LEAHY INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED PATENT STUDIES

February 18-20, 2024 Naples, Florida

9th Annual Conference run by The Naples Roundtable

Origins of the Original “Phoenix List”:   “Upon the creation of the Federal Circuit [in 1982], Chief Judge Howard Thomas Markey created a ‘Phoenix List’  to fulfill what he saw as the “duty of [the new court] of clarify the law of patents itself [which] will require the resolution of numerous apparent conflicts [amongst the circuits] lurking in past decisions and decisional approaches of various courts.”  William C. Rooklidge & Matthew F. Weil, En Banc Review, Horror Pleni, and the Resolution of Patent Law Conflicts, 40 Santa Clara L. Rev. 787, 802 (2000)(citing Howard T. Markey, The Phoenix Court, 10 Am. Pat. L. Ass’n Q.J. 227, 232  (1982)). Following Chief Judge Markey’s lead, The Naples Roundtable identifies current issues in need of clarification. These issues focus our attention, foster our discussion, and inspire us to work toward making the U.S. patent system an “engine of innovation.”

February 19

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5:00

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February 20

8:00


5:00

Coming Soon


Phoenix Issues (by year)

Document Type Tags Year

2022 Phoenix Issues

A document listing the Phoenix Issues for 2022.

Institute Agendas 2022

2021 Phoenix Issues

A document listing the Phoenix Issues for 2021.

Institute Agendas 2021

2020 Phoenix Issues

A document listing the Phoenix Issues for 2020.

Institute Agendas 2020

2019 Phoenix Issues

A document listing the Phoenix Issues for 2019.

Institute Agendas 2019

2018 Phoenix Issues

A document listing the Phoenix Issues for 2018.

Institute Agendas 2018

2017 Phoenix Issues

A document listing the Phoenix Issues for 2017.

Institute Agendas 2017

2016 Phoenix Issues

A document listing the Phoenix Issues for 2016.

Institute Agendas 2016