Insights: Events Public Use and The On-Sale Bar: Making Sense of a Complicated Doctrine Six Years After Helsinn v. Teva

23rd Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Law Institute

What conduct amounts to an offer for sale triggering the on sale bar? A discussion on recent developments regarding the on-sale bar with takeaways on how to minimize the risk that commercial activity that triggers it.

Does certain conduct rise to a “public use” prior art event? Metallizing Engineering “forfeiture doctrine” and recent case law seeking to overturn this long-standing principle.

Similarities and differences between these doctrines and “public disclosures” that can disqualify certain types of prior art under AIA 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).

 

Event Details

Thursday, May 29, 2025


The Westin Westminster
10600 Westminster Blvd., Westminster, Colorado 80020

1:30 - 2:20 p.m.
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