SpeakersJohn McCauley Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
Michael P. ShepherdFish & Richardson PC
Jacek WnukPolsinelli, LLP
An analysis of recent changes to patent eligibility, of the impacts of those changes on patent prosecution and litigation, and of proposed game-changing patent eligibility reforms in Congress.
Topics• The USPTO's recent changes to patent eligibility and functional claiming, and the impacts of those changes
• Recent caselaw pointing to a potential split between courts and the USPTO on patent eligibility
• Proposed game-changing patent eligibility reforms in Congress
• Strategies for prosecutors and litigators for navigating both current changes and potential future changes
Section Chairs: Jacek Wnuk, Polsinelli, LLP & Hannah Yang, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP