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Month: April 2020
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By Donald Zuhn –- Last month, in Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., the Federal Circuit reversed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey finding certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,853,156 to be directed to ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101, and remanded for…
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April 6, 2020 – "CARES Act: PPP Impact on Life Sciences Companies" (Biotechnology Innovation Organization) – 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET) April 8, 2020 – "Managing IP in Times of Crisis" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET) April 9, 2020 – "Willful Blindness and Enhanced Damages: Litigation and Patent Search Policy"…
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McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "What's in the Trump Trade Agreements regarding Intellectual Property?" on April 14, 2020 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT). In this presentation, MBHB attorney and Patent Docs contributor Joshua R. Rich will run through the IP protection in the "Phase 1"…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Managing IP in Times of Crisis" on April 8, 2020, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Karen Cochran of Shell Oil Co., Henry Hadad of Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co., Mike Ray of Sterne Kessler Goldstein Fox, and Todd Walters of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney…
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The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) will be offering a webinar entitled "CARES Act: PPP Impact on Life Sciences Companies" on April 6, 2020 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Christian Plaza, Chris Kimball, and Laura Berezin of Cooley will discuss the Payment Protection Program, a key small business provision of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Willful Blindness and Enhanced Damages: Litigation and Patent Search Policy" on April 9, 2020, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Thomas Cotter, Professor of Law, University of Minnesota School of Law; Charlotte Jacobsen of Ropes & Gray; and Jenifer Ward, executive counsel-corporate IP…
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Sagacious IP will be offering a webinar on "Pains and Perils of NOT Proofreading Your Patents" on April 9, 2020 from 11:00 am to noon (ET). Melvyn Thomas, Prateek Mohunta, and Sameer Kumar of Sagacious IP will discuss the following topics: • What is Patent Proofreading• Elements of Patent Proofreading• Benefits of Patent Proofreading• U.S.…
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By Donald Zuhn –- On March 11, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom declared that the COVID-19 outbreak "can be characterized as a pandemic," cautioning that the WHO has "rung the alarm bell loud and clear." At the time of the announcement, the WHO noted that there were 118,000 cases reported globally; in its situation…
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