Professor Sean Tu Presents at IPWatchdog Webinar

On October 15, 2020, West Virginia University College of Law Professor Sean Tu spoke on a panel titled "Myths of Litigated Patents" hosted by IPWatchdog and LexisNexis IP. The panelists discussed which types of examiners tend to issue patents that later undergo litigation, the issues at stake during prosecution for different types of examiners and how this knowledge can impact a prosecution process.

Watch the panel discussion below and find Professor Tu's latest scholarship on patent prosecution on SSRN.

Professor Tu Joins Patent Experts for IP Watchdog Webinar

On Thursday, March 5, 2020, West Virginia University College of Law professor Shine Tu joined other patent law experts in a webinar discussion hosted by IPWatchdog. The experts discussed types of prior art rejections by fast and slow patent examiners, how the current count system can motivate examiners to either delay or expedite patent prosecution, and how different patent examination strategies may impact patent quality.

Professor Tu has recently posted two new papers to SSRN on related topics: Patenting Fast and Slow: Examiner and Applicant Use of Prior Art and Patenting Fast and Slow: Examiner Rejections and Applicant Traversals to Non-Prior Art Rejections.

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Professor Sean Tu Publishes New Book

WVU Law Professor Sean Tu contributes to a new text published by Wolters Kluwer and titled Fundamentals of United States Intellectual Property Law: Copyright, Patent, and Trademark.  This is the revised and updated sixth edition of the text.

Professor Tu authored the patent law section of the book, encompassing seven chapters and covering materials from sources of United States patent law to patent design.