Date/Time
8/5/2025
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern
Event Type(s)
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Event Description
Committee on Appeals from the PTAB Webinar
“Appeals from the PTAB Mid-Year Review”
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 | 1:00pmET

Join us for our upcoming webinar Appeals from the PTAB Mid-Year Review on August 5, 2025 at 1pm ET via Zoom®.  This webinar will discuss important PTAB-related Federal Circuit decisions from the first half of 2025. 
This webinar is hosted by the PTAB Bar Association Committee on Appeals from the PTAB.
 
Register for the meeting using this link: PTAB Bar Assoc. Webinar
 
Panelists:
Dr. Rachel Elsby is a partner at Akin Gump.  She is a go-to trial counsel representing innovative biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device clients in IP disputes.  Clients rely on Rachel to provide comprehensive IP advice and strategic counsel on all fronts, including representing clients in every stage of litigation, from early portfolio assessments to trial and appeal.  Rachel previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Pauline Newman at the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
 
Laura Vu is an associate in the Intellectual Property group at Haynes Boone. She previously clerked for Judge Raymond T. Chen of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and was formerly a primary patent examiner. Her practice focuses on appeals to the Federal Circuit and post-grant proceedings before the PTAB.
 
Scott B. Amankwatia is an associate at The Marbury Law Group, where he focuses on intellectual property litigation, patent preparation, and prosecution, with an emphasis on design rights. His technical experience spans mechanical, electro-mechanical, battery, software, automobile, and medical device technologies. Scott has represented petitioners in inter partes and post-grant review proceedings before the PTAB, involving technologies such as cybersecurity and solar panels.

Patrick Maloney is a partner at Cork Maloney LLP.  He is an experienced PTAB litigator who has handled over 200 post-grant proceedings spanning a wide variety of technologies including telecommunications, data storage, electronics, antennas, streaming media, and medical devices and diagnostics.  His practice also includes district court patent litigation and appeals to the Federal Circuit.
 
Questions?  Please contact appeals.committee@ptabbar.org

 
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