This time we have an interview with Felicia Boyd about the PTAB (Patent Trial and Appeal Board) and some interesting patent enforcement statistics from Europe.

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Co-Presenters:

Rolf Claessen and Kenneth Suzan

Episode 13 – October 17, 2014

 

FB =    Felicia Boyd of Barnes & Thornburg LLP

RC =   Rolf Claessen

KS =    Kenneth Suzan

 

Hi.  This is Alex Butterman at Staas & Halsey LLP in Washington, D.C.  I love podcasts because they help me survive my long commute and I love a podcast by a couple of colleagues who are helping me stay up-to-date with IP Law.  You are listening to IP Fridays.  Thank you Rolf and Ken.

 

KS:      Hello and welcome to this episode of IP Fridays.  Our names are Ken Suzan and Rolf Claessen and this is THE podcast dedicated to Intellectual Property.  It does not matter where you are from, in-house or private practice, novice or expert, we will help you stay up-to-date with current topics in the fields of trademarks, patents, design and copyright, discover useful tools and much more.

 

RC:      Welcome to Episode 13.  This episode will be completely about patents.  We have an interview with Felicia Boyd, who is a partner with Barnes & Thornburg LLP, about the PTAB and I will tell you a little bit about patent enforcement statistics in Europe.  But first I want to ask you to leave a review for us on iTunes.  You can go to www.ipfridays.com/itunes, or leave us a review on Stitcher at www.ipfridays,com/stitcher and if you really like us, you can leave us a review and that would really help spread the word about this podcast.  So, without further ado, I turn over the mic to Ken Suzan who has the interview with Felicia Boyd.

 

KEN SUZAN’S INTERVIEW WITH FELICIA BOYD

 

KS:      Thank you Rolf.  I am joined today by Felicia Boyd who is a partner with Barnes & Thornburg in the firm’s Minneapolis office where she is a member of the Firm’s Intellectual Property Department.  Ms. Boyd focuses her practice on complex intellectual property litigation and has lead plaintiff and defense litigation on a large variety of claims related to patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade dress.  Her litigation experience spans several industries including medical devices, software, music, pharmaceuticals and manufactured goods.  Her victories on behalf of clients have included preliminary injunction motions, summary judgment motions, favorable settlements and jury verdicts at trial.  She is a registered patent attorney with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and has represented clients in contested proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  Felicia received her B.A. cum laude from St. Olaf College in 1984.  She earned her J.D. magna cum laude in 1987 from the University of Minnesota Law School.  Felicia, welcome to our program.

 

FB:      Thank you Ken.

 

KS:      Thank you.  So we are going to talk today about an article which is the cover story of the September 2014 issue of Managing Intellectual Property.  Can you tell our listeners a little bit about what is known as the “PTAB” (the Patent Trial and Appeal Board)?  What is it?  What do they do?  And why do businesses need to know about this Board?

 

FB:      Sure Ken.  We call it the “PTAB” rather than the “P-T-A-B”.  So, the PTAB, or the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, was formed as part of the America Invents Act and that Act went into play September 16, 2012,