23Apr
Webinar

Wednesday 23 April

Strategic insights for navigating the complexities of First Filing Requirements and Foreign Filing Licences

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Start: Wednesday 23 April 2025, 12:30 PM

End: Wednesday 23 April 2025, 01:30 PM

Event Overview

Understanding first filing requirements and foreign filing licences (FFLs) is crucial to ensuring compliance with national security and patent laws worldwide. This webinar will provide an overview of first filing rules across key jurisdictions, the purpose and application of foreign filing licences, and practical strategies for compliance. Designed for patent attorneys and paralegals, this session will explore jurisdictional variations, common pitfalls, and available remedies for non-compliance. Whether you handle domestic or international patent filings, this webinar will equip you with the knowledge to avoid costly mistakes and streamline your filing strategies.

Audience

IP Paralegals, Paralegals

Speakers

Thomas Mahon, Page White Farrer

Thomas Mahon, Page White Farrer

Tom is a UK and European Patent Attorney and holds the European Patent Litigation Certificate (EPLC), providing representation rights before the Unified Patent Court (UPC). With degrees in physics and aerospace engineering, he has extensive experience in drafting and prosecuting patents for complex technologies. Tom’s primary practice focuses on software and computer-implemented inventions, including AI, blockchain, cryptography and data security, and high-tech processing architectures.

Tom works with a variety of clients from multiple jurisdictions, from individual inventors and SMEs, to multinational corporations. Tom assists in the developments and management of worldwide patent portfolios, and coordinates international patent prosecution, particularly in the US and Asian jurisdictions, ensuring compliance with jurisdiction-specific requirements.

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