In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler meet with Barmak Heshmat and Christopher Barsi of Brelyon to discuss their immersive Ultra Reality displays.

On this episode of The Tech Law Hangout, host Jordan Becker is excited to welcome his colleague Troy Foster, a partner and co-chair of Perkins Coie’s Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice, to discuss the differences and similarities of venture capital and private equity.

On this episode of The Tech Law Hangout, host Jordan Becker discusses whether an inventor really needs a patent lawyer and how working with one can ensure the patent application is of the highest quality possible.

In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler discuss earth observation with Clint Graumann, CEO and co-founder of Nuview, a company that is building a commercial satellite constellation dedicated to annually mapping the planet’s entire land surface using LiDAR technology.

On this episode of The Tech Law Hangout, host Jordan Becker and his colleague Valeska Pederson Hintz discuss raising capital for startup companies

On this episode, host Jordan Becker explores three types of patent applications and reveals which ones are best suited for different types of inventions.

This annual article provides an empirical review of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's decisions in patent cases during calendar year 2023.

In this episode, Michael and Colin talk to Kumar Gaurav, a former manager on Perkins Coie’s Finance Digital Transformation team.

On this episode of The Tech Law Hangout, host Jordan Becker digs into intricacies of the patent application process.

Michael Glenn and guest host Andy Pettit visit the 2023 Austin Startup Week Crawl.

Host Jordan Becker explores the evolving world of AI, discussing burning questions.

Join us on The Tech Law Hangout as we dive into the misconceptions surrounding software patentability.

Join us on The Tech Law Hangout as we explore the true significance of holding a patent and the essential requirements for obtaining one.

In the premiere episode of The Tech Law Hangout, host Jordan Becker guides us through the world of intellectual property (IP) law, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, and trade secrets.

Welcome to The Tech Law Hangout, where law and technology collide in a dynamic conversation.

Join host Colin Fowler and guest host Suzana Gadzo as they travel the floor at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 to meet inspiring entrepreneurs committed to creating innovation’s next wave.

In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler meet with Hope Shimabuku, director of the Texas Regional U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to learn how the Patent Office fulfills its mandate of encouraging and protecting innovation, including by reaching out and serving underrepresented and overlooked inventors.

In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Ajay Bam, CEO and co-founder of Vyrill, about indexing the content within hosted videos by timecode to enable direct navigation within videos.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office extended its Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program on June 6, 2023, encouraging inventors to play a more significant role in mitigating climate change. The USPTO created the CCMPP more than a year ago in response to President Biden’s Executive Order 14008, which supports climate action throughout the United States.

The newspace industry is seeing an increase in space launches and new entrants to the field. Companies engaged in this progressive market need to protect the tech innovations that give them a competitive edge.

In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Eric Bartsch, co-founder and chief executive officer, and Erik Lindbergh, co-founder and executive chairman, of VerdeGo Aero, about the application of hybrid-electric generators to power electric motors on airplanes, improving efficiency and maneuverability. The future of flight is electric.

In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Aarash Darroodi, Executive Vice President & General Counsel of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, about humanity’s common language—music. Aarash takes us on a journey that includes the movement of music across cultures; current innovations in music, including the acoustasonic guitar; and the future of artificial intelligence (AI) as an influence on musical style.

Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler sit down with Molly Kocialski, the director of the Rocky Mountain region of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as she shares stories about innovation in the climate tech space and programs at the USPTO that incentivize further discovery. Molly explains the value of research and quantification when pursuing end solutions.

In this series, our Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Counseling take off their attorney hats to interview inventors and technology pioneers on exciting innovations and inventorship-related topics.

For the second year in a row, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler visit the South By Southwest® Creative Industries Expo. Join us as we travel the floor to meet inspiring entrepreneurs and government agency representatives that are bringing about the future of innovation.

In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler discuss the genesis of South by Southwest (SXSW) with Hugh Forrest, the festival’s co-president and chief programming officer.

Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Gene Dolgoff, CEO at Holobeam Technologies Inc., about applications of holograms and wave interference to achieve the “teleportation” of energy.

Michael Glenn and guest host Andy Pettit visit the 2022 Austin Startup Week Crawl. Listen in as they meet and mingle with Austin’s foremost startup entrepreneurs.

Michael Glenn, Colin Fowler, and guest host Lara Dueppen speak with NaThanya Ferguson of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) Office of Innovation Outreach.

Colin Fowler and guest host Al Araiza traverse the floor at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 in search of creativity.

Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler discuss the effect of innovation, particularly innovations in artificial intelligence (AI), on society with Rachel Dooley, Liz Grennan, and Ilona Logvinova of McKinsey & Company.

Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Erik Kulstad, cofounder of Attune Medical, about inventing and marketing new medical equipment. Attune Medical develops devices that give healthcare providers easy access to a patient’s core and allow precise temperature control, whether warming or cooling, through the esophagus when clinically indicated.

Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler discuss the future of enterprise computing, Web3, interoperable blockchain networks, and the end of siloed information with Steve Cerveny, founder and CEO of Kaleido. The conversation focuses on elements and tools of Web3 that go beyond the initial financial services use cases.

Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler discuss artificial intelligence (AI) innovations that examiners at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) are increasingly using to evaluate the innovative applications before them. Leading the discussion is Jerry Ma, the Director of Emerging Technology at the USPTO.

Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler speak with Craig and Ingrida Grossman of Gman BioTech about the development of antibacterial surface coatings and bacterial/viral tracing systems.

Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler visit the 2022 South by Southwest® Creative Industries Expo. After a two-year hiatus from live events, the festival is back. Join us as we meet a cross section of the exhibitors, explore their ideas, and share their enthusiasm and energy.

Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler chat with fellow Perkins Coie patent attorney Vikram Iyengar about the pathway from inventor-engineer to intellectual property attorney, interwoven with an immigrant origin and the cultural expectations of Generation X in India.

Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler, joined by guest host Sumedha Ahuja, speak with Monica Plath, the founder and CEO of Littlebird Connected Care.

In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Ray Kampmeier, an electrical engineering consultant and product developer, about the challenges and rewards of designing and developing electronics products from proof-of-concept prototyping to mass-production and overseas manufacturing strategy.

In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Torrey Smith and James Erd, creators of the Endiatx PillBot, a remote-operated multivitamin-sized diagnostic robot that, once ingested, navigates around within the patient’s GI tract to capture medical data.

In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler speak with Terance Robson to discuss the exacting standards, endless experimentation, creativity, invention, science, art, passion, and occasional serendipity that goes into blending the perfect cocktail.

Michael and Colin talk with Art Simon, a retail product developer. Art shares his insights on developing and inventing consumer products.

In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler speak with Estelle Giraud, CEO & Co-Founder of Navnetics, Inc., a bioinformatics startup.

In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler speak with Tyler Peppel, a serial entrepreneur, about his perspective on invention and how it is only a first step in the creative process.

In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler speak with, Bob Cousins, a recent recipient of the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association’s Inventor of the Year Award. Bob is an interdisciplinary inventor who applies history to problems in order to invent new solutions.

The China National Intellectual Property Administration and the National Medical Products Administration in the People’s Republic of China issued measures to facilitate the implementation of the newly amended PRC Patent Law.

Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler speak with Lisa Wallace, co-founder of software company Assemble.

This update addresses three important changes to pharmaceutical patents in the People's Republic of China (PRC) in view of the newly amended PRC Patent Law, which will take effect on June 1, 2021, and the recent amendments to the Patent Examination Guidelines that took effect on January 15, 2021. These changes aim to improve patent protection and enhance patent value for inventions in the PRC; they are also consistent with matters addressed in the Economic And Trade Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the People’s Republic of China.

In this episode, Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk to Sam Thapaliya, a Nepalese immigrant inventor and startup founder.

Michael Glenn and Colin Fowler talk with Joseph Emmanuel of Netgear about the difficulties of inventing within the constraints of restrictive protocols, such as those associated with WiFi, and making use of highly limited input streams to develop rich functionality.

Colin Fowler and Michael Glenn speak with Aaron Davis and Scott Stegman of MARS, who have invented a fundamentally new style of rocket engine using an air-breathing toroidal combustion chamber that has no moving parts.

In this episode, Colin Fowler and Michael Glenn sit down with Gilly Roswell, an entrepreneur and music supervisor who produces film scores.

Colin Fowler and Michael Glenn talk with Danny Hillis, an early pioneer in parallel computing, knowledge graph-based search engines, and cancer diagnosis, among many other achievements.

Colin Fowler and Michael Glenn sit down with Dr. Odelia Braun, founder of Emergency University, to discuss innovations that improved EMS response time and modern pandemic tracing. 

Colin Fowler and Michael Glenn interview Dr. Stephen Thaler, a pioneer in the field of AI. Thaler has invented “DABUS,” an AI that he credits with inventorship on two patent applications filed in each of the U.S. and European patent offices. Thaler discusses the joys and difficulties of living with a creative AI.

In this series, our Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Counseling take off their attorney hats to interview inventors and technology pioneers on exciting innovations and inventorship-related topics.

Jordan Becker, Colin Fowler, and Michael Glenn discuss whether patent rights should be obtainable for inventions “invented” by artificial intelligence.

In Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, a manned exploratory mission to Jupiter is sabotaged by an artificial intelligence (AI) named HAL, which became famous for its line, “I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.”

With travel restrictions in place, most of the country subject to stay-at-home orders, courthouses closed and some cases stayed or delayed, in-house intellectual property lawyers may find their existing projects relating to ongoing litigation and licensing stalled.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office released Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance (PEG) in January 2019, then released an update (PEG Update)in October 2019 to clarify certain issues in the PEG.

In recent years, with the increase in patent applications filed in China, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) has focused on expediting patent examinations to decrease the duration of the normal patent prosecution process.

Perkins Coie attorneys address the basics of the process when challenging issued patent claims in this two-part series.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently reminded bankruptcy trustees, creditors and asset buyers that patent licenses have a limited “shelf life” in Chapter 7 liquidations.

Should you file a patent application or keep your innovation a trade secret? This question is routinely asked by key decision makers, such as inventors, managers, and legal counsel, when evaluating a new invention. While either choice comes with its own set of advantages and trade-offs, an often ignored third option also exists: publishing a technical disclosure of your innovation on a publicly searchable database.

As the Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) industry matures and becomes more standardized, developers of all sizes are becoming more concerned about legal issues regarding intellectual property. In particular, as those in the AR/VR industry bring products (both software and hardware) to market, they are increasingly worried about potential patent infringement suits brought by non-practicing entities (NPEs). Read the full White Paper.

Perkins Coie surveyed 140 startup founders, technology company executives, investors and consultants on key challenges and opportunities in the AR/VR space.

Design patents have long been an underutilized form of IP protection, assumed to be useless and overshadowed by utility patents. In the food and beverage industry, design patents can be a vital element of intellectual property protection.

Since the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its opinion in Arendi S.A.R.L. v. Apple Inc. last August, many patent commentators have asserted that the decision marked a significant change in the analysis of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103, especially as a weakening of single-reference obviousness grounds.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit hears your appeal of an inter partes review but does not affirm the decision.

James Coughlan and Kevin Patariu look at some of the benefits and disadvantages of running concurrent challenges with the PTAB and the ITC.

An In-Depth Look at Factors Affecting Your IPR Strategy
Fifth anniversaries are milestone occasions. Following our prior reports marking the passage of three and four years of inter partes review practice, we proudly offer this year’s report, Inter Partes Review Proceedings: A Fifth Anniversary Report.

Perkins Coie and Upload surveyed more than 650 startup founders, executives with established technology companies and investors on the future of augmented and virtual reality.

Some suggestions for acquiring, protecting and enforcing your intellectual property rights.  View the checklist.

The U.S. Patent Office’s Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) has recently changed the way it interprets a crucial requirement for initial petitions for Inter Partes and Covered Business Method Reviews.

Qualcomm sells chipsets and licenses its related standard-essential patents for use in 3G- and 4G-enabled smartphones and tablets.  In late 2013, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) began investigating Qualcomm’s patent licensing practices under China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML).

Parties challenging patents under the post-issuance review proceedings authorized by the America Invents Act have long worried about estoppel in later district court cases if they lose before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

Companies file patent applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to protect promising innovations.  Often, however, improvements, additional uses and refinements surface after filing a patent application.  How can a company capture these new, yet related, features?

For patents granted on applications filed on or after June 8, 1995, the enforceable patent term begins on the day the patent issues and generally expires 20 years from the earliest effective filing date of the application.

On June 2, 2014, in Limelight Networks, Inc., v. Akamai Technologies, Inc. the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed the en banc Federal Circuit and held that a defendant cannot be liable for inducing patent infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b) unless another entity has directly infringed under 35 U.S.C. § 271(a).

On March 17, 2014, China’s State Intellectual Property Office announced an amendment to its current Guidelines for Patent Examination for design patent protection for graphic user interfaces (GUIs).  The amendment includes regulations for both patent prosecution and invalidation and will take effect on May 1, 2014.

Since 1998, when the Federal Circuit issued its en banc opinion in Cybor Corp. v. FAS Technologies, Inc., claim construction issues have been subject to de novo review on appeal. Under this standard of review, no formal deference is given to findings of the district court. Litigants dissatisfied with the district court’s claim construction have thus enjoyed, at least in theory, an entirely new opportunity to make their case on appeal.

In patent cases, as one respected district court judge noted, “experts and lawyers end up playing the starring roles.”  Illumina, Inc. v. Affymetrix, Inc., No. 09-C-277-bbc, 2009 WL 3062786, at *2 (W.D. Wis. Sept. 21, 2009). Furthermore, “granting the status of expert cloaks [that witness] with some indicia of authority before the jury.”  Read the full article. 

In the most significant patent antitrust decision in decades, Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, Inc., No. 12-416, 2013 WL 2922122 (June 17, 2013), the Supreme Court has held, by a 5-3 vote with Justice Alito recused, that reverse payment patent settlements are subject to antitrust scrutiny.  Although the Court rejected the Federal Trade Commission’s request that it go further and deem such settlements presumptively anticompetitive, the Court’s decision resolves a circuit split under which most courts had held that a settlement was not subject to antitrust review so long as it fell within the legitimate scope of the patent’s exclusionary power.  Monday’s decision expressly rejects that “scope of the patent” rule.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued its highly anticipated decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.  The Court unanimously held that isolated genomic DNA is a product of nature and therefore is not patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. §101.  The Court also held that complementary DNA (cDNA) molecules excluding “intron” portions of the natural DNA sequence are patent eligible.

In its first “final” decision under the America Invents Act (AIA), the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has invalidated and cancelled all five challenged claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,553,350, finding that the claims recited unpatentably abstract ideas and did not recite a “useful” invention as required by 35 U.S.C. § 101. A jury in a Texas federal district court had previously found that the petitioner, SAP America, Inc., infringed three of the claims at issue in the petition, awarding patent owner Versata Software, Inc. $345 million in damages. A Federal Circuit panel affirmed that award last month, although SAP has petitioned for rehearing (on grounds relating to infringement and damages rather than validity).

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has launched an updated version of its After Final Consideration Pilot Program (AFCP 2.0).  This program is designed to be more efficient and effective than the original AFCP program and is part of the USPTO’s efforts to reduce prosecution time and increase collaboration between applicants and examiners.

On May 10, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit released its much-awaited en banc decision in CLS Bank International v. Alice Corp.  A majority of the court affirmed a district court's holding that Alice's claims are not directed to patent-eligible subject matter under 35 USC § 101.

On March 16, 2013, the America Invents Act (AIA) changes U.S. patent law from a first-to-invent system to a first-inventor-to-file system, which moves U.S. patent law into closer harmony with most industrialized nations throughout the world. Among other practical consequences, this change will (1) expand the scope of what constitutes prior art and (2) phase out interference proceedings used to resolve disputes regarding who first invented a technology.

The America Invents Act (AIA) changed the landscape in the United States for those seeking to challenge the validity of an issued patent outside of litigation.  On September 16, 2012 Inter Partes review (IPR) will replace the current Inter Partes reexamination (IPX) procedures.

Final Rules relating to these and other AIA procedures will be issued by the USPTO by August 16, 2012 and thus although planning should start now, flexibility will be important during the transition.

A comparison of each procedure and a detailed comparison of the impending changes is included in this update.

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Patent applicants who are dissatisfied with a rejection by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences have two options for review. They can appeal directly to the Federal Circuit, which will review the Board’s decision on the record before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Alternatively, 35 U.S.C. § 145 provides that an applicant may “have remedy by civil action against the Director” of the Patent Office in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The primary issue in Kappos v. Hyatt was what limitations, if any, exist on an applicant’s right to submit new evidence that was not before the Patent Office in such a district court action.

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that claims on methods of determining whether drug dosing levels should be increased or decreased based on levels of a metabolite in a patient’s bloodstream were not patent eligible.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued proposed rules for the implementation of portions of the America Invents Act relating to the post-grant review and inter partes review of patents and to the conduct of trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board regarding such review. Comments on the proposed trial rules are due April 9, 2012, and comments on the proposed rules for post-grant review and inter partes review are due April 10, 2012. If finalized, the proposed rules for post-grant review and inter partes review will take effect on September 16, 2012. The Patent Office also issued proposed rules specifically for the review of business method patents.

Today, after years of contentious debate over what should constitute “patent reform,” President Obama signed into law the America Invents Act, regarded by some to be the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since the Patent Act of 1952.

This evening, the U.S. Senate passed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, H.R. 1249 (the "Act"). The Act includes the provisions impacting fees, Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") proceedings and litigation proceedings that will take effect upon or shortly following enactment.

On June 9, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Limited Partnership, unanimously affirming that “clear and convincing” evidence is required to invalidate a patent in litigation.

On May 31, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified the level of knowledge required to establish inducement of patent infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b), which provides that “[w]hoever actively induces infringement of a patent shall be liable as an infringer.”

By a 5-4 vote, the United States Supreme Court has rejected the notion that business methods are categorically unpatentable. By a unanimous vote, however, the Court has affirmed the PTO and Federal Circuit’s rulings rejecting Bilski’s patent claims on methods of hedging commodity risks. The Court also unanimously agreed that while the "machine or transformation" test adopted by the Federal Circuit is a useful indicator of patentability, it is not the sole test for patentability under Section 101 of the Patent Act. Although many had feared--and some had hoped--that all software patents were in jeopardy, the Court’s relatively narrow decision should allay those fears and dash those hopes.

Recent events suggest the importance of understanding the basics of patent marking. You are not required to mark your patented products with the corresponding patent numbers.  However, there are a number of reasons why you should consider doing so.

On October 1, 2009, the Federal Circuit issued an opinion in Stanford v. Roche, Case Nos. 2008-1509, 2008-1510. One section addresses the interpretation of a patent assignment clause to determine whether it creates an automatic assignment or merely an obligation to assign.

Perkins Coie sponsored the 24th Annual Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute (APLI). Co-organized with Stanford Law School, the APLI presents a roster of judges, academics, litigators, patent prosecutors, and senior intellectual property (IP) counsel from major corporations offering a results-oriented, in-depth look at the latest developments in patent law and practice.

Perkins Coie sponsored the annual ChIPs Global Summit. ChIPs is a nonprofit organization that advances and connects women in technology, law, and policy.

Perkins Coie sponsored this year’s PTAB Bar Association Thought Leadership Summit at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in Alexandria, Virginia.

Perkins Coie Partner Veronica Ascarrunz served as a panelist for How to Pitch to Win - Your Case/ New Business at the ChIPs NextGen Summit at the USPTO headquarters.

Perkins Coie sponsored the 2023 Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) Annual Meeting held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

Perkins Coie was proud to be a presenting sponsor of the 21st Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Law Institute on June 1-2, 2023, at the Westin Westminster Hotel in Denver, Colorado.

Perkins Coie sponsored the 2nd Annual Amplify Surgical Endoscopic Spine Symposium on March 4.

Perkins Coie sponsored this year’s Chicago Women in IP (ChiWIP) Annual Progressive Networking Dinner, on February 8, 2023.

Partner Harvey Chen hosted the “A.I. and Her Lawyer’s Troubles?” conversation during the TEDxWoodside: Regeneration program at Stanford University.

Perkins Coie was a proud sponsor of the annual ChIPs Global Summit. ChIPs is a nonprofit organization that advances and connects women in technology, law, and policy.

Perkins Coie was a proud sponsor of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) 2022 IP Fall Institute, a three-day virtual continuing legal education (CLE) program focusing on the latest developments and hottest topics in intellectual property (IP). The IP Fall Institute featured panels conducted by leading practitioners providing insight on industry developments and coming trends.

Perkins Coie was a proud sponsor of the 2022 Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) Annual Meeting held at the JW Marriott in Los Angeles, CA. The annual meeting brought together IP professionals from around the world to discuss strategies, trends, and best practices.

Five Perkins Coie Intellectual Property partners were recently invited to present at the 2022 Guangdong Overseas IP Protection Training Program. The program is a series of courses that is designed for IP professionals in Guangdong.

Perkins Coie was the presenting sponsor for the 20th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Law Conference.

The Annual Dinner in Honor of the Federal Judiciary is one of the premier events in the legal industry.

The 2022 PTAB Bar Association Annual Conference was held March 23 – 25, 2022, at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C.

Austin Partner Janice Ta presented “American Axle and Subject Matter Eligibility Jurisprudence—Where Are We Now?” on Wednesday, February 16, 2022.

Perkins Coie is a long-time sponsor of IPBC Global, the pre-eminent gathering of the world’s IP business leaders.

Perkins Coie has been a proud sponsor of the annual ChIPs Global Summit, which advances and connects women in technology, law, and policy, since its inception.

The 2021 PTAB Bar Association Annual Conference, of which Perkins Coie was a sponsor, took place September 22-24, 2021 at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington D.C.

The 2021 IPO Annual Meeting, of which Perkins Coie was a sponsor, was held at the JW Marriot in Austin, TX.

Perkins Coie was a sponsor of the IntuitiveX 5th Anniversary held in Seattle, WA, on September 16, 2021.

Perkins Coie’s patent team was invited to provide a patent training at the Shanghai University.

Perkins Coie was proud to be a presenting sponsor for the 19th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute Conference, which was held virtually June 3-4.

Perkins Coie was a proud sponsor of the 2021 TechCrunch Early Stage Conference which was held virtually April 1-2.

Patents were established to protect innovations, and novelty is the root of innovation. In this presentation, patent professionals at Perkins Coie discuss best approaches to patenting AI, as well as factors and challenges that are commonly encountered when seeking patent protection for AI innovations.

In this webinar, partner David St. John-Larkin is joined by Jill Bowman, associate general counsel of Intel.

At TechCrunch’s first virtual Early Stage conference, which Perkins Coie sponsored, Partners Matt Oshinsky and Michael Glenn were joined by Baris Aksoy of AV8 Ventures to discuss creating and protecting intellectual property value.

A legal seminar on intellectual property, and an International Trade Commission Section 337 mock trial demonstration, as part of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Annual World Intellectual Property Day celebrations.

A presentation with Perkins Coie LLP and the Zhonglun W&D Law Firm on key legal issues faced by companies doing business in the U.S. We shared practical insights based on our deep experience and understanding of the complex legal and business issues facing Asia-based companies doing business abroad.

A legal seminar on intellectual property, and an International Trade Commission Section 337 mock trial demonstration, as part of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Annual World Intellectual Property Day celebrations.

A presentation with Perkins Coie LLP, Shanghai L&W Intellectual Property Law Office, Zhonglun W&D Law Firm and Shanghai Pudong Association for Investment & Financing on key legal issues faced by companies doing business in the U.S. We shared practical insights based on our deep experience and understanding of the complex legal and business issues facing Asia-based companies doing business abroad.

Perkins Coie LLP, Wispro Technology Consulting Corporation, and Fronteo Taiwan, Inc held a seminar "Legal and IP Issues in Cutting Edge Artificial Intelligence Industry and Markets"

Patent Litigation practice lunch and learn addressing key patent litigation issues and developments faced by in-house counsel. The program included a sit down with the Honorable Virginia Kendall, who provided a unique view of IP litigation from behind the bench, and panels made up of in-house counsel and our own patent litigation authorities.

CLE that looked at Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l.

A panel discussion on the In re Bilski opinion.  This was a complimentary breakfast CLE during which a highly-qualified panel discussed how the opinion changes prosecution and litigation of software and business method patents.

The Co-Chairs of the Intellectual Property Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation invite you to participate in one of the Committee’s most popular programs—the Roundtables.