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Month: October 2012
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October 16, 2012 – Choosing a Patent Regime: Do You File on March 15 or March 16, 2013? (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 pm (ET) October 17, 2012 – European biotech patent case law update (D Young & Co) – 4:00 am, 7:00 am, 12:00 pm (EDT) October 19, 2012 – America Invents Act:…
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McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar on the "Successful Strategies for Overcoming Obviousness Rejections in the Patent Application Process" on November 15, 2012 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT). MBHB attorney Blair Hughes will use examples of successful patent prosecution arguments to highlight common 103 rejection shortcomings as…
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D Young & Co will be offering its next European biotech patent case law update on October 17, 2012. The 45-minute webinar will be offered at three times: 4:00 am, 7:00 am, 12:00 pm (EDT). Robert Dempster and Simon O'Brien will provide an essential update and live Q&A on EPO biotechnology case law. While there…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Choosing a Patent Regime: Do You File on March 15 or March 16, 2013?" on October 16, 2012 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET). A panel consisting of Thomas Irving of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP; Peter Thurlow of Jones Day; and…
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The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Intellectual Property Law, ABA-IPL Young Lawyers Action Group, Young Lawyers Division, and Center for Professional Development will be offering a live webinar and teleconference entitled "America Invents Act: Understanding the New Post-Grant and Inter Partes Review Proceedings" on October 19, 2012 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm (Eastern). Jonathan…
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By Donald Zuhn — Earlier this year, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) released its 29th annual list of the top 300 organizations receiving U.S. patents. As in past years, Patent Docs used the IPO's list of top patent holders to compile a list of the top life sciences companies and organizations receiving U.S. patents…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Joining the parties and amici with clear interests in resolving the circuit split created by the Third Circuit opinion in the K-Dur case (In re K-Dur Antitrust Litigation), the Washington Legal Foundation, self-described as having the aim of "promot[ing] economic liberty, free enterprise, and a limited and accountable government," filed…
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By Donald Zuhn — Last month, the Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) issued its report on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's proposal for setting and adjusting patent fees, which the Office laid out in a notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on September 6 (see "More on USPTO's Proposed New Fees"). In…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Joining the parties and amici with clear interests in resolving the circuit split created by the Third Circuit opinion in the K-Dur case (In re K-Dur Antitrust Litigation), two "public interest" groups have also filed amicus briefs urging the Supreme Court to grant certiorari. These groups, the New York Intellectual…
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By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. AbbVie Inc. et al. v. Banner Pharmacaps Inc.1:12-cv-01228; filed September 28, 2012 in the District Court of Delaware • Plaintiffs: AbbVie Inc.; Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation• Defendant: Banner Pharmacaps Inc. Infringement of U.S. Patent No.…
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