CLE Preview: “The Brave New World of Prosecution Under AIA First-Inventor-To-File Provisions”
By: Conor Flynn
Arm yourself for the “Brave New World of Prosecution” under the AIA’s First-to-File provisions by attending this CLE program, where speakers will discuss how the new definition of “prior art” in the Act impacts patent drafting and prosecution. Speakers will outline how practitioners can draft and prosecute strong patents and minimize potential post-grant attacks. Further, panelists will share and discuss lessons learned and prosecution changes seen over the past year, as well as strategies and points to be aware of for the future.
The program will be moderated by Donna M. Meuth, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property at Eisai. Additional program speakers include Robert A. Armitage, currently a consultant on IP Strategy, and former Senior VP and General Counsel at Eli Lilly; Tom Irving, Partner at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner; and Teresa Stanek Rea, Partner at Crowell & Moring, and former acting director at the USPTO.
If you can’t make it to IP Central at the 2014 ABA Annual Meeting this year, you can still follow all the action by following the tweets and blog entries of the ABA-IPL’s Law Student Reporters, who will be covering all the events of the Conference on Twitter. You do not have to sign up for Twitter to follow the Law Student Reports. Just bookmark the #IPCentral Twitter page and revisit the link from August 7-8, 2014 to follow all the action.
"Brave New World of Prosecution Under AIA First-Inventor-To-File Provisions" will be held on Thursday, August 7, 2014 from 8:00 am – 10:00 am at the ABA Annual Meeting in Boston, MA.
The CLE program will be covered by Conor Flynn, a third-year law student at SUNY Buffalo Law School.
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