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Month: June 2017
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By Kevin E. Noonan – The National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association released a report last week on the top 100 universities worldwide granted patents in 2016. Overall, universities were granted 6,768 patents; the Top 10 (9 in the U.S. and one from China) accounted for about one-third of these patents and…
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Life Sciences Top 55 By Donald Zuhn — Last week, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) announced the release of its 34th annual list of the top 300 organizations receiving U.S. patents (see "Top 300 Organizations Granted U.S. Patents in 2016"). Patent Docs Readers may recall that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office stopped releasing…
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It was reported yesterday that the German Constitutional Court has asked the German Federal President not to ratify the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) for the time being. The request is the result of a complaint (Az.:2BvR 739/17) made to the Constitutional Court by an unnamed person. Details of the complaint are somewhat unclear at…
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By Kevin E. Noonan and Andrew Williams — Earlier today, the Supreme Court handed down its opinion in Sandoz Inc. v. Amgen Inc., marking the first time the Court has interpreted the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act ("BPCIA") for the approval of biosimilar drugs. The Court described the statute as "a carefully calibrated scheme for…
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Claims Directed to Providing Financing for Allowing a Customer to Purchase a Car found Invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 By Joseph Herndon — In a precedential opinion, the Federal Circuit affirmed a final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("Board") in a Covered Business Method ("CBM") review proceeding in which claims…
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June 12-14, 2017 – Summit on Biosimilars*** (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY June 13, 2017 – European biotech patent law update (D Young & Co) – 4:00 am, 7:00 am, and 12:00 pm (ET) June 13, 2017 – Patent Quality Chat webinar series (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) – 12:00 to 1:00 pm (ET)…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Venue Transfers and Section 1400(b) — After Heartland" on June 13, 2017 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Kenneth Adamo of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Brett Johnson of Winston & Strawn LLP, and Bill Sigler of Fisch Sigler LLP will consider the implications…
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Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Conflicts in Patent Prosecution: Avoiding the Ethical Pitfalls — Minimizing Risks of Malpractice Liability and Ethics Sanctions" on June 22, 2017 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT). Philip Furgang of Furgang & Adwar and Dr. Sandra P. Thompson of Slater Hersey & Lieberman will provide guidance to IP…
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The Department of Commerce announced late today that Secretary Wilbur Ross has named Joseph Matal as Interim USPTO Director. Mr. Matal is currently Associate Solicitor General in the Office, and worked as a staffer for Senators Kyl, Sessions, and Fitzgerald. He also wrote a monograph describing the legislative history of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act…
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In less than two weeks, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) will be kicking off its annual BIO International Convention in San Diego, CA — the Convention takes place on June 19-22, 2017. Founded in 1993, BIO is a nonprofit association seeking supportive biotechnology policies on behalf of biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and…
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