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Follow on Google News | Maria Luisa Palmese, Partner, Kenyon & Kenyon LLP to Speak at KC’s EventFor further details, please visit: https://theknowledgegroup.org/ About Maria Luisa Palmese Maria Luisa Palmese has over 20 years’ experience representing clients in patent litigation, patent prosecution, and trademark and design protection matters. She maintains a global practice focused on assisting companies with their U.S. IP matters. Her focus is to efficiently and effectively create and maximize value through IP. A skilled litigator, Ms. Palmese has represented her clients in both jury and bench trials in some of the busiest patent jurisdictions in the United States, including the Southern District of New York, the District of New Jersey, Northern District of Illinois, and the District of Delaware. She is adept at litigating complex intellectual property disputes across a range of subject matter, including chemicals, and chemical processes, pharmaceuticals, vaccines, cosmetics, polymers and other materials. Ms. Palmese also maintains a counseling, patent prosecution, opinion and due diligence practice. In this capacity she counsels small- and medium-sized businesses in a variety of industries, including the chemical, pharmaceutical, food, cosmetics, and agricultural industries, as well as the design, fashion and entertainment industries. Ms. Palmese is bilingual in Italian, and fluent in French and Spanish. She also has an elementary knowledge of German and Russian. About Kenyon & Kenyon LLP Kenyon & Kenyon LLP partners with their clients to provide a full range of intellectual property services. They represent clients in a broad range of industries and technologies, including automotive, chemicals, computer hardware and software, financial services, food and beverage, interactive entertainment, life sciences, mechanical, media and sports, pharmaceuticals, retail, universities and research institutions, and venture capital. From Kenyon’s offices in New York, Washington and Palo Alto, they serve clients in a cost-effective and efficient manner across the globe in such areas as federal court litigations; Event Synopsis: On July 30, 2015, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued additional guidelines in determining Subject Matter Eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. These guidelines conform to the public comments provided in response to the Interim Patent Eligibility Guidance released by the USPTO in December 2014. The various themes of the comments include requests for additional examples of claims directed to abstract ideas and laws of nature; explanation of the markedly different characteristics (MDC) analysis; and clarification of the requirements of a prima facie case of unpatentability under § 101 and the role of evidence in subject matter rejections. The newest updates focus on analysis of abstract ideas, particularly in the business method, Graphical User Interface, and software areas. It also provides additional examples of subject matter eligible claims in various technologies as well as sample analyses applying the Supreme Court and Federal Circuit’s considerations for determining whether a claim is subject matter eligible. These examples are deem equally valuable to USPTO examiners and applicants by giving both parties cleaner roadmap on the proper analysis for determining patent eligible subject matter. Both the December 2014 Interim Guidance and the July 2015 Update have shown USPTO’s extended efforts to develop and implement policy regarding the judicially recognized patent ineligible exceptions. The significant changes in how the office examines patent applications since the Supreme Court’s decisions in Alice Corp v. CLS Bank and Mayo v. Prometheus serve as the turning points in the conventional wisdom of subject matter eligibility. Unfortunately, the July 2015 Guidance was viewed with obscurity concerning the requirements for establishing a sufficient prima facie case of subject matter ineligibility. It appears to indicate that an examiner can take official notice as to whether additional elements in the claim amount to significantly more than the judicial exception by noting that “a rejection should only be made if an examiner relying on his or her expertise in the art can readily conclude in the Step 2B inquiry that the additional elements do not amount to significantly more.” In this two-hour LIVE Webcast, the Knowledge Group has assembled a panel of key thought leaders and practitioners to help examine the USPTO’s July 2015 Interim Guidance. The panel will also highlight the implications of the Guidance on patent eligibility and will provide practical advice and best strategies for drafting claims and writing applications under this latest Guidance. Some of the major topics that will be covered in this course are: § Subject Matter Eligibility: § 2014 Interim Patent Eligibility Guidance § July 2015 New Guidance: Practical Implications and Best Practices § Prima Facie Case § Recent Decisions § Alice Corp v. CLS Bank § Mayo v. Prometheus § Patent Eligibility: § Possible Outcomes and Changes About The Knowledge Group 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 End
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