Patent Law Weblog
Year: 2020
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Anaqua and IPWatchdog will be offering a webinar entitled "Leaving the Office Behind: The Decentralization of the Practice of Law" on June 30, 2020 at 12:00 pm (ET). T.J. DoVale of Fisher Broyles, Michelle Saitz of Thompson Coburn LLP, Mercedes Meyer of Drinker Biddle & Reath, and Gene Quinn of IPWatchdog.com will discuss the post-COVID…
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Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner will be offering a webinar entitled "Top 10 Things You Need to Know About Medical Device Patents" on June 30, 2020 starting at 12:00 pm (CT). Douglas Portnow and Ryan Connell of Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner will provide an overview of important intellectual property topics that executives and inventors should consider…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Genetic instability has long been recognized as a hallmark of oncogenesis and tumor progression. The phenomenon was first identified cytogenetically, most famously by the Philadelphia chromosome in chronic myelogenous leukemia (see Wapner, The Philadelphia Chromosome: A Genetic Mystery, a Lethal Cancer, and the Improbable Invention of a Lifesaving Treatment), later…
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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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