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Month: December 2009
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By Donald Zuhn — Gene patenting has been a hotly debated topic for at least the past three years. The subject moved back to the forefront when Chicago-Kent College of Professor of Law Lori Andrews and the late Michael Critchton published an article in the November 11, 2006 issue of Parade magazine, in which…
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By Christopher P. Singer — In a Notice published in the December 17, 2009 Federal Register (74 Fed. Reg. 66955), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced changes to its previously published procedures (October 27, 2009 Federal Register Notice, 74 Fed. Reg. 55200) relating to usage of public key infrastructure (PKI) certificates. According to…
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By Sarah Fendrick — Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice in the Federal Register (74 Fed. Reg. 66097) proposing changes in the procedure for handling notices of appeal and appeal briefs that identify fewer than all of the rejected claims as being appealed. Under the change, rejected claims 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. Eli Lilly and Company v. APP Pharmaceuticals, LLC et al.1:09-cv-01551; filed December 16, 2009 in the Southern District of Indiana • Plaintiff: Eli…
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January 6-10, 2010 – 27th Annual National CLE Conference (Law Education Institute, Inc.) – Vail, CO January 20-21, 2010 – Life Sciences IP Due Diligence (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY January 25-26, 2010 – European Pharmaceutical Regulatory Law Boot Camp (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY January 26-27, 2010 – Advanced In-House…
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American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its 2nd Expert Forum on ITC Litigation & Enforcement from February 24-25, 2010 in New York, NY. The conference will offer practical advice for seizing the opportunities and meeting the challenges offered by fast-paced ITC litigation and allow attendees to: • Evaluate and compare the potential benefits of…
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Technology Transfer Tactics will be offering an audioconference entitled "Patent Prosecution: Best Practices for Reducing Costs While Improving Patent Quality" on February 9, 2010 from 1:00 – 2:30 PM (EST). Dr. Jean Baker and Jack Cook of Quarles & Brady will provide specific prosecution strategies that Technology Transfer Offices can adopted to significantly reduce legal…
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Visiongain will be holding its 6th Annual Biosimilars Conference on March 2-4, 2010 in Boston, MA. At the conference, Visiongain faculty will offer presentations on the following topics on March 3-4: • Opportunities and challenges for biosimilars in the global market;• Commercializing biosimilars: Will they really be able to compete?• Demystifying the market aspects/implications of…
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By Donald Zuhn — Last week, National Public Radio's Science Friday, which is broadcast nationwide as part of NPR's Talk of the Nation, examined the issue of gene patenting. The debate over gene patenting reignited in May as a result of the Association for Molecular Pathology v. United States Patent and Trademark Office case,…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Until now, the major bones of contention over the Senate's patent "reform" bill (S. 515) have centered around two provisions: putting in place statutory language governing how damages are to be assessed, and instituting a post-grant review system modeled on the European opposition, and that will be more extensive…
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