The next monthly meeting of the NYIPLA PTAB Committee, to be held on December 1, 2020 at 4pm EDT, will discuss the PTAB’s discretion to institute trials before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the new proposed rulemaking by the USPTO with respect to discretionary denials. (CLE credit will be offered). APJ Kal Deshpande (and possibly others) from the PTAB will attend the meeting in listening mode.
The USPTO is seeking public comments on considerations for instituting trials under the Leahy Smith America Invents Act. The deadline to submit comments was originally November 18, 2020 but has been extended to December 3, 2020.
The group will begin the session with a presentation discussing the current state of the law related to the PTAB’s discretionary denial power and delve into whether the proposed rules make sense.
ARE Law attorneys and PTAB Committee members Devin Garrity and Chris Lisiewski will be helping to prepare this presentation. Partner Charley Macedo is co-chair of the PTAB Committee.
Following the presentation, the PTAB Committee will virtually hold its annual holiday party. All are welcome to join.
There is no charge to PTAB Committee members to attend, and CLE will be available.
Every month, the NYIPLA PTAB Committee holds video conference calls to discuss the latest and greatest events involving the PTAB. All members of the NYIPLA are welcome to join the PTAB Committee at no extra cost and participate in these discussions and presentations.
Learn more about the PTAB Committee.
If you are already registered as a member, you should have the Zoom log-in information. If you are not, or do not have log-in information, please contact Co-Chair, ARE Law partner Charley Macedo or committee coordinator ARE Law associate Chris Lisiewski.