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Month: November 2007

  • Pharmaceutical Res., Inc. v. Roxane Labs., Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2007)

        By Donald Zuhn — On October 26th, the Federal Circuit affirmed a District Court’s finding on summary judgment that certain claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,593,318 (the ‘318 patent) and 6,593,320 (the ‘320 patent) were invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, for lack of enablement. The ‘318 and ‘320 patents are…

  • Court Report

        By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report:  Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases, and a few interesting cases will be selected for periodic monitoring. Celgene Corporation et al. v. Barr Laboratories, Inc. et al.2:07-cv-05256; filed October 31, 2007 in the District Court of New Jersey Infringement…

  • Conference & CLE Calendar

    November 8, 2007 – Trilateral Cooperation: Successes, Opportunities, and Challenges (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – Washington, D.C. November 13-15, 2007 – Pharma and Biotech Collaborative Agreements (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY*** December 3, 2007 – 18th Annual Conference on U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Law and Practice – PTO Day (Intellectual Property Owners…

  • LSI Patent Claim Construction Workshops

    Law Seminars International (LSI) will be holding two one-day workshops on Patent Claim Construction on January 9, 2008 in San Francisco, CA and on February 15, 2008 in Chicago, IL.  The workshops will cover key issues in claim construction, including a case law overview and update, recent developments from the Federal Circuit, litigation strategies, and…

  • IPO PTO Day

    Last week, we reported that the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be co-sponsoring the 18th Annual Conference on U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Law and Practice (PTO Day) on December 3, 2007 in Washington, D.C.  At the time, a program for the conference was not yet available. …

  • Post-GSK: Where Do We Go from Here? – Annuities

        By Kevin E. Noonan — A day after the day of rejoicing for inventors, patent practitioners, examiners, and seemingly all of civilization, fair-minded people will concede that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office faces a daunting task.  After years of neglect – from Congress raiding the users’ fees, an inadequate number of examiners,…

  • PLI CLE on GSK v. Dudas Fall-Out

    Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be offering an audio-only webcast entitled "New USPTO Claims and Continuation Rules Enjoined: What Is the Fall-Out?" on Friday, November 2, 2007 from 1:00-2:00 PM (EST).  Speakers Robert J. Spar, former Director of the Office of Patent Legal Administration of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and John M. White,…