Recent Information of US Patent --- USPTO Current & Prospective Trends, and US Patent Court Decisions --- Is the USPTO in Financial Crisis? It may also have other problems including quality and backlog. Congress is Back: Challenges on the Legislative Front. New Leadership at the USPTO. Ariad, Tafas, and Bilski: How Important Court Cases. The patentable subject matter will be discussed based on several decisions in the US courts. SCOTUS statements in LabCorp. v. Metabolite and Microsoft v. AT&T will be discussed. In re Bilski may be referred to. Then, Classen Immunotherapies, Inc. v. Biogen IDEC is also discussed in order to grasp recent trends of the patentable subject matter based on the court decisions. The presentation will be in Japanese and please come to the conference with ease. Lecturer: Mr. Ken I. Yoshida, Esq. Firm: Knoble Yoshida & Dunleavy, LLC Sponsor: Orion International Patent Office - Ikebukuro The lecture will be free, but reservation is required. Please contact Mr. Aikawa. DATE: October 5, 2009 (Mon) 10:00〜11:30am Venue: JPAA next to JPO3F, Conference Room
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