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Month: June 2011
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By Donald Zuhn — H.R. 1249 Could Reach House Floor This Week In today's IPO Daily News, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) reported that House members are preparing for possible debate and a vote on H.R. 1249 "as early as this week." According to the IPO report, the House has scheduled H.R. 1249 for…
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By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Elan Corp. et al. v. IntelliPharmaCeutics Corp. et al.1:11-cv-00480; filed May 27, 2011 in the District Court of Delaware • Plaintiffs: Elan Corp. PLC; Elan Pharma International Ltd.• Defendants: IntelliPharmaCeutics Corp.; IntelliPharmaCeutics Ltd.; Par Pharmaceutical…
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By James DeGiulio — Brand pharmaceutical companies are expecting a serious financial fallout sometime over the next few years, when several blockbuster drugs lose patent protection, commonly known as a "patent cliff." The loss in revenue could be substantial. From 2010 to 2013, brand pharmaceutical companies are projected to lose a total of $137 billion…
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The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Intellectual Property Law and Center for Continuing Legal Education will be offering a live webinar entitled "Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson and Company: The Federal Circuit's New Standard for Materiality" on June 15, 2011 from 2:00 – 3:30 PM (Eastern). Retired Federal Circuit Chief Judge Paul Michel will…
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June 15, 2011 – Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson and Company: The Federal Circuit's New Standard for Materiality (American Bar Association) – 2:00 – 3:30 PM (Eastern) June 17, 2011 – The Implications of Stanford v. Roche (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 PM (ET) June 19-20, 2011 – IP Business Congress (Intellectual Asset Management…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar on "The Implications of Stanford v. Roche" on Friday, June 17, 2011 beginning at 2:00 PM (ET). The IPO webinar will consider the contract terms at issue in the case and examine the impact of the opinion on the patent reform debate, including the…
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LexisNexis will be offering a luncheon and CLE presentation entitled: "The impact of Therasence v. Becton on the doctrine of inequitable conduct" on June 21, 2011 from 11:30-1:00 PM (EST) at the Midtown Executive Club in New York, NY. The presentation will address the following topics: • Evolution of the inequitable conduct doctrine from cases…
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The American Bar Association (ABA) will be holding its 2011 Annual Meeting from August 4-7, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario. During the Annual Meeting, various ABA sections and divisions will be offering more than 250 CLE programs, including the following programs that will be offered by the Intellectual Property Law section: • International Patent Litigation;• The…
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Patent Resources Group (PRG) will be holding three-day course entitled: "The Bilski Impact: Procuring & Enforcing Software, Business Methods & Bioinformatics Patents" from August 16-18, 2011 in Alexandria, VA and Southfield, MI. The course will address how best to claim, prosecute, and litigate software, business method, and bioinformatics inventions. The course syllabus can be obtained…
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Supreme Court Holds That Invalidity Must Be Proved by Clear and Convincing Evidence By Donald Zuhn — In the third patent decision to be issued by the Supreme Court in little more than a week, the Court in Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Limited Partnership held today that 35 U.S.C. § 282 requires an invalidity defense…
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