Program

The patent policy landscape in the US has caused an uptick in interest in Europe and China in recent years. With the marketplace in flux many continue to take a... Read More

TBA

U.S. Chamber International IP Index creates a roadmap for countries that aspire to foster economic growth and global competitiveness through stronger IP. The 2020 edition of the report, which will... Read More

Today, many high-flying Silicon Valley success stories have raced out with little or no organic patent protection in an attempt to be first to market, and to dominate by growing... Read More

A sound strategy continues to be to organically grow a strong patent portfolio; maintain a true understanding of your portfolio’s strengths and weaknesses; and make sure that portfolio strength and... Read More

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has been described as the most influential patent tribunal in the world. And as 2019 ended the very establishment of the PTAB was... Read More

A study of the IP positions of Unicorns (i.e., startups with valuations of over $1 Billion) conducted in 2015 revealed that 30% of US Unicorns have no US patent assets at... Read More

Without substantial investment by those who play the difficult role of innovator, there would be no standards, and 5G technology is no different. Of course, without technology implementers who roll... Read More

Law firms and businesses increasingly rely on alternative financial solutions for complex legal matters. Litigation funders engage in a rigorous analysis of the law and evidence and invest in claims... Read More

How does one create a culture of creativity to spur innovation? While deciding what innovations need protecting and how to combat the ever-growing threat of counterfeits, the Chief IP Counsel... Read More

Eran Zur is the Head of Intellectual Property for Fortress Investment Group. Zur controls a billion-dollar fund, and agnostically and myopically focuses on the value of the patents they are... Read More

We are starting at a future where more groundbreaking and breathtaking medical innovations cannot be predictably and reliably protected. Not surprisingly, this uncertainty leads to disincentives to the development of... Read More

Companies like Nike and Adidas, as well as professional sports leagues like the National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Hockey League and National Basketball Association are constantly fighting what... Read More

Many believed that litigation of patent matters in the Eastern District of Texas was going to come to an end when the Supreme Court decided TC Heartland. Some patent litigation that... Read More

In 2017, there was an increase in cloud patent lawsuits filed by NPEs, and a trend of high-volume plaintiffs filing multiple lawsuits against cloud customers. Today, we see an increase... Read More

Intellectual property and technology asset classes are highly valuable, but they often are illiquid and difficult to value. Although patents and other forms of intellectual property are often critical to... Read More

Obtaining a patent that will hold up to challenge when the patent owner seeks to use that patent, whether through litigation enforcement or a licensing program, requires thoughtful consideration from... Read More

The massive volume of filings at the Chinese Patent Office exceeds the filings of the next four most active patent offices combined. This filing surge in China signals a rapid shift to China as the center for the leading-edge technologies that will enable the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

The Federal Circuit disposes of 50% of its docket with one sentence decisions merely saying “Affirmed”. The Court also repeatedly says it is handcuffed on patent eligibility even when all... Read More

The Hatch-Waxman Act encourages generic drug manufacturers to challenge patents of brand name drugs by filing an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), typically... Read More

Design rights can be a useful tool in your arsenal, particularly when attempting to create overlapping protection. This panel will summarize the various design-related legal rights (i.e., design patents, trade... Read More

According to recent research from Baker McKenzie, 48% of ~400 senior executives consider Trade Secrets more important than their patents and trademarks, and 69% foresee trade secret protection becoming more... Read More

Have you ever wondered why we started writing? Over the years many IP bloggers who have stuck with it have managed to build a reputation within the industry as experts... Read More

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) innovations are transforming industries. But AI and ML are a very broad terms, and development of the algorithms necessary to implement these innovations... Read More

Those contributing patented technologies to the development of a standard are asked to provide to access to patents that are or may become essential to the implementation of the standard... Read More

Panelists will discuss various strategies to protect products using all available forms of intellectual property (i.e., utility patents, design patents, trademarks, and copyrights) and the pros/cons of each, as well as tactics for distributing through online marketplaces, like Amazon, and working with those online marketplaces if/when IP issues arise.

The number of women inventors has quintupled since the 1970s, yet fewer than 20% of issued U.S. patents have at least one-woman inventor and fewer than 8% list a woman... Read More

Innovators believe injunctions are necessary to address widespread patent infringement. Because patent damages will generally approximate only what a negotiated pre-infringement license would have cost, implementers may have no real... Read More

WIPO’s World Intellectual Property Indicators report for 2019 is eye-opening. In 2018, the U.S. saw a 1.6% decline in the number of patent applications filed, which is the first decline... Read More

This two-hour MCLE approved ethics presentation will be divided into three segments. First, we will discuss challenging ethical issues for in-house intellectual property attorneys. We will begin this segment by... Read More