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Month: February 2013
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Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Patent Claim Drafting and Construction in 2013: Crafting Claims to Withstand Scrutiny and Avoiding Claim Limitation Attack" on March 20, 2013 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm (EST). Thomas L. Irving of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, Lauren L. Stevens of Foley & Lardner, and Colin G. Sandercock…
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The George Washington University Law School will be holding a Intellectual Property Panel Symposium on March 1, 2013 at The Fairmont San Francisco. The Symposium will offer presentations on the following topics: • Keynote Address — Michelle Lee, Director, USPTO Silicon Valley • Intersection of Intellectual Property and Competition Law • Cutting Edge Issues in…
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By Donald Zuhn — In an amicus brief filed in support of respondents Monsanto Co. et al. last month, the Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) asked the Supreme Court to affirm that petitioner Vernon Bowman infringed Monsanto's patents on glyphosphate-resistant soybeans because Monsanto never authorized Mr. Bowman to "mak[e]" Roundup Ready® soybeans from the commodity seeds…
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By Donald Zuhn – USPTO Seeks Comments on Patent Law Harmonization Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a notice in the Federal Register (78 Fed. Reg. 7411) seeking comments on matters related to the harmonization of substantive patent law. In particular, the Office indicated that it was seeking input from the public…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — In a paper filed earlier this week by Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, Jr., the U.S. government has asked the Supreme Court for leave to present ten minutes of argument in Bowman v. Monsanto. The request is not unusual or controversial — but the apportionment of argument time requested by the…
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By Donald Zuhn — Last month, the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), a trade association representing the U.S. venture capital industry, released the results of its MoneyTree Report on venture funding for 2012. The report, which is prepared by NVCA and PriceWaterhouseCoopers using data from Thomson Reuters, indicates that venture capitalists invested $26.5 billion in…
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By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Purdue Pharma L.P. et al. v. Epic Pharma, LLC1:13-cv-00683; filed January 30, 2013 in the Southern District of New York • Plaintiffs: Purdue Pharma L.P.; The P.F. Laboratories, Inc.; Purdue Pharmaceuticals L.P.; Rhodes Technologies• Defendant: …
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February 4-5, 2013 – Naples Midwinter Patent Law Experts Conference (Akron University Law School) – Naples, FL February 5, 2013 – Single Claim Restriction Requirements: The Interplay Between 35 USC Section 112 and 35 USC Section 121 (American Bar Association) – 12:00 – 1:30 pm (Eastern) February 13, 2013 – Corporate Intellectual Property Law Conference…
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A special Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory conference on "Genes & Diagnostics: A Myriad of Issues in Biotech IP" will be held on March 10-13, 2013. The conference will offer the following sessions: • Keynote address — "Reexamining the promise and perils of personalized medicine: Patents and beyond" — to be presented by Timothy Caulfield, Faculty…
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Technology Transfer Tactics will be offering a webinar entitled "Implementing the New Priority Rules Under the AIA" on March 7, 2013 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm (Eastern). Charles R. Macedo of Amster, Rothstein and Ebenstein, LLP will discuss how to adjust filing strategies and procedures in view of the AIA's new prior art and priority…
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