Workshop A – Patents Around the World Working Group: How to Execute a Cohesive International Patent Prosecution Strategy

(Registration begins at 8:00 – Continental Breakfast will be served)

In this session, leading patent practitioners will provide you with a comprehensive and in-depth global IP overview to assist you in protecting your IP and minimizing risk when filing patents internationally. Benefit from our session leaders in-depth analysis of patent laws around the world on a region-by-region basis. Topics to be discussed include:

• Comparing and contrasting the standards of patentability and related issues in the US and Europe
  • Patent eligibility
  • Availability of patent extensions – PTEs and SPCs
  • Compulsory licensing
  • Bolar-type safe harbor provisions
  • Plausibility and Enablement
  • Inventive Step and Obviousness
• Procuring and enforcing life sciences patents worldwide on a cost-effective basis
  • Timing and logistics of filing: When to file to maximize exclusivity and what are the expected costs?
  • Determining the locations where it is most and least important to have patent protection in place
  • Drafting applications that satisfy the requirements of different locations
  • Coordinating between lawyers on the ground internationally and with your U.S. teams
• Spotlight on the EU
  • How will Brexit impact Life Sciences companies
  • How will the establishment of a Unified Patent Court impact life sciences IP strategies?
    • How will the Court work?
    • What actions should companies take now to prepare for implementation?
  • EU Trade Secret Directive and its implementation in 2018 and 2019
  • EU trend on subgroup patents
  • What are the possibilities for an SPC for subgroup patents and new indications following the recent CJEU SPC decision in the Abraxis case?