Bloomberg BNA to Host One-Day Conference on Impact of Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decisions on Patent Enforcement

November 13 Washington, D.C. Event to Feature Insights from Leading Practitioners and Members of the Judiciary

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Oct 09, 2014, 12:00 ET

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bloomberg BNA today announced it would be hosting "Impact of the Supreme Court On Patent Enforcement," a one-day conference for intellectual property practitioners involved in patent litigation and prosecution. The event, being held at the Washington, D.C. offices of Wiley Rein LLP, features luminaries in intellectual property from the judicial and practitioner communities.

"We've seen a recent spike in the Supreme Court's involvement in patent enforcement and this event will provide first-hand knowledge and insights from the leading legal minds in the patent arena," said Tom Taylor, Managing Editor of Bloomberg BNA's Patent, Trademark, & Copyright Journal. "This conference is ideal for practitioners who need to stay on top of a rapidly changing landscape and successfully litigate patent cases."

"The program will address four game-changing issues in patent litigation addressed by the Supreme Court this past year," said James Wallace, Jr., Patent Group Chair and Partner at Wiley Rein LLP. "In particular, the conference will cover the question of the patentability of business methods, which was the pivotal issue in the landmark case Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International and which created the biggest development in the patent litigation field in decades."

The conference features four interactive panel discussions on issues that have all been major components of recent Supreme Court decisions:

Recovery of Attorney Fees
Ineligibility of Abstract Ideas, Business Methods, and Naturally-Occurring Substances
Distributed Infringement
Standard for Indefiniteness

Speakers at the event include:

Hon. Kathleen M. O'Malley, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Hon. Joseph J. Farnan Jr., Farnan LLP; U.S. District Court, District of Delaware (retired)
Hon. Paul R. Michel, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (retired)
Hon. Frank D. Whitney, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina
Hon. T. S. Ellis III, Senior District Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Suzanne Michel, Senior Patent Counsel, Google
Brian H. Pandya, Wiley Rein LLP
Kristi L. R. Sawert, Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
James H. Wallace, Jr., Wiley Rein LLP

For more information on the conference and to register for the event, visit here.

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