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Month: June 2020
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By Kevin E. Noonan — There is little rhyme nor reason in the cases the Supreme Court decides to review. But the Court has patterns in its case selection that do (to some degree) probe what the Justices think are important questions. One pattern that has been evident in the past few years is that…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — On June 10th, Judge Manish S. Shah, U.S. District Court Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, dismissed (without prejudice) a class action lawsuit against AbbVie and AbbVie Biotechnology Ltd. by consumer groups, drug wholesalers, and unions (including the City of Baltimore, Miami Police Department insurance trust fund, and a…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The written description requirement has had a twenty-five year renaissance, particularly in the chemical and biotechnology arts as a way of restricting claim scope to what an inventor has actually invented (see Regents of the University of California v. Eli Lilly & Co. and "Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Eli Lilly…
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June 23, 2020 – "Practical Guide to Diversity in the Legal Profession in a Post-George Floyd Era" (Intellectual Property Owners Association Diversity & Inclusion Committee) – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm (ET) June 23, 2020 – "A Discussion With the Federal Circuit's Clerk's Office" (Federal Circuit Bar Association) – 1:00 pm until 2:00 pm (EST)…
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LexisNexis PatentSight and IPWatchdog will be offering a webinar entitled "Where do we stand in fighting pandemics caused by bacteria? — A closer look into the patent landscape of antibiotics" on June 25, 2020 at 12:00 pm (ET). Gene Quinn of IPWatchdog.com and Dirk Caspary of PatentSight will look at the patent landscape of antibiotics…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) Diversity & Inclusion Committee will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Practical Guide to Diversity in the Legal Profession in a Post-George Floyd Era" on June 23, 2020 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm (ET). Shruti Costales of HP Inc.; Eldora Ellison of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, PLLC; Serena…
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The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a remote program entitled "A Discussion With the Federal Circuit's Clerk's Office" on June 23, 2020 from 1:00 pm until 2:00 pm (EST). Andrew Trask of Williams & Connolly LLP will moderate a panel consisting of Peter Marksteiner, Circuit Executive and Clerk of Court, U.S. Court…
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Clarivate Derwent and IPWatchdog will be offering a webinar entitled "Competitive Differentiation Through Big Data Analytics" on June 23, 2020 at 12:00 pm (ET). Gene Quinn of IPWatchdog.com; DJ (Dipanjan) Nag of Ventech Solutions, Raymond Hegarty, author of the e-books "Intellectual Property for Executives" (2018) and "Billion Dollar IP Strategy" (2019); and Vashe Kanesarajah of…
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By Donald Zuhn — Last week, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Andrei Iancu sent a letter to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate and House Committees on the Judiciary, Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, and House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, responding to an April 14, 2020 request to…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The Federal Circuit during 2019 and 2020 has issued a spate of decisions on the proper application of the Doctrine of Equivalents (see, e.g., UCB, Inc. v. Watson Laboratories Inc. and Galderma Laboratories, L.P. v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC) and its related limiting doctrines, prosecution history estoppel (Amgen Inc. v. Coherus…
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