Dr. Guttman Provides CLE Presentation on the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Harry J. Guttman, Patent Attorney with Stipkala LLC, spoke about recent changes to U.S. patent law to the Northeast Cincinnati Lawyers Club at its meeting on January 6, 2012. Invited to provide a CLE credit-approved presentation for the general-practice attorney, Dr. Guttman examined several aspects of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, signed into law by President Obama on September 16, 2011. Dr. Guttman began by explaining the principles underlying the Act, the change from first-to-invent to first-inventor-to-file, and other provisions that harmonize U.S. patent laws with those of the international patent community. Dr. Guttman also used several examples to illustrate changes in legal analysis and strategy that will result from implementation of the Act. Overall, Dr. Guttman presented a high-level discussion of the Act, providing the general-practice-attorney audience with practice points and questions to raise with their patent attorney colleagues and clients.
Dr. Guttman is an intellectual property attorney based in Cincinnati, Ohio, who earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his J.D. with honors from the George Washington University Law School. A former USPTO patent examiner, he has more than ten years of experience assisting chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology companies and universities design and manage their intellectual property portfolios. Stipkala LLC is a boutique intellectual property law firm with locations serving Minnesota, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, and Washington, DC.
For more information, please visit www.StipkalaLaw.com.
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