2018 Technology May-rathon: IP Year in Review

With hundreds of patent and other intellectual property (IP) decisions made in 2017, 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 2017 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 include:

• Are IPR proceedings constitutional?
• In what venue can you bring a patent action?
• Is further apportionment required when the Panduit factors are applied to a lost profits analysis?
• What exactly is patent eligible subject matter these days?
• Is it constitutional for the US Patent and Trademark Office to deny registration to trademarks that it deems “disparaging”?