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Month: July 2009
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Yesterday, the National Institutes of Health released guidelines governing requirements (and limitations) for federal funding of research on human embryonic stem cells. These rules supersede rules promulgated during the Bush administration that so severely constrained the number of funding-eligible human stem cell lines as to effectively prohibit use of…
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By Donald Zuhn — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced today that Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke (at right) has appointed Nicholas Godici "to look at ways to strengthen the management structure of the USPTO and provide an up-to-date assessment of the challenges the office faces." The USPTO release notes that Mr. Godici…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The Federal Circuit today ordered en banc review of Tafas v. Doll, vacating the panel decision of March 20, 2009. The Court's decision was reported per curiam and Judge Lourie did not participate in the decision to rehear the appeal en banc. The Court in its order noted that…
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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. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. et al. v. Apotex, Inc. et al.1:09-cv-03997; filed July 2, 2009 in the Northern District of Illinois Daiichi…
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July 6, 2009 – Prior Art & Obviousness 2009: The PTO & CAFC Perspective on Patent Law Sections 102 & 103 (Practising Law Institute) – New York, NY July 8, 2009 – Markman Hearings and Claim Construction in Patent Litigation (Practising Law Institute) – New York, NY July 10, 2009 – Questions of Venue after…
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Law Seminars International (LSI) will be offering a one-hour telebriefing entitled: "Questions of Venue after TS Tech and Genentech" on July 10, 2009 from 1:00-2:00 PM (EST). Robert McFarlane, a partner at Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, and Chester Chuang, Senior Corporate Counsel at Electronics For Imaging, Inc., will review the recent Federal Circuit…
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By Donald Zuhn — On May 6, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences affirming the final rejection of U.S. Application No. 10/618,526 for obviousness-type double patenting. Appellants Frits Jacobus Fallaux, Robert Cornelis Hoeben, Alex Jan Van Der Eb, Abraham Bout, and Domenico Valerio are the named…
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By Christopher P. Singer — In a notice published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 (74 Fed. Reg. 31372), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published rule changes relating to amendment practice in PCT applications, which took effect on July 1, 2009. The revision is specific to 37 C.F.R. § 1.485…
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