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IP Center Event Focuses on Patent Trial and Appeal Boards
01/27/2016
The impact Patent Trial and Appeal Boards have had on the practice of intellectual property law was the topic for the first IP Center Distinguished Lecture Series event for Spring 2016. The event was January 26 in the Wynne Courtroom at Inlow Hall.
Scott McKeown, a partner at Oblon in Alexandria Virginia; Megan Doretenzo, chief patent counsel and assistant general counsel at Cummins; and Carrie A. Beyer, a partner at Drinker Biddle in Chicago, took part in a panel discussion of the changes that patent trial and appeal boards have had on the practice of IP law. Their discussion was moderated by Dennis Schell, a partner at SmithAmundsen in Indianapolis. Winter storm Jonas, while not hitting the Midwest, did have in impact on the panel. McKeown was unable to leave Alexandria and took part in the discussion via video link.
The event was co-sponsored by the IP Center and the Indianapolis Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Section. In the photo from left are Professor Xuan-Thao Nguyen, director of the Center for Intellectual Property Law and Innovation; Beyer, Schell, and Doretenzo.
