THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2024
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Zoom
Noon-1 pm CST
Application for 1 CLE Credit pending
Description:
The objective of this CLE webinar is to demystify the PCT – an essential but cumbersome treaty-based
system – and help participants become better PCT practitioners. Based on the presenters’ own
experience and drawing from their 2023 book, The Practitioner’s Guide to the PCT, published by the
ABA-IPL, the webinar will take participants through the various stages of the PCT process, with
examples, strategies, tips on avoiding pitfalls, and the questions that need to be addressed to move
from one stage to the next.
Topics will include: when and why to use the PCT; filing challenges and choices; the international search
process and what to do about it; what to do when circumstances change or things go wrong; and how to
optimize moving from the international to the national stage.
Presenters:
Jay Erstling is former Director of the Office of the PCT at WIPO in Geneva, Switzerland, and a Professor
Emeritus at Mitchell Hamline.
Megan M. Miller received her JD degree from Mitchell Hamline and is an attorney at Winthrop and
Weinstine, P.A. in Minneapolis.
Event Contact Person:
Deanna Burns, Associate Director of IP Institute, Mitchell Hamline School of Law Deanna.Burns@MitchellHamline.edu (email) or 651-290-6309 (Office)
