The Knowledge Group Has Scheduled a Live Webcast on European Biotechnological and Pharmaceutical Patenting in 2015 New Laws & Amendments, Competition, and Litigation

New York, NY, December 17, 2014 --(PR.com)-- The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, announced today that it has scheduled a live webcast entitled: European Biotechnological and Pharmaceutical Patenting in 2015 New Laws & Amendments, Competition, and Litigation. This two-hour event is scheduled on December 19, 2014 at 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET.

Event Synopsis:
The Unified Patent Court is the focus of most intellectual property (IP) and pharmaceutical experts. Regulation and their enforcement of laws against companies for anti-competitive behaviour continue to grow stronger in Europe and America. European Union national courts increasingly refer cases to the European Court of Justice for clarifications and answers to complex issues. Emerging markets keep modifying their IP laws, policies, and procedures which obligate biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies to revise their patent filing, management, and litigation strategies.

In this webinar, experts will provide practical advice and solutions to the current challenges facing biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies and help their intellectual property and legal practitioners keep abreast of the latest relevant regulatory changes, legislative initiatives, and case law in the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK).

During this live webcast, the focus will be upon regulatory updates in the EU and UK regarding pharmaceutical and biotechnological patent law. Experts in patent law will help you understand your legal rights, avoid the stiff anti-competitive sanctions imposed by the EC Commission and the US Federal Trade Commission for ‘pay for delay’ settlements under competition law; provide advice about commercially valuable Supplementary Protection Certificates, and discuss the complexities of competition law, patent filing and litigation strategies, trans-national infringement, managing expiry of patents at home and abroad, and address Bolar and experimental use and research exceptions.

The discussion will include the following key issues:
- Recent Changes in European Patent Case Law and UK Patents Act Amendments
- Claims of UK and European Patent Office and Decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union
- Interim and Trans-national Infringement and Enforcing of Patents in Developing Countries (India)
- Competition Protection: Laws, Pay-for-delay’, License Refusal, and Reverse
- Patent Expiry: Management, Warnings, Response, and Litigation
- Patent Litigation: Risks, Preparation, Opt-Outs
- Second Medical Use & Dosing Regimen Risks, Protection, Bolar and Research Exemptions in EU, and Supplementary Protection Certificates

Speakers/Faculty Panel

Mewburn Ellis LLP
Joseph Lenthall
Patent Attorney

Carpmaels & Ransford LLP
Glyn Truscott
Senior Attorney

For an updated list of the faculty panel, please visit:

http://theknowledgegroup.org/event_name/european-biotechnological-and-pharmaceutical-patenting-in-2015-new-laws-amendments-competition-and-litigation-live-webcast/

About The Knowledge Group, LLC/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series
The Knowledge Group, LLC brings together the world's leading authorities and industry participants through informative two-hour webcasts that study the impact of changing regulations and help businesses succeed through proper regulatory compliance.

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