The patent litigation landscape has changed dramatically in the past few years. From the plaintiff’s perspective, patent litigation is a game of survival, responding to a never-ending wave of challenges to the validity of the patents. From the defendant’s perspective, the game has gone from subtle maneuvering to full on frontal assault using multiple weapons and multiple forums.

Early stage Section 101 motions for judgment on the pleadings combined with IPR or CBM filings are becoming more the norm than the exception. Section 112 Nautilus challenges and written description challenges are now part of most claim construction strategies for defendants. Successful patent defense litigator s are attacking early and often. The price for an early settlement exit is dropping. And at the end of the day, the risk has increased for plaintiffs due to a lower bar threshold to recover attorney’s fees.

Please join us on December 8, 2015 at noon when Kevin Kirsch, Partner at Baker & Hostetler LLP, will be speaking regarding strategies for successfully defending and asserting patent cases under the new and ever-changing law.

Please note: This meeting will be held at McCormick & Schmick’s Private Dining Room. Please enter through the Westin and proceed to the second floor.

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Meet local judges and hear insights from the featured guest speaker, the Honorable Circuit Judge Kathleen M. O’Malley on Monday, November 16, 2015.

Judge O’Malley was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by President Barack Obama in 2010. Prior to her elevation to the Federal Circuit, Judge O’Malley was appointed to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio by President William J. Clinton in 1994. During her sixteen years on the district court bench, Judge O’Malley presided over in excess of 100 patent and trademark cases. As an educator, Judge O’Malley has regularly taught a course on Patent Litigation at Case Western Reserve University Law School; she is a member of the faculty of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology’s program designed to educate Federal Judges regarding the handling of intellectual property cases. Judge O’Malley serves as a board member of the Sedona Conference; as the judicial liason to the Local Patent Rules Committee for the Northern District of Ohio; and as an advisor to national organizations publishing treatises on patent litigation.

The registration fee of $50 for members, law clerks, and academics and $75 for non-members includes a plated 3-course dinner and open bar with wine/beer/sodas. No CLE will be provided.

This year’s event will be held at the Queen City Club. Complementary valet parking is available at the Queen City Club.

5:00-6:00 Reception Hour
6:00-7:30 Judge O’Malley’s Address & Dinner
7:30-8:00 Announcements and Awards
8:00-9:00 Open Discussion

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