Date: January 21, 2010
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Location: USPTO – Main Auditorium, Madison Building; Alexandria, Va

Session Title:  “Reexamination and Concurrent Patent Litigation”

Moderator:
Robert Greene Sterne, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC

Panelists:
Morgan Chu, Irell & Manella LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Hon. Kathleen M. O’Malley, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Cleveland, OH

Session Description: A tour of the parallel universe of patent reexamination and concurrent patent litigation in the district courts and the USITC. Hot button topics to be addressed include PTO stats and timelines, the SNQ requirement, request requirements, ex parte interviews, responses to Office Actions and the use of declaration evidence, KSR issues, petition practice, protective orders and the duty of disclosure, stays, use of reexam developments in trial, difference standards between reexams and the courts, and concurrency issues between tribunals.

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