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Structuring Non-Infringement Opinions and Reducing Risk of Patent Infringement: Key Considerations and Provisions
Partner Jeffrey Waters to speak at Strafford webinar with CLE credit
Jeffrey Waters will be a panelist for the webinar "Structuring Non-Infringement Opinions and Reducing Risk of Patent Infringement: Key Considerations and Provisions" on August 23, 2022 from 1:00-2:30pm EDT, presented by Strafford. This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on preparing and providing non-infringement opinions for companies developing new products. The panel will drill down into what a competent non-infringement opinion should contain. The panel will outline best practices for drafting these opinions to reduce infringement risks.
Jeff is the Partner in Charge of the Atlanta Office and Co-Chair, Computer Science Practice. A patent attorney, he has extensive experience with patent preparation and prosecution, as well as with opinions, patent litigation, conducting due diligence investigations, and more.
This webinar is about the importance of avoiding infringing on existing patents is critical when developing a new product, and the essentiality of understanding a competitor's patent portfolio. A non-infringement opinion examines the client's new product to other's patents and can defend against assertions of willful patent infringement. A competent non-infringement opinion should provide the legal landscape and the prosecution history of the patent in question. The opinion will analyze the claims in question and give an explanation and determination of non-infringement. When facing charges of infringement, the court can use the opinion when deciding whether there was any inappropriate action when the product was developed.
The panel will guide patent counsel on preparing and providing non-infringement opinions for companies developing new products. The panel will drill down into what a competent non-infringement opinion should contain. The panel will outline best practices for drafting these opinions to reduce infringement risks. They will review these and other key issues:
- What are the benefits of obtaining non-infringement opinions? What are the risks?
- What are best practices for patent counsel when analyzing infringement issues and structuring opinions?
- What considerations should be kept in mind when communicating information with the client?
Please contact Director of Marketing Jessica Lister at jlister@cantorcolburn.com for registration information.
