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Month: August 2015
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Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "IP Agreements: Structuring Indemnification and Limitation of Liability Provisions to Allocate Infringement Risk" on September 1, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT). Kenneth A. Sprang of Washington International Business Counsel, Daniel Winston of Choate Hall & Stewart, and Jeremy Younkin of Foley Hoag will prepare counsel to…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — In the 1977 Yale Law School Holiday Pageant there was a skit about the Supreme Court, with a song sung to the tune of Cole Porter's "Another Opening, Another Show" from the musical Kiss Me Kate: Another opening, another termA chance to show that no precedent's firmAnother opening of another…
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By Andrew Williams — More than a year ago, then-Deputy Director Michelle K. Lee posted on the Director's Forum Blog that the USPTO was seeking feedback on PTAB trial proceedings established by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ("AIA") (see "Deputy Directory Lee Announces the Request for Written Comments to Help Improve PTAB Proceedings"). The Office…
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By Donald Zuhn — Earlier this summer, in Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v. Sequenom, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the District Court for the Northern District of California granting summary judgment of invalidity of the asserted claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,258,540 (see "Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v. Sequenom, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2015)"). Last week,…
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By Donald Zuhn — Last week, in Immersion Corp. v. HTC Corp., the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) filed a brief as amicus curiae in support of Plaintiff-Appellant Immersion Corp. In that case, the District Court for the District of Delaware construed 35 U.S.C. § 120 to prohibit filing a continuation application on the day its…
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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. Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et al.1:15-cv-01047; filed July 6, 2015 in the Southern District of Indiana • Plaintiffs: Eli Lilly and Company; Eli Lilly Export S.A.; Acrux DDS…
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August 20, 2015 – "Inducement to Infringe in Patent Litigation: Protecting IP Rights — Lessons from Commil USA v. Cisco Sys. Inc. and Leveraging Opinions of Counsel" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT) August 24, 2015 – Roadshow on Patent Quality and AIA Trials (American Intellectual Property Law Association and U.S. Patent and Trademark…
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Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Trade Secrets and Cybersecurity: Protecting Intellectual Property, Mitigating Loss and Navigating Legal Responses" on September 24, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT). Matthew F. Prewitt of Schiff Hardin will provide guidance to IP counsel on protecting trade secrets from cyberattack, discuss what action to take if trade…
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Intellectual Professionals LLP will be holding the next World IP Forum on September 15-17, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Forum will offer presentations on the following topics: • Trade Secrets and IP Litigation Insurance• IP and Taxation — Tax Benefits From IP Assets and IP Transactions• The Next Round of Patent Reform — What Should…
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Grünecker will be offering a two-day seminar on European Patent Law on September 24-25, 2015 in Munich, Germany. The seminar will offer presentations on the following topics: • The UPC and the Unitary Patent (All You Need to Know — And Not More)• The Doctrine of Equivalence: Dead in the UK, Dying in Germany, Very Alive…
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