Topics include: 

• Discussion of frequently asked questions for patent filings into United States, Canada, and Latin America (with emphasis on Mexico, Chile, Brazil and Colombia)
• Government patent filing incentives
• Upcoming updates for US, Canada and Latin America

Topics include:

• Basic requirements for High Priority and Federal Fleets under the ACF Regulation
• Top concerns that High Priority Fleets and Federal Fleets should have
• Legal or procedural challenges regarding the adoption of the regulation

In Part One, John and Matt discuss the ACF Regulation as it will apply to State and Local Government Agency Fleets, including:

• ACF Program Overview: Compliance Options, Exemptions, and Reporting Requirements
• Concerns: Vehicle Availability and Infrastructure 
• Impact: Omnibus Rule and Advanced Clean Trucks Rule

Highlights:

• Overview of the Dutch patent system
• Filing in the Netherlands to obtain an EPO search report in a cost effective and timely manner to determine if further prosecution abroad is worthwhile
• Advantages of litigating in the Netherlands via a Dutch registration

Speakers:

• Ernest Huang, Partner, Procopio (Palo Alto, CA, USA)
• Ernest Baeten, Partner, AOMB (Arnhem, Netherlands)

What does this historic development mean for patent holders in Europe and around the world? Procopio Partner Miku Mehta mediates a discussion on all things UPC with Peter Rigling of Rigling IP in Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland, and Andreas Vogel of Bals & Vogel in Munich, Germany.

Presenters:

• Jeff Morton, PhD, Procopio IP Partner and Life Sciences sector leader (San Diego)
• Robert "Bob" Sloss, Procopio IP Litigation Partner (Palo Alto)
• Jeremy Edwards, Procopio IP Litigation Partner (Washington, D.C.)

Presenters:

1. Tracey Hendy, Principal, FPA Patent Attorneys
2. Desmond Tan, Principal, FPA Patent Attorneys Asia
3. Shimpei Kuroda, Senior Manager, Shiga International Patent Office
4. Miku H. Mehta, Partner, Procopio

Speakers

Robert “Bob” Sloss, Procopio Partner and IP Litigator (moderator)

Miku Mehta, Procopio Partner, Patent Prosecution Attorney and Asia Pacific Group Leader, United States

Chikako Mori, Trademark Team Leader at Sun East IP firm, Japan

Aditi Verma Thakur, IP Attorney, Ediplis Counsel, India

Chaoming Chen, Founding Member of CMC Intellectual Property Firm, Taiwan

This will be a big change for all businesses, but particularly for B2B companies.  This session will provide an overview of the new requirements under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) with a focus on the expiring exemptions and what companies need to do to extend their CCPA compliance programs.