WilmerHale will sponsor the fourth annual GW Law Post-Grant Roundtable event, where patent leaders from academia, industry, and government will discuss the post-grant practice at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and how post-grant proceedings continue to change the practice of patent law.

WilmerHale Partner David Cavanaugh will moderate the roundtable discussion.

Topics include:

• Statistics and Trends in AIA Post-Grant Proceedings
• Constitutionality of Post-Grant Proceedings (after Oil States)
• Implications and Trends after SAS
• Update to the Trial Practice Guide
• One-Year Bar (Click-to-Call)
• Issues appealable to the Federal Circuit (after Wi-Fi One)
• Developments in Real Party-in-Interest
• Sovereign Immunity
• Potential Legislative and Rule Changes (e.g., Claim Construction & Motions to Amend)
• Petitioners and Patent Owners: Successful Strategies
• The Road Ahead for Post-Grant Proceedings