Patent Law Weblog
Year: 2020
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July 16, 2020 – "Trade Secret Misappropriation: When and How to Take Action" (Fitch Even) – 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (ET) August 5-6, 2020 – Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents Conference (American Conference Institute)
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Fitch Even will be offering a webinar entitled "Trade Secret Misappropriation: When and How to Take Action" on July 16, 2020 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (ET). Joseph F. Marinelli and Thomas A. James of Fitch Even will explore the factors that must be considered when bringing a trade secret action, covering these topics…
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Federal Circuit Extends Arthrex to Patent Prosecution By James Lovsin and Alexa Giralamo* — This week, the Federal Circuit extended its holding in Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., that administrative patent judges ("APJs") were improperly appointed in violation of the Appointments Clause, to ex parte proceedings in In re Boloro Global Limited. Under…
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By Donald Zuhn –- Earlier today, the Federal Circuit affirmed the rejection by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of claims 1-3 of U.S. Patent Application No. 15/726,162 as being patent ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The '162 application, which is entitled "An Iterative Process of Squeezing Excess Food out of Daily Food Intake…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — In a procedurally unusual decision (but one unsurprising in all other respects), the Federal Circuit on Monday affirmed a district court's denial of a temporary restraining order to keep off the market Amgen's biosimilar product Mvasi in Genentech, Inc. v. Immunex Rhode Island Corp. The issue arose over the notice…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The Federal Circuit held recently that the "all substantive rights" test, used heretofore to determine the identity of the "patentee" for purposes of satisfying 35 U.S.C. § 281, should be the standard for determining common ownership in applying the judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting (ODP), in Immunex Corp.…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The domesticated chicken, Gallus gallus domesticus, is the most numerous domestic animal and a preferred source of animal protein. Chicken domestication has been thought (based on traditional measures) to have arisen in the Holocene (beginning ~11,650 years ago) from related species subspecies of wild jungle fowl, including five subspecies of…
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July 7, 2020 – "Antibodies and non-obviousness at the EPO" (Mathys & Squire) – 6:00 to 7:00 pm (GMT Summer Time) July 7, 2020 – "Oral Argument Opportunities for Newer Attorneys in the PTAB and Other Venues" (Federal Circuit Bar Association) – 3:00 to 4:00 pm (EDT) July 8, 2020 – European Biotech Patent Law…
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American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its 18th Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents conference on August 5-6, 2020 as a VIRTUAL conference. The conference will offer presentations on the following topics: • Strengthening International Patent Protection for Small Molecules and Antibodies by Enhancing Written Description and Enablement• Exploring the Realities of the New…
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D Young & Co will be offering its next European biotech patent law update on July 8, 2020. The webinar will be offered at three times: 9:00 am, noon, and 5:00 pm (BST). D Young & Co European Patent Attorneys Simon O'Brien and Catherine Keetch will provide an essential update and live Q&A on EPO…
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