Todd Walters, shareholder, chair of the firm’s Patent Office Litigation practice and co-chair of the Intellectual Property section, will participate in a webinar, "Discussion with Senior PTAB Judges on PTAB Operations in Light of COVID-19" hosted by the Intellectual Property Owners Association.
Program Description:
This timely—and free for IPO members—webinar will feature a panel discussion with three senior PTAB judges. Deputy Chief Judge Jackie Bonilla, Vice Chief Judge Michael Tierney, and Acting Vice Chief Judge Michael Kim will talk with Todd Walters (Buchanan Ingersoll), Co-Vice Chair of IPO’s U.S. Post-Grant Practice Office Practice Committee. They will discuss PTAB operations and recent trends and developments in practice before the PTAB in light of COVID-19. Topics to be addressed include maintaining schedules, handling requests for extensions of time, complying with statutory mandates, depositions, oral hearings, and unique issues that have arisen in light of current events.