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Month: November 2012
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By Donald Zuhn — On Tuesday, while California voters were helping President Obama secure a second term in the White House, picking the President over Republican challenger Mitt Romney by a 59.1% to 38.6% margin, they were also responsible for defeating a ballot initiative, Proposition 37, that would have required raw or processed food to be…
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By Andrew Williams — Last month, on October 18, 2012, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice of proposed rulemaking (77 Fed. Reg. 64190) to finally update its rules of professional conduct by conforming them to the ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct. The ABA Model Rules have been adopted in some form…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Mimicry is a classic (and classical) biological phenomenon, the appreciation of which dates to the time when biology was more accurately called "natural history" and was more diversion for English country gentlemen than proper science. Perhaps the most well-known form of mimicry is Müllerian mimicry, and the best example of…
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By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Impax Laboratories Inc.1:12-cv-01371; filed October 31, 2012 in the District Court of Delaware Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Par Pharmaceutical Inc.1:12-cv-01372; filed October 31, 2012 in the District Court of Delaware Acura…
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November 12-14, 2012 – Fall Intellectual Property Counsels Committee (IPCC) Conference (Biotechnology Industry Organization) – Charleston, SC November 15, 2012 – Successful Strategies for Overcoming Obviousness Rejections in the Patent Application Process (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 – 11:15 am (CT) November 27, 2012 – Patents and the Written Description Requirement: Navigating…
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American Conference Institute (ACI) will be offering "The Comprehensive Guide to Patent Reform" from January 23-24, 2013 in New York, NY. The conference will allow attendees to: • Adapting to the first-to file regime and developing prosecution techniques to ensure timely filings that result in robust patents;• Dissecting the new rules covering the usage of…
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By Ann Palma — About Court Report Supplement: Periodically, we will report on biotech and pharma cases that were inadvertently omitted from our Court Report column. W.H.P.M., Inc. v. BiotechPharma, LLC et al.1:12-cv-137; filed February 10, 2012 in the Eastern District of Virginia • Plaintiff: W.P.H.M., Inc.• Defendants: BiotechPharma, LLC and Raouf A. Guirguis Infringement…
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