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Dóra Petrányi, Partner, Ágnes Sólyom, Senior Counsel, CMS (Budapest)
3 pages

Learn about Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and related copyright issues.

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Interest Area: Intellectual Property
Region: Global

This program will provide an overview of the considerations:

 - in deciding on an SaaS vendor and contract

 - prioritization of key provisions

 - business consequences of common mistakes made during negotiations

Frank D. Liu and Andrew P. Zappia, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
6 pages

Under the US Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) new guidance on discretionary denial of institution of inter partes and post-grant (IPR and PGR, respectively) proceedings, a pending International Trade Commission (ITC) investigation is no longer a basis for the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) to exercise its discretion to deny institution. This is a material change from past PTAB practice, which had previously denied institution of such post-grant proceedings due to an ongoing parallel ITC proceeding. This article discusses three considerations for ITC litigants given the USPTO’s new guidance.

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Interest Area: Intellectual Property
Region: United States

Please join us for a virtual program to discuss recent trends and decisions impacting in-house counsel and the future of IP litigation, including:

· Venue developments affecting patent litigation filings and case strategies, with a focus on the recent order in the Western District of Texas
· Evolving capabilities of artificial intelligence and current status of AI inventorship after Thaler v. Vidal
· Scope of assignor estoppel in patent cases following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Minerva Surgical v. Hologic
· Decisions impacting the fair use doctrine in copyright law, for both artistic and software works
· Recent developments in trade secret misappropriation damages

Speakers:
Amy Candido, Partner - Litigation, Wilson Sonsini
Jordan Jaffe, Partner - Litigation, Wilson Sonsini

Please note that participants must log in through the Zoom app in order to be verified to receive CLE credit.

CMS
66 pages

In this multi-country guide, learn the rules for the protection of trade secrets in a wide range of jurisdictions.

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Region: Europe, Asia, South America, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Croatia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Czech Republic, Netherlands

Please join us on December 13 at 4:30pm for our last CLE of the year with longtime sponsor Tonkon Torp.  This CLE about identifying and protecting intellectual property will be held online via Zoom.  All in-house attorneys may attend regardless of membership in the ACC. 

For more information and to register, please click on the link. 

CMS
3 pages

Learn about ownership issues regarding Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs).

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Region: European Union, United Kingdom
Phillip Wolfe, Baker Hostetler
3 pages

On Aug. 5, 2022, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Thaler v. Vidal ruled that an artificial intelligence (AI) system cannot be listed as a named inventor on a patent application, affirming the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia rulings. The Federal Circuit concluded that the Patent Act requires an “inventor,” as defined in Section 100(f), to be a “natural person."

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Interest Area: Intellectual Property
Region: United States
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