Year: 2020
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By Kevin E. Noonan — For several years, Sigma Aldrich has been prosecuting several applications (including USSNs 15/188,911; 15/188,924; and 15/456,204) claiming CRISPR technology that (it alleged) would be deserving of an interference with University of California's U.S. Application Nos. 15/9547,718 and 15/981,809, and reserving the right to supplement its request to include other patents…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The 2019 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy provides a list of such markets (the NML), of both physical and virtual (online) varieties. These include: Online markets: 1337x, 1Fischier, Amazon Foreign Domains, BestBuyIPTV, Bukalapak, Carousell, Chomikuj, Cimaclub, DHGate, DYTT8, Flokinet, FMovies, Hosting Concepts B.V., MP3Juices, MPGH, NewAlbumReleases, PHIMMOI,…
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By Donald Zuhn –- Yesterday, in Idorsia Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. v. Iancu, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granting summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, finding that the District Court had correctly concluded that the Office properly calculated the Patent…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Infringement under the doctrine of equivalents (as a basis of a successful cause of action having renewed vigor before the Federal Circuit recently (see, e.g., "Galderma Laboratories, L.P. v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC") is most frequently rebutted by the doctrine of prosecution history estoppel ("Pharma Tech Solutions, Inc. v. Lifescan, Inc."). …
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By Kevin E. Noonan — On April 29th, Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), issued the 2020 Special 301 Report. In a press release, the USTR stated that "[t]he Trump Administration is committed to holding intellectual property rights violators accountable and to ensuring that American innovators and creators have a full and fair opportunity…
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May 12, 2020 – "Mental Health & Well-Being During A Time of Crisis" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET) May 12, 2020 – "Coordinating litigation and prosecution in complex patent disputes" (Potter Clarkson and iam) – 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (EDT) May 13, 2020 – "Primed for AI – the…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Mental Health & Well-Being During A Time of Crisis" as part of the IPO's COVID-19 Webinar Series on May 12, 2020, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Dahlia George of the USPTO's Office of Enrollment and Discipline and Mercedes K. Meyer of Faegre…
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IPBC Talking Heads and iam will be offering a free webinar entitled "How in-house IP leaders are managing during the covid-19 pandemic" on May 13, 2020 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (EDT). The webinar will explore the solutions they are coming up with, how these may affect the way in which their teams work…
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Potter Clarkson and iam will be offering a free webinar entitled "Coordinating litigation and prosecution in complex patent disputes" on May 12, 2020 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (EDT). The webinar will analyse the sometimes complex interrelationships between developing multi-patent portfolios and asserting/defending them in national courts in multiple jurisdictions, and how companies and…
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The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a remote program entitled "Perspectives on the Federal Circuit's Modified Procedures During the COVID-19 Crisis" on May 14, 2020 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (EST). Lucas Townsend of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP will moderate a panel consisting of Peter Marksteiner, Circuit Executive and Clerk…
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