Patent Derivation, Inventorship Disputes and Trade Secret Misappropriation: Protecting Proprietary Research
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will guide patent counsel on the intersection of patent derivation proceedings, trade secrets, and breach of contract. The panel will address the legal strategy and risks associated with enforcement efforts, as well as how to mitigate risks associated with employees and research partners misusing valuable and confidential research and development knowledge.
Outline
- Derivation proceedings, trade secrets, contracts
- Protecting ongoing research
- Departing employees
- Sharing proprietary research with third parties
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- What are the risks of instituting derivation proceedings?
- What is the interplay among derivation proceedings, inventorship disputes, trade secret misappropriation, and breach of contract?
- What steps should companies and counsel take to minimize the risk of losing proprietary research?
Faculty
Peter M. Brody
Partner
Ropes & Gray
Mr. Brody has been successfully litigating intellectual property cases and other complex disputes in federal and state... | Read More
Mr. Brody has been successfully litigating intellectual property cases and other complex disputes in federal and state courts across the United States for over 30 years. He has litigated every type of IP case –patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark, and false advertising - as well as a wide range of constitutional, administrative, and contract disputes. He has served as lead counsel in numerous domestic and international arbitrations, as well as hearings and proceedings before federal and state administrative agencies.
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Scott A. McKeown
Shareholder
Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks
Mr. McKeown is a shareholder with Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks in Washington D.C. and a professorial Lecturer in... | Read More
Mr. McKeown is a shareholder with Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks in Washington D.C. and a professorial Lecturer in Law at The George Washington University Law School. Named one of the world’s leading patent practitioners for post-grant proceedings by Intellectual Asset Management, he is one of the most active PTAB trial attorneys in the U.S., having handled more than 400 PTAB matters, including those in which more than $500 million was at stake. Mr. McKeown currently serves as lead post-grant counsel to some of the world’s best-known innovators, and is the editor of the award-winning blog PatentsPostGrant.com.
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Filko Prugo, M.S., J.D.
Partner
Ropes & Gray
Mr. Prugo is a first-chair litigator and USPTO-registered patent attorney. He has been extensively involved in all... | Read More
Mr. Prugo is a first-chair litigator and USPTO-registered patent attorney. He has been extensively involved in all aspects of contested patent matters. He has argued before the PTAB in IPR trial proceedings, tried federal district court Hatch-Waxman cases, and argued before the Federal Circuit. His experience spans a broad range of technologies including pharmaceuticals and biologics for the treatment of cancer, immunological disorders and cardiovascular disease, as well as drug delivery systems and research tools.
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