David Gass to Co-Present Webinar on Patent Eligibility Requirements in Life Sciences
David A. Gass, partner in Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP's biotech practice group, will participate in a webinar titled “Global Biotech IP Update: Patent Eligibility Requirements in Life Sciences” with co-presenters Robert Dempster, UK and European patent attorney at Maschio & Soames IP Limited, and Karen Innes, senior associate and registered Australian and New Zealand Patent Attorney at FB Rice. During this webinar, panelists will discuss recent developments in life sciences, and recent court decisions and practice changes, including the newest USPTO guidelines. The webinar will run three times:
Tuesday, March 3, 2015 - 2:00 pm CST (Chicago)
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 - 12:00 noon AEDT (Melbourne)
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 - 12:00 noon GMT (London)
The Tuesday seminar will include a live question and answer session with the panelists. To learn more and register for the webinar, click here.
David Gass is a partner and registered patent attorney at Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP. He has served biotechnology companies, universities, and research institutions for more than 22 years, helping develop and implement IP strategies for protecting and commercializing life-improving biotechnology inventions involving diagnostics and precision medicine, therapeutics and gene therapy, plant biotechnology, and many other technologies. He also counsels clients about IP licensing, maximizing patent term and patent life-cycle for products, and freedom-to-operate issues relative to the IP rights of others. His experience before the USPTO includes inter partes proceedings and appeals.