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Month: January 2014
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C5 (UK) will be holding its 26th Forum on Biotech Patenting on March 26-27, 2014 in Munich, Germany. C5 faculty will offer presentations on the following topics: • A View from the Bench: Evaluating the Implications of the New UPC System on Your Biotech Patent Strategies• Industry Roundtable: How to Manage and Exploit Your Patents…
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American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its 18th Advanced Forum on Life Sciences Collaborative Agreements and Acquisitions from March 31 to April 2, 2014 in New York, NY. The conference will allow attendees to: • Incorporate the right takeaways from recent deals into optimal business development strategies;• Negotiate agreements that provide entry into key…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Earlier this week, Sequenom, Inc. filed its opening brief in Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v. Sequenom, Inc., appealing summary judgment that its licensed claims to a genetic diagnostic method for detecting fetal diseases and abnormalities in utero were invalid for reciting patent-ineligible subject matter. In view of the exquisitely subjective nature…
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By Andrew Williams — It may come as no surprise, but on Tuesday, January 28, 2014, President Obama highlighted innovation and the patent system during his State of the Union address: We know that the nation that goes all-in on innovation today will own the global economy tomorrow. This is an edge America cannot surrender. …
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By Michael Borella — While non-precedential, this recent Federal Circuit decision further illustrates the Court's thinking with regard to the patent-eligibility of computer-implemented inventions under 35 U.S.C. § 101, and provides a reminder about the importance of procedural issues in § 101 cases. SmartGene filed a declaratory judgment action against the defendants ("ABL"), alleging non-infringement…
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By Donald Zuhn — Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register (79 Fed. Reg. 4105), in which the Office proposed changes to the rules of practice that it claimed would "facilitate the examination of patent applications and . . . provide greater transparency concerning…
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By Nicole Reifman — The Federal Circuit's decision in Medtronic CoreValve, LLC v. Edwards Lifesciences Corp. provides a warning for patent practitioners seeking to claim priority to earlier filed patent applications: failure to specifically reference each earlier filed patent application will result in a loss of a claim to priority to the omitted application(s). Medtronic sued…
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By Donald Zuhn — Earlier this 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 2013. The report, which is prepared by NVCA and PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP using data from Thomson Reuters, indicates that venture capitalists invested $29.4…
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January 30, 2014 -"Combating Patent Trolls: Third-Party Solutions and Defense Strategies in Litigation and Post-Grant Proceedings — Leveraging Counterclaim, Summary Judgment and Other Tactics; Utilizing Legislative, Insurance and Third-Party Tools" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) February 13, 2014 – "Proactive Patent Procurement and Prosecution Strategies: Minimizing the Threat of Post-Grant Challenges — Insulating…
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International Intellectual Property Institute and Bloomberg BNA will be holding and AIA Post-Grant Patent Practice Conference on February 19-20, 2014 in Arlington, VA. The conference will include presentations on the following topics: • The Fundamentals of Post-AIA Post-Grant Patent Procedures• Luncheon Address by the Honorable Pauline Newman, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
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