10th Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute

Alexandria, VA – March 12-13, 2015

United States Patent and Trademark Office


Presented By:

The University of Texas School of Law

The United States Patent and Trademark Office

George Mason University School of Law


TX Credit Info: 14.75 hrs

2.00 hrs Ethics

Link to Register

Perry Saidman will be presenting on the following topic:

Design Patents: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Perry will cover the landscape of hot design patent topics, including recent Federal Circuit decisions clarifying functionality and obviousness, the USPTO’s proposed written description requirement for designs, and design patent damages, i.e., the entire profits rule as framed in Apple v. Samsung.