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Month: December 2018
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By Kevin E. Noonan — In Novartis AG v. Ezra Ventures LLC, the Federal Circuit addressed a narrow but important question regarding its jurisprudence on the issue of obviousness-type double patenting (OTPD). That question was whether its decision in Gilead Sciences Inc. v. Natco Pharma Ltd., which established that a first patent filed earlier than…
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December 11, 2018 – "Patent Eligibility Post-Alice: Navigating the Nuances, Guidance From the Federal Circuit, the PTAB, and the USPTO" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) December 11, 2018 – "Enforcing Patents: Global Strategies and Tactics" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET) December 11, 2018 – "Customer Perceptions of Patent…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Enforcing Patents: Global Strategies and Tactics" on December 11, 2018 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Steven Carlson of Robins Kaplan LLP, Johannes Heselberger on Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft MbB, and Boris Teksler of Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. will discuss: • The decisions…
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Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Navigating the USPTO Examiner Count System and Other USPTO Programs" on December 18, 2018 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST). Adriana L. Burgy, Christopher C. Johns, and Kai Rajan of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner will provide guidance on leveraging the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)…
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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 December 11, 2018. In the latest webinar, entitled "Customer Perceptions of Patent Quality and New Customer Experience (CX) Initiative," Marty Rater, Chief Statistician for Patent Quality; Michael Easdale, Statistician, Office…
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Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Antibody Patenting After Amgen v. Sandoz: U.S. and European Perspectives — Meeting Written Description and Obviousness Requirements" on December 20, 2018 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST). Hazel Ford of Mathys & Squire and Jeffrey M. Jacobstein and Amanda K. Murphy of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The Supreme Court's recent forays into patent law cases have evinced a tendency towards statutory construction analysis, whether regarding substantive law (see, e.g., WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp. (2018); Sandoz Inc. v. Amgen Inc. (2017); Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc. (2017); TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Human evolution, once its occurrence was recognized over a century and a half ago, has long been a source of confusion, concern, and controversy (as well as fascination and wonder). The recent explosion in our understanding of the human genome, and particularly genomes of humanity's ancestors, has refined the concept…
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By David Schwartz* and Jeff Leuschner** On December 1, 2018, the Canadian government released its proposed new Patent Rules in the Canada Gazette, Part I. This is one of the last steps necessary for implementing significant changes to Canada's patent law, which are expected to come into force in 2019. There will be many changes…
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By Donald Zuhn — Last month, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Andrei Iancu issued a notice on the "Authentication Changes for Registered Users of EFS-Web and Private PAIR." Although most of the information provided in the Director's notice had been previously provided by the Office earlier this year (see "USPTO Moving to New Authentication…
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