IPO Webinar on Prosecution Estoppel from PTAB Proceedings

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Patent Prosecution Estoppel from PTAB Proceedings" on March 29, 2018 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm ET. Jeff Hohenshell of Medtronic, Inc., Stephen Kunin of Oblon, and Scott McKeown of Ropes & Gray LLP will discuss why patent prosecutors should be worried about estoppel arising from PTAB proceedings. Such concern was made clear in the latest version of the USPTO's Manual of Patent Examining Procedure, which states that, "[PTAB] trial proceedings yield information that may be considered material to pending related patent applications . . . . [An] example…Original Article