The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) AIA Trials Committee will be presenting a fireside chat entitled “A Year in Review: PTAB Practice Updates, the Impact of COVID, and Lessons Learned Along the Way” on May 25, 2021 from 10:00 to 11:00 am (CT). Vice Chief Administrative Patent Judge Michael Tierney of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board and George “Trey” Lyons, III of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will look at changes to, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on, AIA Trial Proceedings, including: discretionary denials, motion to amend pilot program,…
