Craig C. Corbitt, Partner, Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP to Speak at KC’s Event

May 19, 2015 - PRLog -- The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, has announced today that Craig C. Corbitt, Partner, Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP will speak at the Knowledge Congress’ webcast entitled: “Demystifying Reverse Payment Settlements in 2015 LIVE Webcast” This event is scheduled for June 3, 2015 from 3:00pm – 5:00pm (ET).

For further details, please visit:

http://theknowledgegroup.org/event_name/demystifying-reverse-payment-settlements-in-2015-live-webcast/

About Craig C. Corbitt

Craig Corbitt, a partner in the San Francisco office of the law firm of Zelle Hofmann, has been an antitrust litigator for over 30 years. He has been involved in dozens of the most significant civil antitrust cases in the United States during his career. He has represented class plaintiffs in the LCD Flat Panel, CRT, Intel, De Beers, Microsoft, and Brand Name Prescription Drugs cases among many others; and has represented many corporate plaintiffs, including Kellogg Company in the Vitamins Antitrust Litigation and Santa Fe Southern Pacific in the AT&T monopoly litigation. He has represented antitrust defendants including Georgia Pacific in the Plywood Antitrust Litigation, Kellogg Company in multiple cases, and Santa Fe in the ETSI pipeline litigation. He is a frequent panelist and author on antitrust and competition topics.  In 2015, he was selected by the California State Bar's Antitrust & Unfair Competition Section as the "Antitrust Lawyer of the Year."

About Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP

Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP is a national litigation and dispute resolution law firm with offices in Boston, Dallas, London, Minneapolis, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. The Firm excels at handling insurance, antitrust and other complex litigation on both a national and global scale. The firm also has an affiliate office in Beijing, People’s Republic of China.

Event Synopsis:

Reverse Payment Settlements, also known as ‘pay-for-delay’ agreements, involve a patent holder paying a potential competitor to delay marketing their product in a challenge to the patent holder’s rights. Reverse payment patent settlements have evolved since US patents may be challenged in court by competitors, and declared invalid if found to be in violation of the strict patent laws. It is becoming increasingly common for some patent holders, particularly pharmaceutical companies, to pay competitors to extend their patent ‘exclusivity’. These settlements have been criticized as anti-competitive and contrary to the public interest since it may raise prices and reduce innovation. Recently, the Supreme Court decision in FTC v. Actavis, Inc. only led to further confusion regarding the contradictory policies of the patent and antitrust laws.

In a two hour, LIVE Webcast, a panel of skilled practitioners assembled by The Knowledge Group will discuss recent cases and help the audience in Demystifying Reverse Payment Settlements in 2015. The speakers will also offer the audience best compliance practices and risk mitigation techniques.

Some of the major topics that will be covered in this course are:

§  Reverse Payment Realities – An Overview

§  Reverse Payment Settlement Agreements

§  Hatch-Waxman Act

§  Patent Settlements for Antitrust Violations

§  Risks of Decreased Patent Value

§  Paragraph IV’ Certification

§  Rule-of-Reason Analysis

§  Antitrust Scrutiny Prevention and Risk Mitigation Strategies

§  Reverse Payment Realities Compliance Practices

§  Potential Penalties and Litigation

About The Knowledge Group, LLC/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series

The Knowledge Group  was established with the mission to produce unbiased, objective, and educational live webinars that examine industry trends and regulatory changes from a variety of different perspectives. The goal is to deliver a unique multilevel analysis of an important issue affecting business in a highly focused format. To contact or register to an event, please visit: http://theknowledgegroup.org