Year: 2020
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By Kevin E. Noonan — In what may be simple happenstance, the Federal Circuit issued opinions on the same day reversing a District Court grant of summary judgment in opinions written by Judge Lourie, here in BASF Corp. v. SNF Holding Co. The case arose over BASF's allegations of infringement by SNF of U.S. Patent…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Summary judgment, while clearly advantageous, requires that there be no disputed question of material fact and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. When a district court grants judgment improvidently, by misapplying the law, judgment can be reversed and the matter returned to the…
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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Patent Offices and Federal Courts – April 6 UPDATE By Donald Zuhn –- In a USPTO Alert e-mail distributed earlier today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced the release of a series of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding extensions of time for filing certain patent-related documents and paying certain…
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By Donald Zuhn –- Last month, in Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., the Federal Circuit reversed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey finding certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,853,156 to be directed to ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101, and remanded for…
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April 6, 2020 – "CARES Act: PPP Impact on Life Sciences Companies" (Biotechnology Innovation Organization) – 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET) April 8, 2020 – "Managing IP in Times of Crisis" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET) April 9, 2020 – "Willful Blindness and Enhanced Damages: Litigation and Patent Search Policy"…
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McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "What's in the Trump Trade Agreements regarding Intellectual Property?" on April 14, 2020 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT). In this presentation, MBHB attorney and Patent Docs contributor Joshua R. Rich will run through the IP protection in the "Phase 1"…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Managing IP in Times of Crisis" on April 8, 2020, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Karen Cochran of Shell Oil Co., Henry Hadad of Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co., Mike Ray of Sterne Kessler Goldstein Fox, and Todd Walters of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney…
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The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) will be offering a webinar entitled "CARES Act: PPP Impact on Life Sciences Companies" on April 6, 2020 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Christian Plaza, Chris Kimball, and Laura Berezin of Cooley will discuss the Payment Protection Program, a key small business provision of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Willful Blindness and Enhanced Damages: Litigation and Patent Search Policy" on April 9, 2020, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Thomas Cotter, Professor of Law, University of Minnesota School of Law; Charlotte Jacobsen of Ropes & Gray; and Jenifer Ward, executive counsel-corporate IP…
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Sagacious IP will be offering a webinar on "Pains and Perils of NOT Proofreading Your Patents" on April 9, 2020 from 11:00 am to noon (ET). Melvyn Thomas, Prateek Mohunta, and Sameer Kumar of Sagacious IP will discuss the following topics: • What is Patent Proofreading• Elements of Patent Proofreading• Benefits of Patent Proofreading• U.S.…
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