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Month: April 2016
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Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be holding its Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution 2016: A Boot Camp for Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing seminar on May 10-12, 2016 in Chicago, IL, on June 15-17, 2016 in New York, NY, and on July 6-8, 2016 in San Francisco, CA. The three-day program, which is directed to patent…
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Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "POPRs and the New PTAB Final Rules: Maximizing the Impact of POPRs in IPR Petitions" on May 4, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT). Cory C. Bell, Joshua L. Goldberg, Thomas L. Irving, and Jill K. MacAlpine, Ph.D., of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner will provide…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Federal Trade Secret Law: Getting It Right Early" on May 5, 2016 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Ken Corsello of IBM, Bradford Newman of Paul Hastings, and Randy Kay of Jones Day will focus on how attorneys can get off to a…
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The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will be offering a webinar entitled "Protection 360: The interplay between patent protection, licensing, and trade secret protection in light of the current regulatory and legal environment" on May 4, 2016 from 12:30 – 2:00 pm (Eastern). Timur Slonim of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, PC…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — In a recent book entitled Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck, author Adam Cohen examines the case of Buck v. Bell, where Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote that "[t]hree generations of imbeciles are enough" to justify the forced sterilization of a woman the State…
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By Josh Rich — One week after the House Judiciary Committee unanimously reported the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 to the House floor, the full House approved the bill, 410-2. The two no votes were from tea party Republicans, Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) and Rep. Thomas Massey (R-KY). Oddly, Rep. Massey is himself an…
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Focusing on the Claims, the PTAB Denies CBM Review of a Market Research Patent By Joseph Herndon — On April 13, 2016, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a decision denying institution of a covered business method (CBM) patent review of U.S. Patent No. 8,041,805. This decision…
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By Andrew Williams — Earlier today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee appeal (Supreme Court docket number 15-466). The Court was considering two issues related to the recently implemented IPR proceedings from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB" or "Board"). The two questions presented were: 1. …
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By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. et al. v. Biocon Ltd. et al.1:16-cv-00278; filed April 19, 2015 in the District Court of Delaware • Plaintiffs: Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.; Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.; Teva Neuroscience Inc;…
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April 26, 2016 - Biotechnology/Chemical/Pharmaceutical (BCP) Customer Partnership Meeting (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) – Alexandria, VA April 27, 2016 – "Patent Prosecution Conflicts of Interest for Clients Having Competing Technologies" (American Intellectual Property Law Association) – 12:30 – 2:00 pm (Eastern) April 27, 2016 - Symposium on Enhanced Patent Quality (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) –…
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