Nicole Palmer, Nathan Harris, & Eric Carnevale
When: Tuesday, January 25, 2022
1:00 – 2:30 pm ET
Where: Virtual
Lando & Anastasi invites you to join our Partners, Nicole Palmer, Nathan Harris, & Eric Carnevale on Tuesday, January 25th from 1:00 – 2:30 pm for a virtual discussion on intellectual property law developments in 2021 such as:
Significant developments in patent law in federal courts and the PTAB, including:
- The most significant challenge to the constitutionality of the PTAB in several years ends anticlimactically;
- New restrictions on the application of assignor estoppel that may make the doctrine harder to enforce against former employee-inventors, among others;
- The PTAB’s scheme for discretionary denial of IPR petitions creates new hurdles for patent challengers; and
- An increasing focus in the patent office and the courts on written description and enablement issues.
Trademark and Copyright decisions from 2021, including:
- The preclusive effect of administrative proceedings on trademark litigation;
- Whether “initial interest confusion” supports an infringement finding;
- The amount of planning and development necessary to file an intent-to-use trademark application;
- The responsibility of print-on-demand services to police infringement by their customers;
- The interpretation of trademarks comprising words from multiple languages;
- Copyright fair use and software APIs; and
- Procedural trademark changes at the USPTO.
A high-level overview of domestic and international practice updates and trends, including:
- Pilot programs available to Applicants at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office;
- The patentable subject matter debate; and
- Policy and legislative developments relevant to various IP rights.
To RSVP for this event, please e-mail Elizabeth Richardson at ERichardson@LALaw.com. A Zoom link will be provided to those who register.
