Patent Information Users Group, Inc.

The following webinars are offered to all paid PIUG members. 

• The Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court – an update for PIUG
  This webinar was presented on January 18, 2023.
  

The Unitary Patent (UP) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) are now anticipated to go live on 1 June 2023, when the UPC Agreement (UPCA) is planned to enter into force. 

In this session, Appleyard Lees partner and patent attorney Julia Gwilt, and head of data and systems Lee-Ann Galway, discussed the key decisions European patent owners will need to make regarding their portfolios in the lead up to UP/UPC implementation, and demonstrated how patent applications can be tracked through the new systems.  

• Honing Your Skills: Saving Time And Money While Looking Awesome To Your Clients
  This webinar is scheduled for January 17, 2024.

In this free, member-benefit webinar, four experienced PIUG members will present various tips, tricks, and techniques for saving you time and money in patent searching and presentation of results.

·         Master presenter Stephen Adams will share his expertise by demonstrating how to create a series of PowerPoint slides from an agenda slide. 

·         Biopatent searcher Barbara Miller will discuss unique and useful information to be found in GeneCards, the publicly available Human Gene Database, and in DrugBank, a free online database with drug and drug target information.

·         Ron Kaminecki will present his never-before-revealed open web citation searching method including a short video. 

·         Tony Trippe will demonstrate the power of ChatGPT in patent document analysis, by having ChatGPT summarize the top inventive aspects of a collection of patents.

Any questions regarding this series should be addressed to PIUG at Admin@piug.org.