Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Bell Harbor International Conference Center
Seattle, Washington

Fish & Richardson co-hosted the Strategic Use of Post-Grant Proceedings in Light of Patent Reform seminar with the University of Washington School of Law. The day consisted of a number of panel presentations, including the Keynote address by Irem Yucel, Director of the Central Reexamination Unit of the USPTO; a lunchtime discussion with Chief Judge Rader; a Judges' Panel including Chief Judge Rader, and Former Judges Everingham and Ward; and two separate presentations on the implications of the America Invents Act on patent prosecution and litigation.

Presentation materials from the event are included below.

• Central Reexamination Unit (CRU), 2011 in Review
• Strategic Use of Post-Grant Proceedings in Light of Patent Reform
• Post-Grant Challenges: A Litigation Perspective

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