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Month: August 2012
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Challenging a Patent Application: Preissuance Submissions to the USPTO" on August 16, 2012 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET). A panel consisting of Nicole Haines of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Patrick Jewick of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP; and Rodney Young of Medtronic,…
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Tech Transfer Summit Ltd. will be holding its third annual Tech Transfer Summit (TTS) North America on October 22-23, 2012 at John Hopkins University in Montgomery County, MD. The Summit focuses on dialogue, partnering, licensing and technology transfer between public sector research technology transfer offices and senior industry licensing and business development executives, and serves…
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The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Intellectual Property Law, Section of Science and Technology Law, and Center for Professional Development will be offering a live webinar and teleconference entitled "The Written Description Requirement: Are Antibodies Chemicals, Proteins, or Exceptions?" on August 30, 2012 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm (Eastern). Selena Kim of Gowling Lafleur…
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Foley & Lardner will be offering a web conference entitled "AIA Post-Grant Implementation Begins – Is Your Business Strategy Aligned?" on August 27, 2012 at 3:00 pm (Eastern). The web conference features USPTO Deputy Director Teresa Stanek Rea, USPTO Chief Administrative Patent Judge James D. Smith, and Matthew A. Smith and Andrew S. Baluch of…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — It is a truism that each case that comes before an appellate court is decided on its own facts and on the court's application of the law to those facts. The Federal Circuit has the additional burden of establishing consistency to how the law (patent law) is applied to the…
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By Donald Zuhn — On Monday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published its final rule to implement the miscellaneous post patent provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (77 Fed. Reg. 46615). The final rule, which takes effect on September 16, 2012, is the third final rule package for implementing AIA provisions to be…
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Pulling the Pace of Prosecution from the Purview of the Applicant By Daniel Feigelson — Most readers of this blog are familiar with the situation in which you or your client files a patent application before the invention is ready for commercialization, e.g., the chemical process described therein is still being optimized, or FDA approval…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — In his dissent from the majority opinion in Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a case have interesting features discussed elsewhere), Chief Judge Randall Rader (at right) opines eloquently regarding the so-called "tragedy of the anti-commons" and the widespread but unsupported idea that patents inhibit innovation (Justice Breyer to…
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By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. et al.1:12-cv-00993; filed July 27, 2012 in the District Court of Delaware • Plaintiff: Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.• Defendants: Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Watson Laboratories Inc.; Watson Pharma Inc. Infringement…
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August 21, 2012 – Mayo v. Prometheus: The Supreme Court's New Methodology for Analyzing Patent Eligibility (American Bar Association) – 1:00 – 2:30 pm (EDT) August 24, 2012 – The America Invents Act: The Boundaries of Prior Art (American Bar Association) – 1:00 – 2:30 pm (EDT) September 6, 2012 – A Review of the…
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