Patent Law Weblog
recent posts
- Constellation Designs, LLC v. LG Electronics Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2026)
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2026)
- PTAB Reverses § 101 Rejection Where Examiner Failed to Follow the Office’s Own Guidance
- Collision Communications v. Samsung: What Good Did the Government’s Statement of Interest Do?
- United States Files Statement of Interest in Patent Infringement Proceedings
about
Month: April 2010
-
By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Roche Palo Alto LLC v. Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.1:10-cv-00261; filed March 31, 2010 in the District Court of Delaware Infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,083,953 ("2-(2-amino-1,6-dihydro-6-oxo-purin-9-yl)methoxy-1,3-propanediol Derivative," issued July 4, 2000) following a Paragraph IV…
-
April 7, 2010 – First Annual Board Conference (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences) – Alexandria, VA April 7-10, 2010 – 25th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference (American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law) – Arlington, VA April 11-17, 2010 – Advanced Patent Courses (Patent Resources Group) – Bonita…
-
On Sunday, April 4, 2010, the CBS news program "60 Minutes" will take a look at the issue of gene patenting in a segment entitled "Patented Genes." According to the program's website, the segment will examine the question of whether "companies [should] be able to own human genes," and "the idea of biotech firms patenting…
-
By Donald Zuhn — On Monday, the District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in Association of Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, finding the claims of several patents directed to the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes invalid as encompassing non-statutory subject matter (see "Round…
-
By Kevin E. Noonan — In a recent article in the journal Science, Sherry Knowles, the Chief Patent Counsel at GlaxoSmithKline, raises several interesting questions regarding the concept of "takings" of property in the patent context. In a "Policy Forum" article entitled "Fixing the Legal Framework for Pharmaceutical Research," Ms. Knowles (at right) tackles…
Patent Docs 