With Patents becoming a core part of the existing economic ecosystem, particularly for Software, Information Technology, IoT, Embedded Systems, and Telecom industries, exploitation of Patent Portfolio has become an industry in itself, especially with the cost of development and protection of the portfolio being enormous. It is therefore crucial to understand important Patent issues, not only by In-House IP Counsels but even more importantly by R&D Scientists so as to minimize efforts in Patent Development and maximize commercial gains. It is crucial to understand nitty-gritty’s of patent portfolio creation, protection, management, and commercialization, without which there would always remain an open door for a serious blow either from an infringement perspective or from a patent invalidation perspective or the portfolio would remain under-commercialized. Exclusivity rights granted through patents can only be utilized if there is comprehensive knowledge of various patent-related issues, more so when National Patent Laws & Practices relating to prosecution practices, drafting practices, examination practices, enforcement practices, and commercialization practices differ substantially across geographies. Furthermore, with growing clarity concerns on Software Patentability in India, and new guidelines coming out for Computer-related Inventions (CRI), it is imperative to understand how such guidelines are actually being implemented in real-life Patent applications. Sessions of the Symposium would also help understand how Indian Companies Strategize in view of the dynamic policy changes in the software industry. Patent Attorneys and IP Practitioners can get to know real insights and nitty-gritty followed in India and by Global Companies Developing Indian Patent Portfolio and Managing Large R&D Centers. The speakers would share real-life cases and experiences that can help attendees in following best practices for building their respective patent portfolios so as to best commercialize.

Exclusivity rights granted through patents can only be utilized if there is comprehensive knowledge of various patent-related issues, more so when National Patent Laws & Practices relating to prosecution practices, drafting practices, examination practices, enforcement practices, and commercialization practices differ substantially across geographies. Furthermore, with growing clarity concerns on Software Patentability in India, and new guidelines coming out for Computer-related Inventions (CRI), it is imperative to understand how such guidelines are actually being implemented in real-life Patent applications. Sessions of the Symposium would also help understand how Indian Companies Strategize in view of the dynamic policy changes in the software industry. Lastly, with a number of cases being filed these days on FRAND issues, it is very critical for all concerned stakeholders to understand how such litigations may impact them, how [EP] is being interpreted and challenged these days, along with how Competition Commission and other like regulatory bodies are handling complex royalty rate and unfair competition issues. The Symposium would answer clearly on all issues mentioned above and much more.

This is an opportunity when Patent Experts, Litigators, and Legal Counsels from varied backgrounds and having enormous expertise carrying different perceptions would be interacting with limited delegates and would answer any question that the delegates may have. The speakers have thorough knowledge on the subject and have been working in the field for many decades. The speakers are selected such that R&D Scientists, In-House Counsels, Patent Attorneys, and IP Practitioners can get to know real insights and nitty-gritty followed in India and by Global Companies Developing Indian Patent Portfolio and Managing Large R&D Centers. The speakers would share real-life cases and experiences that can help attendees in following best practices for building their respective patent portfolios so as to best commercialize.

This Symposium features a presentation of all important patent issues as mentioned in this brochure. The speakers are a unique gathering of Patent Attorneys, Litigators, and Legal Counsels who have extensive years of experience in their professional fields and are well acquainted with the Industry’s need. These speakers will put across to the delegates the real insight of Patent Laws, Practices, and Commercial perspectives as prevalent and practiced in the United States, Europe, India, and China. The Workshop will provide an opportunity to receive first- hand information including recent Judgment on various issues from the experts in the fields. The speakers are selected such that R&D Scientists, In- House Counsels, Patent Attorneys, and IP Practitioners can get to know real insights and nitty-gritty followed in the United States, Europe, India, and China in Patent Domain. The speakers would share real-life cases and experiences that can help attendees in following best practices for building their respective patent portfolios so as to best commercialize.

IIPRD is a premier IP Consulting and Licensing Firm with a diversified business practice providing services in the domain of Commercialization, Valuation, Licensing, Transfer of Technology and Due-Diligence of Intellectual Property Assets along with providing complete IP and Patent Analytics, Transactional, and Litigation Support Services to Indian and International Corporates, Licensing Firms, and Global Law Firms. IIPRD has been established precisely to assist business houses in strategizing their growth by leveraging their IPR’s through effective Creation, Promotion, Protection, and Commercialization of IP. IIPRD has a legacy of over fifteen years of existence and is among the first Indian IP Firms to have core focus on Commercialization, Technology Transfer, and Licensing. IIPRD as a strong team of over 150 professionals focuses on complete Patent Support and Technology Consulting Matters ranging from conducting all types of Patent Searches, Research and Analytics, Preparation/Prosecution Support, Landscape Analysis, and Claim Charts/ Infringement Analysis/ Litigation Support.

Khurana & Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys (K&K) are more than a full-service Intellectual Property and Commercial Law firm. K&K was formed in the year 2007 with a very firm focus on providing end-to-end IP Prosecution/ Litigation and Commercial Law services ina manner that is Corporate centric and follows stringent delivery practices that are consistent and are above-defined quality standards. K&K works closely with its sister concern IIPRD, both of which supplement each other in order to provide end-to-end IP Legal and Commercialization / Licensing services to over 8000 Corporates. K&K is a team of over 180 professionals spread across 10 Offices in India and has strong rankings from Legal 500, MIP, RSG, IAM, Chambers, Asia IP, among others. Our team of IP Attorneys / Practitioners, having a high level of technical and legal competence, gives us the right competitive edge and positioning, as a law firm focused on creating immense IP value for our clients. K&K through its experienced and qualified team of Attorneys/ Practitioners, across Technology and Legal Domains, gives a rare synergy of legal opinion, out-of-box thinking for protection of ideas/IP’s and entrepreneurial spirits to its client base.

Sughrue Mion is one of the world’s leading intellectual property law firms managing traditional and non-traditional intellectual property rights, for about five decades, with a wide range of clients around the world. Sughrue’s more than 100 lawyers protect ideas- all ideas- and for the last 50 years have been helping their clients to develop, obtain, protect and leverage their intellectual property rights in technology areas ranging from a submicroscopic sequence of DNA to a vast constellation of satellites circling the globe. Sughrue’s more than 100 lawyers protect ideas- all ideas- and for the last 50 years have been helping their clients to develop, obtain, protect and leverage their intellectual property rights in technology areas ranging from a submicroscopic sequence of DNA to a vast constellation of satellites circling the globe. Sughrue’s Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Chemical attorneys are trained in technical disciplines that include molecular and cellular biology, biophysics, pharmaceuticals, chemistry, immunology, virology, genetics, and agriculture biotechnology. Their experts are particularly well versed in drafting claims to ensure the broadest possible coverage and have long-established expertise in handling patent interference proceedings that may be critical to determining basic patent rights in new areas of biotechnological and pharmaceutical industries. Their litigators who specialize in chemistry have tried cases relating to pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, industrial chemical processes, specialty chemicals, and nanotechnology.

08:45 AM TO 9:15 AM – REGISTRATION

09:15 AM TO 10:30 AM – Strategies and Practices to overcome 101 Issues at the USPTO on Software/Business Method subject matters (based on case-studies) – Mr.Chid Iyer (Sughrue Mion, US)

10:30 AM TO 10:45 AM – TEA BREAK

10:45 AM TO 12:00 PM – Patent Drafting and Prosecution Strategies at the EPO in Software/Computer Related/Mechanical Inventions – Speaker to be Confirmed

12:00 PM TO 1:15 PM – A Comparison of Examination Standards in the UK vs EPO for Software/Electronics Patent Applications – Speaker to be confirmed

01:15 PM TO 02:00 PM – LUNCH

02:00 PM TO 02:30 PM – An exemplary case study on Software Copyright Litigation in India – Mr. Vinod Khurana (Khurana & Khurana, IN)

02:30 PM TO 03:30 PM – Key Patent Office Decisions on Software / Electronics Patent Applications in 2019 – Mr. Tarun Khurana (Khurana & Khurana, IN)

03:30 PM TO 04:00 PM – Questions/Answers

Chid received a B. Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT, Bombay in 1984, MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Akron and MS in Computer Science from the University of Tennessee Space Institute. He received his JD from Georgetown University in 1997. Chid is a partner of the International Law Firm of Sughrue Mion and is involved in all aspects of patent practice including litigation, prosecution, and client counseling in a variety of technologies with a focus on chemical and pharmaceutical. Chid has prepared and prosecuted over 100 applications for a leading research laboratory.

Vinod is a Senior Partner at IIPRD and Khurana & Khurana, IP Attorneys. Vinod, along with heading the IP Litigation team, which represents some of top Indian and Global Business Brands on Passing Off, Counterfeiting, and Fraud Investigation/White-Collar Crime Issues, is also the Head of the IP Commercialization/Licensing Team and overlooks at Valuation and Negotiation of all major Out-Licensing Deals at IIPRD. Vinod has been in the field of Business Legal Finance for the last 36 years with a core focus on Commercialization, Licensing, and Valuation of Intellectual Property. Vinod also specializes in all aspects of Trade Mark Law with a focus on Trade Mark Litigation. Vinod represents top Indian and International Corporate Houses for Licensing their Technologies and other Intellectual Properties. Vinod has also been researching and educating on fighting thefts and frauds of Intellectual Properties and white-collar crimes, by practicing a mix of Law, Intellectual Property, Accounting, Ethics, and Criminology coupled with his professional qualification being a B.Com, PGDFA, MBA, AICWA, CFA, LLB among other specialization qualifications in Investigation and Commercialization of Intellectual Property. He has extensive experience in conducting Investigation & Litigation and has represented numerous corporates for devising their Prosecution and Litigation Strategies such as Indian Oil Corporation, ITC, Bharti, Matrix Cellular among many others. Vinod has also undertaken various dedicated Workshops and Seminars for well-established corporates such as Wockhardt, IOC, ITC, TVS Group, CSIR, among others. Vinod is also a member of the International Trademark Association (INTA). Department of Economic Affair, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India has also impaneled him for appointment as Special Director on the Board of Sick Industrial Companies.

Tarun has over 16 years of experience in a broad range of IP subject matters and is the Co-Founding Partner and Patent Attorney of Khurana & Khurana, which is among the Leading IP Practices in India with 10 Offices and over 180 Practitioners. Tarun is among the top 12 Patent Prosecution Practitioners in India as rated by IAM, ranked among IAM 300/1000, and has executed numerous assignments related to exercises of Patent Portfolio Creation, Protection, Prosecution, Litigation, Valuation and Commercialization for Indian and International Corporates. Tarun focuses on the Patent Preparation, Prosecution Electronics, Patent Valuation, Commercialization, and Litigation opinions for Computer-Implemented, and Mechanical subject matters. Tarun has a Bachelor’s in Computer Science Engineering, a Masters in Software Systems, Bachelors in Law, an MBA from IIM Lucknow, and is in pursuit of his Ph.D.