IP Year in Review – Important Cases Decided In 2019

With hundreds of patent and other intellectual property (IP) decisions made in 2019, how do you decide which cases will affect your company’s litigation, patent prosecution, or manufacturing strategy? 

Please join us over breakfast and a cup of coffee as we discuss some of our favorite IP cases of 2019 from the US Supreme Court and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and share our insight on what companies need to know.

TOPICS WILL INCLUDE: 

• Are the US Patent and Trademark Office’s administrative law judges constitutionally appointed?
• Can you file suit in federal court for patent licensing disputes?
• How do narrowing amendments during prosecution affect the determination of the critical date for the on sale bar?
• When does prosecution history estoppel bar reliance on the doctrine of equivalents?