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Month: December 2014
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Last Thursday, the European Court of Justice rendered a decision in International Stem Cell (ISCO) Corporation v. Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (UK) that significantly modified the landscape for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) patenting, by holding that prohibitions against patents on hESCs only apply to such cells…
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By Donald Zuhn — USPTO Closed on December 26 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a notice today informing stakeholders that the Office will be closed on Friday, December 26, 2014. The notice indicated that December 26 will be considered to be a Federal holiday within the District of Columbia under 35 U.S.C. §…
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The University of Southern California (USC) Gould School of Law has created an infographic that provides some highlights in the history of patent law, starting at around 500 B.C. and including the first ever recorded document that granted rights to an individual and the establishment of the U.S. patent act in 1790. Additional information regarding the…
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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. Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC1:14-cv-01474 filed December 11, 2014 in the District Court of Delaware • Plaintiffs: Eli Lilly and Company; Eli Lilly Export S.A.; Acrus DDS Pty Ltd.•…
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January 8, 2015 – "Proving and Avoiding Inequitable Conduct in Patent Prosecution and Litigation — Leveraging Court Treatment Post-Therasense and the AIA's Answer to Inequitable Conduct Issues" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) January 13-14, 2015 – Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY January 20, 2014 –…
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Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Proving and Avoiding Inequitable Conduct in Patent Prosecution and Litigation — Leveraging Court Treatment Post-Therasense and the AIA's Answer to Inequitable Conduct Issues" on January 8, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST). Thomas L. Irving of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, Jennifer M.K. Rogers of Shumaker…
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Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Preparing for and Navigating PTAB Appeals Before the Federal Circuit — Conducting PTAB Trials With Eye to Appeal, Determining Errors for Appeal, Understanding PTO Practice and Federal Circuit Law" on January 22, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST). Erika H. Arner and Michael J. Flibbert of Finnegan…
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Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Combating Patent Trolls: Third-Party Solutions and Defense Strategies in Post-Grant and Litigation — Leveraging Counterclaim, Summary Judgment and Other Tactics; Utilizing Legislative, Insurance and Third-Party Tools" on January 29, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST). Kevin Jakel od Unified Patents and Michael L. Kiklis of Oblon Spivak…
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By Michael Borella and Andrew Williams — The press has been all too eager to decry the so-called "broken" U.S. patent system and the alleged "scourge" of non-practicing entities (NPEs). However, few if any articles attempt to provide an even-handed analysis of these issues. Recently, Jon Potter and Julie Samuels published a piece in Roll…
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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 v. Sandoz Inc.1:14-cv-02008; filed December 5, 2014 in the Southern District of Indiana Infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,772,209 ("Novel Antifolate Combination Therapies," issued August 10, 2010) following a Paragraph…
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