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Month: June 2017
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By Andrew Williams — On May 25, 2017, the FDA's Oncologic Drug Advisory Committee recommended approval of biologics license application ("BLA") 125545 submitted by Hospira Inc., a Pfizer company, for Retacrit, a proposed biosimilar to Amgen Inc.'s Epogen/Procrit (epoetin alfa). According to a press release from Pfizer, the committee "recommended approval of the Company's proposed…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Several news outlets are reporting that Michelle Lee, Undersecretary of Commerce and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, has resigned. Director Lee submitted a her resignation to the Trump Administration in January but almost immediately withdrew it, and has remained as a holdover from the Obama Administration since…
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District Court Denies Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Patent Eligible Subject Matter By Donald Zuhn — Earlier this year, in Viveve, Inc. v. Thermigen, LLC, District Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas denied the Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) and 35…
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June 6, 2017 – "Patent Prosecution: FTO Opinions, Examiner Interactions, Patent Drafting and More" (Strafford) – 8:30 am to 5:30 pm (EDT) June 6, 2017 – "The Decline in Research: Should We Worry?" (The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law) – 11:15 am to 1:00 pm (ET), Capitol Visitor Center, Washington, DC June 8,…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Pharma Lessons from the PTAB: Litigation and Prosecution" on June 8, 2017 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Eldora Ellison of Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, PLLC; Cynthia Lambert Hardman of Goodwin Procter LLP; and Kerry Taylor of Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear…
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be offering the next webinar in its Patent Quality Chat webinar series from 12:00 to 1:00 pm (ET) on June 13, 2017. Greg Vidovich, Associate Commissioner for Patent Quality, and Jim Dwyer, Director, Office of Patent Quality Assurance will be discussing the latest evolution of the Office's patent…
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The Chisum Patent Academy will be offering the next session of its Advanced Patent Law Seminar on August 10-11 and August 14-15, 2017 in Seattle, WA. The seminar is co-taught by Donald Chisum, author of the treatise Chisum on Patents (LexisNexis), and Janice Mueller, who was a tenured full Professor at the University of Pittsburgh…
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Foley & Lardner will be offering a web conference entitled "TC Heartland: A Deep-Dive into Next-Level Issues for Companies in an Integrated Economy" on June 15, 2017 from 7:00 to 8:00 pm (CDT). Pavan K. Agarwal, Kevin J. Malaney, and Liane M. Peterson of Foley & Lardner LLP will address such next-level issues as: •…
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The Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law will be hosting a Congressional briefing on "The Decline in Research: Should We Worry?" from 11:15 am to 1:00 pm (ET) on June 6, 2017 at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC. Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), Co-chair, Senate Competitiveness Caucus, will provide opening remarks, and Wesley…
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