Global Patent Strategies: Best Practices for Successfully Managing Your Patent Portfolio
Managing IP’s first e-symposium, to be held on September 3, will be a unique opportunity to learn about, and ask questions on, the most pressing issues in US patent practice. Spanning five hours, the e-Symposium will include a keynote presentation, four hour-long online seminars and numerous polls and opportunities to ask questions of the speakers. Topics covered will include patent reform, litigation and monetization strategies.
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Global legal innovation and the future of patent rights.
Patents endure for at least two decades, and history teaches that patent law doctrine can change significantly in that time. Patentees must therefore know not only what the patent law is today, but also what it will be tomorrow. That need presents an enormous challenge, as predictions are always fraught with uncertainty. An intelligent strategy for managing this uncertainty must include both 1) an understanding of the provenance of current patent doctrine and 2) a global perspective, since much of what will be tomorrow's patent law in any particular country is likely already being applied in some other country today. Professor John F. Duffy of the George Washington University Law School will review the key questions patent owners should ask when considering global patent strategies and provide examples as to why patent owners must think both creatively and globally.
What is the future for patent reform in the US? With the withdrawal of the Senate reform bill, our panel of in-house counsel and patent practitioners will look at the proposals and the objections to them. They will also consider whether any aspects of the reform can be salvaged in the next Congress, and what specific proposals are most needed by US patent owners.
A panel will discuss the latest trends in US and international litigation, including forum shopping in the US, the role of the International Trade Commission and emerging overseas jurisdictions. They will discuss which US courts are the most active in patent litigation, how plaintiffs and defendants can maximize their chances of success and will provide a guide to the characteristics of different litigation systems.
As IP rights owners look for new ways to exploit their rights, a panel will focus on the emerging trends including the latest developments with patent trolls, securitization, licensing and IP auctions. They will also look at new opportunities to use IP rights to secure investment from private equity and hedge funds. The panel will comprise in-house counsel, investment bankers and private practice lawyers.
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Speakers will explore various topics relating to so-called patent trolls, or patent holding companies, including ways of defending against infringement actions brought by trolls and how to decide whether to pursue litigation or to settle. In addition to strategic tactics, panelists will explore the intricacies of the troll/ non-troll relationship and the problems associated with attempting to limit troll rights without also limiting the rights of other patent holders, including the possibility of proposing legislation to tackle the problem.
