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Month: May 2018
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By George "Trey" Lyons, III, Nicole Grimm, and Brett Scott — For companies in the cannabis industry seeking to protect their innovations, patent protection is typically available for cannabis-related inventions (including the plant itself), just like it is for any other invention—they just have to be new, useful, and nonobvious. Many canna-patent owners understand and…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The application of the written description requirement under 35 U.S.C. § 112(a) with regard to disclosed ranges is not always entirely straightforward or intuitively obvious, and this can particularly be the case when the question is involved with another notoriously arcane species of patent law, interferences. (Interference practice was abolished,…
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Purely Business Method Patent Found Ineligible under Section 101 By Joseph Herndon — In an appeal from a rejection in initial examination of appellant Mark Eberra's patent application, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's ("Board") determination that the claims are patent-ineligible under § 101. The patent application is entitled "Business Method…
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May 8, 2018 – Symposium on Intellectual Property (George Washington University Law School, Pillsbury, NERA Economic Consulting, and Mayer Brown) – Washington, DC May 8, 2018 – "Intellectual Property Valuation and Damages: Nuts and Bolts in 2018" (The Knowledge Group) – 12:00 to 1:30 pm (ET) May 8, 2018 – Patent Quality Chat webinar –…
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McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "Sovereign Immunity and Patents at the PTAB and District Courts" on May 22, 2018 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT). In this presentation, Patent Docs author and MBHB attorney Kevin Noonan and MBHB attorneys James Lovsin and George "Trey" Lyons, III…
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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 May 8, 2018. The latest webinar, entitled "Subject Matter Eligibility: Revised Guidance in view of Berkheimer v. HP, Inc." will be hosted by USPTO Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy…
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J A Kemp will be offering a webinar entitled "Patenting Antibodies at the EPO" on May 17, 2018 starting at 15:30 (Greenwich Mean Time). Sarah Roques and Pamela Tuxwirth of J A Kemp will address the following topics: • When broad antibody claims can be obtained • How to approach inventive step when the target…
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Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be holding a program entitled "USPTO Post-Grant Patent Trials 2018: Change & Recalibration" in San Francisco (May 15) and New York (September 21). Webcasts of both sessions will be offered, and groupcasts will be held in Philadelphia, Indianapolis, New Brunswick, NJ, Pittsburgh, and Mechanicsburg, PA on September 21. The San…
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Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Patent Exclusivity Health Checks for Biologics: Are Your U.S. Patents Ready to Maximize ROI?" on May 17, 2018 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT). M. Paul Barker, Steven P. O’Connor, and Sanya Sukduang of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner will guide patent counsel on the essentials of…
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The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a webcast entitled "US-China: The Relationship and Concerns Raised in the Section 301 Investigation and Report" on May 18, 2018 from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (EST). Terry Stewart of Stewart and Stewart will moderate a panel consisting of Erin Ennis, Senior Vice President, US-China Business…
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