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American Conference Institute’s 2nd Comprehensive Guide to Patent Reform

The Comprehensive Guide to Patent Reform

Who:                Patent practitioners needing a reminded how the world has changed
What:               The critical industry forum on The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
When:              Wednesday, January 23 to Thursday, January 24, 2013
Where:             Doubletree Suites Times Square, New York, NY

March 15, 2013 is the last day for the decades-old U.S. patent regime, and for patent attorneys, this date is every bit as foreboding for them as it was for Caesar himself. The America Invents Act (AIA) is ushering in a raft of new rules and spawning regulations that upend generations of established prosecution and litigation practices, leaving no small amount of fear and consternation in its wake. But the Act also presents practitioners with opportunities to enhance their IP portfolios’ value and undermine rivals’ patents – thanks to a bevy of new pre-and post-issuance procedures.

Nevertheless, the full effects of countless nuances sprinkled throughout the AIA and the full implications of regulations promulgated under it remain unknown, and patent practitioners are left with a multitude of questions regarding the potential ramifications for their craft. With so much at stake, you must develop a plan to address both the changes already in effect and those whose coming implementation looms just one day past that fateful date – the Ides of March.

[1]American Conference Institute’s 2nd Comprehensive Guide to Patent Reform once again unites experienced in-house counsel from top innovators, private practice experts, and senior officials from the USPTO to answer patent professionals’ most pressing questions, including:

Register by calling 888-224-2480 or faxing your registration form to 877-927-1563 or registering on-line atwww.americanconference.com/patentreform.