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Month: September 2018
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By Bryan Helwig — About the PTAB Life Sciences Report: We will periodically report on developments at the PTAB involving life sciences patents. Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. v. Horizon Therapeutics, LLC PTAB Petition: IPR2018-01550; filed August 21, 2018. View Petition here. Patent at Issue: U.S. Patent No. 9,561,197, "Methods of therapeutic monitoring of phenylacetic acid prodrug" describes…
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September 11, 2018 – "How Notre Dame's IDEA Center Took University Start-Up Formation from Puny to Powerhouse: A Case Study in Performance Improvement" (Technology Transfer Tactics) – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm (ET) September 12, 2018 – "Evolving PTAB Trial Practice: Navigating Complex Procedural Rules — Strategically Using Routine and Additional Discovery, Requests for Joinder,…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "The Revised PTAB Trial Practice Guide and Its Impact on Your Practice" on September 13, 2018 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Hon. Michael Tierney, Lead Administrative Patent Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Tarek Fahmi of Ascenda…
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be holding its next biotechnology/chemical/pharmaceutical (BCP) customer partnership meeting on September 24, 2018 at the USPTO Headquarters (Alexandria, VA). The agenda for the meeting is as follows: • Welcoming and Opening Remarks (10:00 – 10:10 am EDT) – Gary Jones, Daniel Sullivan, and Andrew Wang, Directors, TC1600, USPTO…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will be holding its 46th Annual Meeting on September 23-25, 2018 in Chicago, IL. Among the presentations being offered at the annual meeting are: • A Year in Review: Patent Case Law Update• AIA Estoppel: A New Flavor of Collateral Estoppel and/or Res Judicata?• The Intersection of IP and…
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Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "3D Printing: Implications for Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secrets and Copyrights — Challenges With Additive Manufacturing, Policing and Enforcement Strategies to Protect IP" on September 18, 2018 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT). Elizabeth D. Ferrill of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, Christopher Higgins of Orrick Herrington &…
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By Shin Hee Lee* and Anthony D. Sabatelli** — The global hair coloring product market is projected to grow into a 200 billion-dollar industry by 2025. Coty reported in 2017 that more than half of all women color their hair regularly. For example, these figures have reached 62% in the United States, 67% in the…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) has been the subject of a controlled breeding experiment in Russia, at the Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, to select for genetic determinants associated with domestication (principally, friendliness towards human beings; see, Dugatkin and Trut, 2017, How to Tame…
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By Bryan Helwig — About Life Sciences Court Report: We will periodically report on recently filed biotech and pharma litigation. Horizon Therapeutics, LLC v. Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.1-18-cv-01224; filed August 10, 2018 in the District Court of Delaware • Plaintiff: Horizon Therapeutics, LLC• Defendants: Par Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. Claim: Infringement of…
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September 6, 2018 – "From BRI to Phillips at the PTAB: Consequences for Practice" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET) September 11, 2018 – "How Notre Dame's IDEA Center Took University Start-Up Formation from Puny to Powerhouse: A Case Study in Performance Improvement" (Technology Transfer Tactics) – 1:00 pm to 2:00…
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