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Month: November 2012
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By Donald Zuhn — Earlier today, the Supreme Court updated its docket for the Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. case to indicate that it has now been distributed for conference on November 30. In response to the Petition for a Writ of Certiorari filed in September by the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT)…
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By Kwame Mensah — On November 6, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office held a live chat on Twitter (@uspto) to discuss some of the provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. Highlights of the chat were the inventor's oath/declaration provisions, preissuance submissions, supplemental examination, and the first-inventor-to-file (FITF) provision. This chat provided concise and…
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By Donald Zuhn — Impact of Hurricane Sandy on USPTO Operations On November 2, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a notice that in view of the official closing of Federal Government offices in the Washington, D.C. area on October 29 and 30, 2012 as a result of Hurricane Sandy, the Office would consider…
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Unitary European Patent The European Union (EU) Parliament is close to approving new regulations for a single patent covering 25 states of the EU. Under these regulations, patents granted by the European Patent Office can cover, and be enforceable in, 25 countries of the EU as a single entity. The patentee will be able to…
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By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Precision BioSciences, Inc. et al. v. Cellectis SA et al.5:12-cv-00719; filed November 5, 2012 in the Eastern District of North Carolina • Plaintiffs: Precision BioSciences, Inc.; Duke University• Defendants: Cellectis SA; Cellectis bioresearch; Cellectis bioresearch…
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November 12-14, 2012 – Fall Intellectual Property Counsels Committee (IPCC) Conference (Biotechnology Industry Organization) – Charleston, SC November 14, 2012 – Patents and the Public Good (Greater Washington, DC Chapter of the Licensing Executives Society) – Washington, DC November 15, 2012 – Successful Strategies for Overcoming Obviousness Rejections in the Patent Application Process (McDonnell Boehnen…
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Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Preissuance Prior Art Submissions at the USPTO — Best Practices for Third-Party Challenges to Patent Applications and Monitoring Competition" on December 11, 2012 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm (EST). Clifton E. McCann and Thomas M. Haas of Thompson Hine will provide guidance to patent counsel on the new…
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C5 (UK) will be holding its 5th Forum on Biotech & Pharma Patent Litigation on January 29-30, 2013 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The conference will cover the following topics: • View from the bench: Hear the perspectives of Judges on the latest developments;• SPCs: Implications of Neurim and how national courts are applying Medeva;• First hand…
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The Greater Washington, DC Chapter of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) will be offering a program entitled "Patents and the Public Good" on November 14, 2012 from 5:30 – 8:00 pm (Eastern) at Sidley Austin LLP in Washington, DC. Chief Judge Randall Rader of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, former Chief…
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Court Overrules PTO Interpretation of B-Delay Calculation By Kevin E. Noonan — Judge T.S. Ellis III of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia wrote the latest chapter in the story of judicial review of (and, generally, disagreement with) how the Office has interpreted the patent term adjustment provisions of the 1999…
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