Foresight vs Hindsight: Section 53.1 for Patent Agents and Litigators
Thursday, April 29, 2021, 1 pm - 2 pm ET
Held on Thursday, April 29, 2021, 1 pm - 2 pm ET
Under Section 53.1 of the Patent Act, what happens in the Patent Office may not stay in the Patent Office. When seeking to enforce patents in later proceedings, patentees may be held to account for some decisions made during prosecution, whether those decisions were made for expediency, cost or substantive reasons. How do we reconcile what happens in the Patent Office and what happens in court?
This webinar will cover :
- What’s in and what’s out: which documents in a file history are "communications", and which aren’t?
- Key words and phrases: what language in a communication attracts litigators?
- How should CIPO examination policy and examiner statements affect the weight of file wrapper evidence?
- What’s a patent applicant (and agent) to do?
Continuing Professional Development
This program is eligible for up to 1 Substantive Hour.
| Hours | |
| Law Society of Ontario | 1 |
| Barreau du Québec | 1 |
| Law Society of British Columbia | 1 |
| Law Society of Saskatchewan** | – |
| Law Society of Manitoba | 1 |
| Law Society of Alberta | 1 |
| New York State CLE Board | 1 |
** An application for accreditation of the session will be submitted upon request by a participant
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***Financial aid may be available to participate in this webinar. Applicants will be considered on the basis of their annual income. Inquiries: admin@ipic.ca
Logistics
Participants will view the webinar’s presentation online and hear the presenters by phone or through the computer. A web link and audio coordinates will be provided to the registrant the day before the webinar.
Group Registration
Due to COVID-19, IPIC is relaxing its group registration policy to allow participants within a group to use a webinar link individually, as long as the total number of participants using the link is within the group size registered for.
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613-234-0516