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Month: March 2011
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The Supreme Court today denied certiorari in Louisiana Wholesale Drug Co. v. Bayer AG (decided below as In re Ciprofloxacin Antitrust Litigation; see also "Second Circuit Denies En Banc Reconsideration in Cipro® Case"). According to the Court's website, neither Justice Sotomayor nor Justice Kagan participated in the decision. The case…
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By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Schering Corp. et al.v. Kappos1:11-cv-00457; filed March 1, 2011 in the District Court of the District of Columbia • Plaintiffs: Schering Corp.; Merck & Co., Inc.• Defendant: David Kappos Review and correction of the patent…
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March 16-17, 2011 – FDA Boot Camp*** (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY March 18, 2011 – Intellectual Property Panel Symposium (George Washington University Law School) – San Francisco, CA April 5-6, 2011 – International Patent Forum 2011 (Managing Intellectual Property) – London, UK April 6-9, 2011 – 26th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference…
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The John Marshall Law School Review of Intellectual Property Law will be holding its 2nd Annual Symposium from 9 am to 5 pm on April 15, 2011 at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, IL. The symposium will offer presentations on the following topics: • Biosimilars• Biosecurity• Inequitable conduct• TRIPS and TM rights• Keynote…
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The Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Associations will be holding their 27th Annual Joint Patent Practice Seminar on April 27, 2011 in New York, NY. The seminar will consist of five panels: USPTO Practice, Pharmaceuticals/Life Sciences, Licensing/Foreign Practice, Ethics, and Litigation with each panel addressing a series of cases and…
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The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Intellectual Property Law will be holding the 26th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference on April 6-9, 2011 in Arlington, VA. Among the topics that will be covered at the conference are • Reform inside & outside the USPTO;• Contrasting USPTO and Judiciary treatment of patent Issues: How the…
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Managing Intellectual Property will be holding the International Patent Forum 2011 on April 5-6, 2011 in London, UK. Among the topics that will be covered at the forum are: • National offices and international trends;• Forum shopping in Europe;• Licensing and tech transfer: making the most out of your patent;• Cross border patent infringement strategies…
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By Kevin Noonan — On Wednesday afternoon, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (at right) addressed the Senate, calling for passage of an amendment to strip the "first-inventor-to-file" provisions from the Senate patent reform bill (S. 23). That amendment lost, 87-13 on Thursday, but her 5-minute speech raised important issues for the House of Representatives to consider…
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By James DeGiulio — Abbott and Elan End TriCor Suit with Ranbaxy After only a few months, Abbott Loaboratories and Elan Pharma International, along with Abbott subsidiary Fournier Laboratories, have dropped their patent suit against Ranbaxy Laboratories over the latter's generic version of the cholesterol drug TriCor. The dispute between the companies began in June…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — On Tuesday, for the second day in a row, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (at right) stood on the floor of the Senate and argued for his colleagues to pass S. 23, now named the "Invent America Act." In Tuesday's action (which can be seen here: Senate Session, Part I and…
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