USPTO/AIPLA Roadshows on Patent Quality and AIA Trials

The USPTO and AIPLA (American Intellectual Property Law Association) will co-host a series of cross-country roadshows later this month with stops in Santa Clara, California; Dallas, Texas; and Alexandria, Virginia. Each daylong program will focus on enhancing patent quality (morning session) and conducting AIA trials (afternoon session), with numerous speakers from the USPTO and private practice.

CLE is available, and lunch is included. To register to attend, please visit: http://www.aipla.org/learningcenter/AIARoadShows/Pages/default.aspx

Deadline to register is Aug.18. Hope you’ll join us for a full day of learning from the experts!

Schedule:

Monday, Aug. 24, 2015

• Santa Clara University, Locatelli Center
• Co-sponsored by the High Tech Law Institute of Santa Clara Law

Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015

• Belo Mansion, Dallas
• Co-sponsored by the IP Section of the Dallas Bar Association

Friday, Aug. 28, 2015

• USPTO headquarters, Madison Auditorium

Agenda:

Time (Local Time)	Topic
9 to 9:10 am	Opening Remarks
9:10 to 9:45 am	Track 1: Patent Quality Initiative Overview
9:45 to 10:45 am	Track 2: Clarity of the Record and Drafting High Quality Applications
10:45 to 11 am	BREAK
11 to Noon	Track 3: Interviews and Measuring Quality
Noon to 1:30 pm	LUNCH-Luncheon Speaker: Russell Slifer, Deputy Director of the USPTO
1:30 to 1:50 pm	Track 4: PTAB State of the Board
1:50 to 2:45 pm	Track 5: Proposed AIA Trial Rule Changes
2:45 to 3:30 pm	Track 6: Hot Issues in AIA Trials
3:30 to 4 pm	BREAK
4 to 5 pm	Track 7: Actual AIA Trial Hearing

 

Patent Trial and Appeal Board Roadshows

A notice from the USPTO:

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board is hosting Detroit Region Roadshows from November 5 to 19, 2014, focused on the AIA trials. The PTAB will visit Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Minneapolis, and Milwaukee for half-day, afternoon programs. A detailed schedule and agenda appear below.

The roadshows are designed to be interactive, including audience participation in an educational game show as well as a hands-on workshop. For the workshop, the audience will work in teams to review and discuss a mock scenario in which a petitioner wishes to assert a challenge against a patent. The teams will discuss which type of petition to file and what issues might arise from both the petitioner's and patent owner's perspectives. Topics of discussion will include bars to filing, real party-in-interest and joinder considerations, and claim construction. The teams likewise will decide whether to institute, and if so, on what grounds and for which claims. Several PTAB judges will facilitate the workshop discussion with one assigned to each team. In Detroit, the PTAB will host an actual AIA Trial Hearing in lieu of the workshop.

The roadshows are free and open to the public with seating on a first-come, first-served basis. The Board also is working toward making CLE available to attendees. For more information about the Detroit Region Roadshows, please visit the PTAB website http://www.uspto.gov/ip/boards/bpai/detroit_region_roadshows_2014.jsp

Schedule

Detroit, MI, Wednesday, November 5, 1 -5 p.m., Thomas Cooley Law School, Auburn Hills Campus, Room 145, 2630 Featherstone Rd., Auburn Hills, MI 48326

Chicago, IL, Friday, November 7, 1-4:30 p.m., Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Pritzker Auditorium, 400 S. State Street, Chicago, IL 60605

Pittsburgh, PA, Thursday, November 13, 1-4:30 p.m., Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Auditorium/Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Cleveland, OH, Friday, November 14, 1-4:30 p.m., Cleveland Public Library,  Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium (Lower Level), 525 Superior Ave., Cleveland, OH 44114

Minneapolis, MN, Monday, November 17, 1-4:30 p.m, Minneapolis Central Library, Pohlad Hall, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MI 55401

Milwaukee, WI, Wednesday, November 19, 1-4:30 p.m, Milwaukee Public Library, Meeting Room 1, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233

Agendas are available from:http://www.uspto.gov/ip/boards/bpai/detroit_region_roadshows_2014.jsp