Month: January 2015

  • By Donald Zuhn — After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its eighth annual list of top patent stories.  For 2014, we identified eighteen stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had (or are likely to have) the greatest impact on patent practitioners and…

  • By Michael Borella — Patentee Content Extraction and Transmission (CET) owns U.S. Patent Nos. 5,258,855 (the '855 patent), 5,369,508 (the '508 patent), 5,625,465 (the '465 patent), and 5,768,416 (the '416 patent).  The '508, '465, and '416 patents are continuations of the '855 patent, and in the words of the Federal Circuit, "share substantially the same…

  • By Donald Zuhn — After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its eighth annual list of top patent stories.  For 2014, we identified eighteen stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had (or are likely to have) the greatest impact on patent practitioners and…

  •         By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report:  Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. et al. v. Roxane Laboratories Inc.1:14-cv-01508; filed December 23, 2014 in the District Court of Delaware • Plaintiffs:  Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.; Novartis AG• Defendant:  Roxane Laboratories Inc. Infringement of U.S. Patent…

  • January 8, 2015 – "Biosimilars: The Action Finally Starts" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 1:00 to 2:00 pm (ET) 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,…

  • The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Biosimilars: The Action Finally Starts" on January 8, 2015 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET).  Kevin Nelson of Duane Morris LLP, Brian Slater of Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, and Elizabeth Weiswasser of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP will discuss the impact of recent…

  • Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "On Sale and Public Use Bars to Patentability After AIA — Minimizing the Risk of Patent Ineligibility or Invalidation" on February 5, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Daniel G. Brown of Latham & Watkins, Thomas L. Irving and Dr. Amanda K. Murphy of Finnegan Henderson Farabow…

  • By Donald Zuhn — After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its eighth annual list of top patent stories.  For 2014, we identified eighteen stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had (or are likely to have) the greatest impact on patent practitioners and…