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Month: December 2008
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By Donald Zuhn — Earlier this month, we reported on the lobbying efforts of nine biotech/pharma companies and organizations in the third quarter of 2008 (see "Biotech/Pharma Lobbying Scoreboard – Third Quarter Update; BIO Lobbies for Biotech 'Bailout'"). Recent news reports have allowed us to add thirteen biotech/pharma companies and a trade group to…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — There are the inklings of a stratagem taking shape in certain of the Federal Circuit's decisions since the spate of Supreme Court rejections of large portions of its jurisprudence. That stratagem involves refusing to overturn district court decisions based on applying an abuse of discretion standard, as evidenced in…
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By Donald Zuhn — Earlier this month, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a report, entitled "Budget Options, Volume I, Health Care," that presents 115 options for changing U.S. health care policy. In the Preface to the report, the CBO states that "[t]he inclusion or exclusion of a particular policy change does not represent…
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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. Bayer HealthCare LLC v. Abbott Laboratories et al.6:08-cv-00507; filed December 24, 2008 in the Eastern District of Texas Infringement of U.S. Patent…
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January 3-7, 2009 – 26th Annual National CLE Conference (Law Education Institute) – Vail, CO January 12-13, 2009 – Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patent Opinion Writing*** (American Conference Institute) – San Diego, CA January 20-21, 2009 – Bio/Pharmaceutical Summit on Legal and Regulatory Product Lifecycle Strategies*** (Center for Business Intelligence) – Baltimore, MD January 26-27, 2009…
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Law Seminars International (LSI) will be holding its Fourth Annual Workshop on Patent Claim Construction on February 13, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. The workshop will provide information on: • Review of recent Federal Circuit Court decisions;• Evidentiary hearings: Successful summary judgment motions;• Patentee and defendant concerns and strategies in litigation;• What is persuasive and what…
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World Research Group (WRG) will be holding its Optimizing Patent Strategies at Patent Forum 2009 on February 25-26 in San Francisco, California. The conference will provide instruction regarding the best practices for creating a comprehensive patent strategy while maintaining a strong IP portfolio, avoiding litigation pitfalls, and managing case law changes. Among the presentations to…
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The authors and contributors of Patent Docs wish their readers a Happy Holidays. Publication of Patent Docs will resume on December 26th.
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By Donald Zuhn — Yesterday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that the USPTO and Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) will be extending the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program between the Offices for an additional two years to January 28, 2011. The USPTO and CIPO will evaluate the results of the PPH…
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By Donald Zuhn — Yesterday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that the USPTO will be closed on Friday, December 26, 2008. The USPTO notice states that because December 25th is a federal holiday, the Office will consider December 26th to be a "Federal holiday within the District of Columbia." As a…
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