Jeffrey Sherwood, Partner and Lead Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld LLP to Speak at KCs Event on Clarifying KSR & Its Impact on Patent Law on 11/20/07
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The firm has a diversified practice and represents regional, national and international clients in a wide range of areas, including antitrust; appellate; banking and finance; capital markets; communications and information technology; corporate and securities; corporate governance; employee benefits; energy; entertainment and media; environmental; financial restructuring; global security; government contracts; health; insurance; intellectual property; international trade; investment funds; labor and employment; land use; litigation; mergers and acquisitions; private client services; private equity; privatization; project development and finance; public law and policy; real estate development and finance; Russia/CIS; tax; and technology.(For further details of the event and an updated list of panelists, please visit: http://www.knowledgecongress.org/2007.ksr.htm)The recent Supreme Court Ruling KSR v Teleflex which dismissed "obvious" or rigid interpretation in favor of "flexible" may perhaps usher one of the most significant with the eighth changes in Patent law in decades.How will KSR affect your ability to protect your companies’ intellectual property?The Knowledge Congress has assembled panel of distinguished experts to help make these policies clear to the organizations most impacted.He is a member of the of Virginia, District of Columbia and Texas Bars.About Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld LLPFounded in 1945, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, a leading international law firm, numbers more than 900 lawyers with offices in Austin, Beijing, Dallas, Dubai, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, New York, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Taipei and Washington.The firm has a diversified practice and represents regional, national and international clients in a wide range of areas, including antitrust; appellate; banking and finance; capital markets; communications and information technology; corporate and securities; corporate governance; employee benefits; energy; entertainment and media; environmental; financial restructuring; global security; government contracts; health; insurance; intellectual property; international trade; investment funds; labor and employment; land use; litigation; mergers and acquisitions; private client services; private equity; privatization; project development and finance; public law and policy; real estate development and finance; Russia/CIS; tax; and technology.For more information about Jeffrey Sherwood and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld LLP, please visit: http://www.akingump.com.About The Knowledge CongressThe Knowledge Congress is an organization that produces teleconferences that examine regulatory changes across a variety of industries.