Year: 2020
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LexisNexis, PatentSight, and iam will be offering a free webinar entitled "How to develop and maintain a world-class patent portfolio" on May 5, 2020 starting at 10:00 am (EDT). The webinar address how leaders in academic innovation research define a world-class patent portfolio, how to implement processes in organisations to develop and maintain such a…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Managing Trade Secrets During the Pandemic — Widespread Working From Home and Economic Meltdown" on May 6, 2020, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Ken Corsello of IBM; Cathy Lui of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe; Jim Pooley, Chair of the Sedona Conference Working…
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IPBC Talking Heads, Richardson Oliver Insights, and iam will be offering a free webinar entitled "Marketing and selling patents in the current environment – hear from the experts" on May 6, 2020 starting at 11:00 am (EDT). The webinar will address the identification, packaging, and pricing of patents, including the following topics: • What is…
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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Patent Offices and Federal Courts — April 30 UPDATE By Donald Zuhn –- In a notice posted on its website on Tuesday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was further extending the time to file certain patent-related documents and to pay certain required fees. As with the…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — On April 20th, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) set oral argument in Interference No. 106,115, between Senior Party The Broad Institute, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (collectively, "Broad") and Junior Party the University of California/Berkeley, the University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") to…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — In 1984, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) shepherded a grand legislative compromise through Congress that balanced the rights and solved inefficient regulatory consequences for both branded and generic drug makers. Forever known as the Hatch-Waxman Act (formally, the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act),…
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By Joshua Rich — The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA") is a Federal criminal statute intended to protect government and other "protected computers" from hacking. Among other things, the CFAA serves as the basis for punishing anyone who "intentionally accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access, and thereby obtains . . .…
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By Michael Borella — In a post-truth world, it is more tempting than ever to evaluate data based on gut instinct, intuition, and anecdotal evidence. It is thus refreshing when results of a robust statistical analysis are published, even if the response to the ultimate outcome is, "Yeah, we knew that." Case in point, patent…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Latin American Patent Practice: An Overview and A Look at Recent Developments" on April 30, 2020, from 12:00 to 1:00 pm (ET). Federico Aulmann of Obligado & Cia, Ricardo Nunes of Daniel Law, and Carlos Olarte of OlarteMoure will focus on three key…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Remote IP Advocacy During COVID-19" on April 29, 2020, from 12:00 to 1:00 pm (ET). Erika Arner of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP will moderate a panel consisting of Pam Crocker of That Vanguard Group, Inc.; Jon Fallon of High 5…
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