Join us on Tuesday, August 13 when April Besl, Oleg Khariton, and John Luken of Dinsmore & Shohl will provide an update on Supreme Court and Federal Circuit intellectual property decisions of significance in 2018 and 2019.

The speakers will cover Helsinn v. Teva (AIA On Sale Bar), WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp. (recovering overseas damages for Section 271(f) violation), Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions Inc. v. Renesas Electronics America Inc. (when an offer to sell takes place), and Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. v. Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (101 eligibility and method of treatment claims). 

Register here by August 12th at noon.

About the Speakers:

Ms. Besl is a partner in Dinsmore’s Cincinnati office. She focuses her practice on non-patent intellectual property matters, including trademarks, copyrights, social media, Internet law, advertising and trade secrets. She services a large and diverse portfolio of trademarks and copyrights, domestic and worldwide, for a variety of clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to individual entrepreneurs. She has experience assisting clients with emerging issues related to the impact of social media, the web and technology on their business and marketing strategies. Ms. Besl helps clients protect and enforce their trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property from misuse via social networking sites, search engine optimization strategies, and keywords, as well as against misuse on mobile devices and other emerging technologies.

Mr. Khariton is an associate in Dinsmore’s Cincinnati office. He focuses his practice on patent infringement litigation in the U.S. district courts and post-grant proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He has experience representing clients in a broad range of technical areas, including mechanical, chemical, and biochemical technologies, which includes handling various aspects of patent litigation, such as dispositive motions practice, discovery, claim construction, and depositions. As part of his post-grant practice, he has participated in numerous inter partes reviews, handling nearly all written submissions, working with experts, and taking and defending depositions. In addition, he has experience briefing and arguing patent appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Mr. Luken is a partner in Dinsmore’s Cincinnati office. His practice focuses on patent infringement litigation and appeals, as well as complex commercial and other intellectual property litigation. He has handled patent infringement cases involving a variety of services and products, including commercial forms and related software, software-related business method patents in the printing and financial services industries, metal beverage cans and closures, surface coal mining blasting methods, liquid beverage concentrates and related packaging, automated barge refurbishing methods, service station petroleum equipment, and retail security products.