Michael O'Connor, Partner in charge of the ICT section in Cruickshank Intellectual Property Attorneys, will be speaking for the third year in a row at the upcoming Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) annual conference. The AUTM annual conference takes place in New Orleans between 18th - 20th March 2010.
The theme of the presentation this year is "Software Patenting - Process and Strategy from the US and International Perspectives" and will examine the current state of play in the areas of software and business method patenting in a number of jurisdictions. There will be five speakers taking part in the presentation, one speaker from each of the United States, Europe, China, Japan and Singapore. Each speaker will look at software patenting in their jurisdiction in a historical context, discuss the current practice and provide practical advice on how to increase the chances of obtaining granted patents for software inventions in their jurisdiction. Michael will of course be giving the European perspective.
Time permitting, Michael will also be giving a brief overview of the upcoming changes to European Patent Practice due to come into effect on 1st April 2010 (not a bad April Fools gag). Amongst the changes, the EPO will be significantly limiting the time frame in which an Applicant may file Divisional applications, will require an Applicant to provide a substantive response to the Search Report and Written Opinion if a negative patentability opinion is issued, and will restrict the ability of the Applicant to amend the application documents. Michael is very much looking forward to the presentation and hopefully there will be a lively Q&A session afterwards as in previous years.
Monday, March 1, 2010
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