Patent Law Weblog
Month: July 2014
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Bloomberg BNA Hosts Panel on Subject Matter Eligibility By Kevin E. Noonan — Last month at the BIO convention, Randy Kubetin, Managing Editor of Bloomberg BNA's Life Sciences Law & Industry Report moderated a panel entitled "Patent Eligibility from the Trenches: Practical Implications of the Supreme Court's Mayo and Myriad Decisions." The panel provided a…
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Life Sciences Top 49 By Donald Zuhn — Last month, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) announced the release of its 31st annual list of the top 300 organizations receiving U.S. patents. Patent Docs Readers may recall that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office stopped releasing its annual list of top patent recipients in 2006…
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By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Eli Lilly and Company et al. v. Panacea Biotec, Ltd.1:14-cv-01064; filed June 26, 2014 in the Southern District of Indiana • Plaintiffs: Eli Lilly and Company; Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.; Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.; Ube…
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July 9, 2014 – "Nautilus and Limelight: The Supreme Court Keeps Chipping Away at Patentees" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 to 11:15 am (CT) July 9-11, 2014 – Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution 2014: A Boot Camp for Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing (Practising Law Institute) – San Francisco, CA July 20-22, 2014…
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Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Protecting IP Rights After Limelight Networks v. Akamai: Implications for Divided Patent Infringement and Inducement — Prosecuting and Litigating Patent Claims Following the New Supreme Court Decision" on July 24, 2014 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT). Sona De and Gene W. Lee of Ropes & Gray will…
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Commercial Law WebAdvisorwill be offering a webinar entitled "America Invents Act: Patent Strategies and Reforms Counsel Needs to Know" on July 22, 2014 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (Eastern). Aaron D. Charfoos of Dykema Gossett PLLC will examine the changes to the patent system introduced by the AIA, as well as strategies in-house counsel and…
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The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Intellectual Property Law will be offering a live webinar entitled "Ask the Office: New Guidance on Functional Claiming" on July 30, 2014 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (ET). Christopher Alan Bullard of Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. will moderate a panel consisting of Nathan James Prepelka…
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Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank: Patent Eligibility of Software-Related Inventions" on July 30, 2014 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT). Michael L. Kiklis and Stephen G. Kunin of Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt will examine the Supreme Court's Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l decision and its…
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By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. v. Par Pharmaceutical Inc.1:14-cv-00789; filed June 20, 2014 in the District Court of Delaware Infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,753,677 ("Benzoheterocyclic Compounds," issued May 19, 1998) and 8,501,730 ("Process for…
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Judge Randall Rader Says Goodbye at BIO By Kevin E. Noonan — Last week, Judge Randall R. Rader, until recently Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, opened a day-long session on Intellectual Property Law by saying farewell. In a speech at varying times passionate and wistful, the Judge (who is…
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