2020 Leahy Institute of Advanced Patent Studies

Director Robert Greene Sterne will be speaking at The Naples Roundtable’s 2020 Leahy Institute of Advanced Patent Studies, hosted in Naples, FL from February 16-18, 2020. His panel, “Phoenix Issue I: PTAB,” will take place from 9:15 am to 10:45 am on Monday, February 17. The session will address the following questions:

• Should the IPR Model be used to assess all issues of patentability whenever a defense to infringement is patent invalidity? And if so, then how should the IPR process be changed to accomplish this objective?
• Have the recent changes in the PTAB Rules and Decisions had a positive impact in strengthening the patent system? What further administrative changes in the IPR process should the PTO consider?
• Would the changes proposed in the recently introduced “STRONGER (Support Technology & Research for Our Nation’s Growth and Economic Resilience) Patents Act of 2019” improve or strengthen the patent system?