment of a counterfeiter's assets. He filed an amicus brief for AIPLA, dealing with enforcement of the U.S. IP rights against infringing importations.
In addition to his high-level IP practice for clients, Mr. Smith is using his judicial experience and decades of IP litigation to serve as a special master, mediator, and arbitrator, to help resolve legal and discovery disputes. He serves on several ADR panels, including the US District Court for the Northern District of California, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Mediation Panel, FedARB, and does domain name dispute resolution arbitration for the World Intellectual Property Organization. He was recently named a leading technology neutral by the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center.
About Schwegman Lundberg and Woessner LLP
Schwegman has a highly focused intellectual property practice with a national and international client base of discerning and patent-savvy clients. The Schwegman firm has grown in 25 years from a small start-up IP firm to a national recognized power house for IP work. The Schwegman firm currently numbers over 140 attorneys and agents, located throughout the country, with advanced technical and life science degrees. Schwegman represents multinational corporations, middle-market businesses, universities, startups, and individuals. The firm is skilled in the post grant review proceedings of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the USPTO, and brings together its strong technology and patent application experience with the PTAB experience and knowledge of Neil Smith, who was appointed as the first Administrative Patent Judge on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, for the US Patent & Trademark Office's Silicon Valley Satellite Office. The PTAB handles appeals within the Patent Office, and a host of post-grant patent proceedings, which are becoming increasingly important in patent law.
Event Synopsis:
Earlier this year, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released its long-awaited package of rules to govern and to make targeted modifications for America Invents Act (AIA) trial practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The new rules will allow patent owners to submit an expert declaration with the preliminary response and also allow petitioners to seek leave to file a reply to the preliminary response. The rules also allow a party to request district court-type claim constructions for a patent if the party certifies that it will expire within 18 months of the Notice of Filing Date Accorded. The final rules took effect last May 2, 2016 and will apply to all future and ongoing PTAB proceedings.
While it will take time to see the impact of these rules on PTAB practices, patent owners are expected to immediately start submitting expert rebuttal declarations with their preliminary responses. In this two-hour LIVE Webcast, a panel of key thought leaders and professionals assembled by The Knowledge Group will offer a discussion for patent prosecuting and litigating attorneys and patent agents on the best practices and strategies for patent application preparation and prosecution, as well as a review of recent developments in the PTAB Patent Proceedings. The panel will also discuss issues involving patent owner preliminary response, amendments, depositions, objections to evidence, and will provide a roadmap in handling multiple proceedings at the PTAB and district court and when to take certain actions.
Key topics will include:
• Inter Partes Review
• Post-Grant Review
• Best practices for patentees
• Best practices for third parties
• Post-Grant Practice Since PTAB
• Best Practices in Adapting to PTAB Challenges
• Up-to-the-Minute Regulatory Updates
About The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series
The Knowledge Group was established with the mission to produce unbiased, objective, and educational live webinars that examine industry trends and regulatory changes from a variety of different perspectives. The goal is to deliver a unique multilevel analysis of an important issue affecting business in a highly focused format. To contact or register for an event, please visit: http://theknowledgegroup.org/
###
space
space
Satisfied Users & 
Approved Press Releases
Print
Email
Report Spam