In its amendments to the Rules of Practice for Trials earlier this year, the PTAB stiffened the rules concerning the duty of candor for attorneys who practice before the Board and set forth the process and conditions under which it will impose sanctions. The PTAB runs a tight ship: in the handful of years that the PTAB has held IPR and CBM trials under the AIA, it has already sua sponte sanctioned several petitioners and patent owners or their counsel.
This webinar features a Lead Administrative Patent Judge of the PTAB who will review the ethical obligations of participants in AIA post-grant proceedings. Two experienced post-grant litigators will discuss several topics with the judge, including:
- The rules regarding motions for sanctions by parties in an inter partes (IPR) or covered business method (CBM) review;
- Lessons from successful motions for sanctions versus unsuccessful motions;
- Ethical problems that arise due to parallel proceedings at the PTAB and U.S. district courts, including issues regarding protective orders and inconsistent claim construction.
Speakers:
- Hon. Thomas Giannetti, USPTO
- Richard Giunta, Wolf Greenfield
- Kevin Laurence, Renaissance IP
