PLI Publishes Post-Grant Proceedings Before The Patent Trial And Appeal Board

NEW YORK, July 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Practising Law Institute (PLI) has announced the release of their newest title, Post-Grant Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Authored by Stephen G. Kunin, Scott McKeown, and Greg H. Gardella of Oblon Spivak Maier & Neustadt LLP, Post-Grant Proceedings is an in-depth guide to the new inter partes and post-grant review regulations under the AIA.

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The 464-page comprehensive paperback discusses in detail the three new post-issuance patent procedures adopted by the AIA, with a major emphasis on the inter partes review and guides readers through the process of successfully prosecuting or defending a post-grant proceeding before the PTAB.

Post-Grant Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board guides readers through the process of initiating a post-grant proceeding, taking discovery, seeking sanctions, proposing and opposing claim amendments, effectively advocating at the oral hearing, appealing to the Federal Circuit, and handling a wide array of issues involving co-pending district court litigation.

Post-Grant Proceedings thoroughly, yet accessibly, covers patent topics such as:

• Appeals to the Federal Circuit
• Patent Owner Response and Proposed Amendments
• Institution of Inter Partes Review
• Legislative Anomalies and Expected Technical Amendments
• Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents

Post-Grant Proceedings provides comprehensive and indispensable guide for both attorneys and lay people involved in the proceedings.

The single-volume Post-Grant Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board is $295 and is available for a 30-day free examination.

SOURCE Practising Law Institute