Patent Law Weblog
Month: July 2014
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By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi USA LLC1:14-cv-00914; filed July 11, 2014 in the District Court of Delaware Infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,468,967 ("Methods for Administration of Antibiotics," issued October 22, 2002), 6,852,689…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The Supreme Court has made a sport of reversing the Federal Circuit over the past decade or so, and other than reserved (and sometimes not so reserved) statements by members of the lower court, the Federal Circuit has (properly) deferred to the Supreme Court's decisions without much protest (albeit occasionally…
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By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Acorda Therapeutics Inc. v. Actavis Laboratories FL Inc.1:14-cv-00882; filed July 7, 2014 in the District Court of Delaware Infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,007,826 ("Sustained Release Aminopyridine Composition," issued August 30, 2011), 8,354,437 ("Method…
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By Andrew Williams — In what is thought to be the first application accepted under the new biosimilar pathway created by the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation (BPCI) Act, Sandoz announced last Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its application to market a version of the protein filgrastim. Sandoz, a…
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By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. GlaxoSmithKline LLC et al. v. Glenmark Generics Inc. USA1:14-cv-00877; filed July 3, 2014 in the District Court of Delaware • Plaintiffs: GlaxoSmithKline LLC; SmithKline Beecham (Cork) Ltd.• Defendant: Glenmark Generics Inc. USA GlaxoSmithKline LLC…
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July 30, 2014 – "Ask the Office: New Guidance on Functional Claiming" (American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (ET) July 30, 2014 – "Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank: Patent Eligibility of Software-Related Inventions" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT) August 7, 2014 – "Battling Patent Trolls: Leveraging…
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Technology Transfer Tactics will be offering a webinar entitled "Alice Corp. vs. CLS Bank: What’s Eligible, What’s Not, and What’s Still to be Determined?" on August 28, 2014 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (ET). Patent Docs author Dr. Kevin E. Noonan and Patent Docs contributor Dr. Michael Borella of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP…
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American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its 2nd Annual Paragraph IV Disputes master symposium from September 30 to October 1, 2014 in Chicago, IL. ACI faculty will provide insights into: • PTO Procedures utilization in a Hatch-Waxman scenario: IPR, reissue, and more;• Teva v. Sandoz and interim Markman strategies;• The surge in premature notice…
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Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Battling Patent Trolls: Leveraging AIA, State and Federal Legislative Action, and Other Key Developments" on August 7, 2014 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT). Michael L. Kiklis and Scott A. McKeown of Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt will discuss recent developments and new tools to battle so-called…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) recently published a list of the top 100 universities worldwide granted U.S. patents in 2013. As reported in the IP Record, these universities are: (foreign universities in bold) 62% of these universities are U.S. universities, with China (18%) being the foreign country with the largest…
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