Both webcasts, which feature specialist presentations and question-and-answer sessions, are free to any one who pre-registers and can be accessed easily online.

The Bilski webcast will take place at 12 noon East coast time (5pm GMT) and will last for one hour. The speakers are Charles Macedo of Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein, Charles Kwalwasser of Barclays Capital, Duane R Valz of Yahoo and Chris Holman, of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.

The eagerly awaited Bilski decision was published on October 30. While the Court reaffirmed that business methods are patentable, it rejected its previous “useful, concrete and tangible result” test, saying the “machine-or-transformation” test set out by the Supreme Court is the proper test to apply.

That test requires that, to be patentable, an invention must either be somehow tied to a machine or transformed into "a different state or thing".

Panellists in the discussion will look at what that test means, what is the future for business method patents and what implications Bilski will have in other areas, such as life sciences.

The webcast on litigation in China takes place at 5pm Hong Kong time (9am GMT) on November 11 and will last one hour.

It will feature Rembert Meyer-Rochow of Intel Corrp, He Fang of Rouse and Keith Tsang of Intellect Consultancy.

All three spoke at last week’s fifth annual Asia-Pacific IP Forum and will discuss the key issues for IP owners to consider when litigating cases in China.

Both webcasts will be archived with other Managing IP webcasts. These include a 30-minute discussion on the latest developments on new top-level domains, featuring Nick Wood of Com Laude and Bruce Tonkin of Melbourne IT, which was held on November 10.

Click here for Bilski and here for Chinese litigation. For more information about these and other webcasts offered by Managing IP and to register, click here.