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Month: December 2017
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By Kevin E. Noonan – One of the characteristics of autumn is a harvest of vegetables in the squash family, including the ubiquitous pumpkin (equally famous for pumpkin pie and infamous for pumpkin spiced varieties of seemingly any food product). Appropriately, a recent report in the scientific journal Molecular Plant disclosed the genetic relationship between two…
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By Kevin E. Noonan – Perhaps overlooked in the widespread assessments of the Supreme Court's questioning of the parties in Oil States Energy Services, LLC. v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC is the argument before the Court in SAS Institute, Inc. v. Complementsoft, LLC that immediately followed. Assuming the Court affirms the Federal Circuit in Oil States…
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By Donald Zuhn — Last month, in Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. v. Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Inc., District Judge Richard G. Andrews of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware denied a motion to dismiss filed by Defendant Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Inc. Oxford had sought dismissal of a complaint filed by Pacific Biosciences…
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December 5, 2017 – "University Technology Transfer and Licensing Agreements — Determining Type of Transfer Agreement, Structuring Key Provisions, Overcoming Unique Challenges" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) December 5, 2017 – "University Technology Transfer and Licensing Agreements — Determining Type of Transfer Agreement, Structuring Key Provisions, Overcoming Unique Challenges" (Strafford) – 1:00 to…
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The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a webcast entitled "Nuts & Bolts of the Federal Circuit's Rules" on December 13, 2017 from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm (EST). Lucas C. Townsend of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP will moderate a panel consisting of Peter R. Marksteiner, Circuit Executive and Clerk of Court,…
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Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be offering a one-hour webcast entitled "Capitalizing on Changes in Patent Law" on December 12, 2017 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (Eastern). Jonathan Hill of Freeborn & Peters LLP will provide: • An overview of the law of issue preclusion (collateral estoppel), which generally operates to preclude litigation over an…
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Strafford will be offering a webcast entitled "University Technology Transfer and Licensing Agreements — Determining Type of Transfer Agreement, Structuring Key Provisions, Overcoming Unique Challenges" on December 5, 2017 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST). Heather Meeker of O’Melveny & Myers LLP; Sean D. Solberg of Davis Brown Koehn Shors & Roberts; and Mark Staudt,…
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