Upcoming webinar: Docketing of PCT for US filers

(The webinar was recorded and has now been posted.  Read about it here.)

Those who file PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) applications will be interested in an upcoming webinar on docketing of PCT applications.  This particular webinar is prepared specifically for US filers, with focus not only on general PCT docketing but also on aspects of PCT that relate to US practice. (Later I will offer another corresponding webinar for filers outside the US for docketing of PCT generally.)

When?  This webinar will take place on Thursday, April 1, 2021, at 10 AM Mountain Time.  The scheduled duration is 1½ hours.

What topics will be discussed?  We will discuss:

• docket events — things that happen over the life of a PCT application that prompt us to set and clear dockets
• best practices — best ways to carry out certain tasks to maximize chances of docketing success
• optimal use of online resources — for example best use of ePCT
• collaborative workflow opportunities — ways that members of a team can be providing a “second pair of eyes” for each other in the docket process
• cross-entity monitoring — how in-house corporate people can keep an eye on outside counsel for docket purposes

Who should attend?  I am glad you asked that question.  Yes of course docket clerks who docket PCT filings should attend and are welcome to attend.  Yes of course paralegals who manage PCT filings should attend and are welcome to attend.

The reason I am glad you asked that question is that some attorneys seem to think that they get a free pass on having to know how to docket PCT filings because “my paralegal keeps track of that” or “my docket department keeps track of that”.  Such attorneys are mistaken.  Such attorneys should recall what they were taught in their law school ethics class, and what they have been told in every malpractice-avoidance CLE class they have ever attended:

the attorney is professionally responsible for all work carried out by the non-attorneys whom they supervise. 

This means that the attorney who does PCT work needs to know how to docket PCT.  How else could the attorney know whether the paralegal or docket clerk whom they supervise is doing the docketing correctly?  This means that the attorney should attend this webinar. 

Patent agents who do PCT work should also attend this webinar, for similar reasons.

Cost?  The webinar is free of charge.

How to register?  To register, click here.

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