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Month: June 2011
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Technology Transfer Tactics will be offering a webinar entitled "Stanford v. Roche: The Impact on Management of University IP" on July 8, 2011 from 1:00 – 2:00 PM (Eastern). Patent Docs author Dr. Kevin Noonan of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will discuss what the Stanford v. Roche decision means for the future of…
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Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "The New Inequitable Conduct Standard in Patent Litigation: Asserting and Defending Inequitable Conduct Challenges After the Landmark Therasense Decision" on July 26, 2011 from 1:00 – 2:30 PM (EDT). James J. Foster of Wolf Greenfield & Sacks and David P. Enzminger of Winston & Strawn will provide guidance…
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Law Seminars International (LSI) will be offering a one-hour telebriefing entitled "Inequitable Conduct after Therasense: Practical And Strategic Implications of the Recent Federal Circuit Ruling" on June 24, 2011 beginning at 1:00-2:30 PM (ET). Christian E. Mammen of Mammen Law in Berkley will moderate a panel including David C. Bohrer of Confluence Law Partners and…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar on "Patent Litigation after Microsoft v. i4i" on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, beginning at 2:00 PM (ET). The IPO webinar will consider the impact of the Supreme Court's decision in Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Limited Partnership on patent litigation and reexamination practice, as well…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The AMA, ACLU, and some of their friends oppose the (Leahy-Smith) America Invents Act, and their reasons may not surprise you. In separate letters Wednesday to Rep. Lamar Smith, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and Rep. John Conyers, the Ranking Member, both the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and…
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BIO and the Supreme Court By Andrew Williams — The 2011 BIO International Convention in Washington D.C. is less than two weeks away. If you are planning on attending, you probably already know that the amount of information and opportunities available at BIO can be daunting. Therefore, over the next week, Patent Docs will be…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The patent community continues to wait for Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) to convince his brethren on the Appropriations Committee that the provisions of H.R. 1249 (formerly the "America Invents Act," now the "Leahy-Smith America Invents Act") that would put an end to patent fee diversion do not offend the Separation…
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By Donald Zuhn — H.R. 1249 Vote Delayed by Fee Diversion Debate On Tuesday, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) reported that the House Rules Committee meeting to determine how the floor debate on H.R. 1249 would be conducted, originally scheduled for that day, had been postponed. Today, the IPO reported that the Rules Committee…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The question of when H.R. 1249 (formerly the "America Invents Act," now the "Leahy-Smith America Invents Act") will get to a floor vote in the House apparently depends on whether Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) can convince his brethren on the Appropriations Committee that the provisions that would put an end…
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By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. v. Mylan Inc. et al.2:11-cv-03276; filed June 7, 2011 in the District Court of New Jersey • Plaintiff: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.• Defendants: Mylan Inc.; Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Infringement of U.S. Patent No.…
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