Year: 2020
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J A Kemp will be offering a webinar entitled "Opposition Practice at the EPO" on March 12, 2020 from 15:30 to 16:30 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Sarah Roques and Ravi Srinivasan of J A Kemp will consider opposition practice, including how to set up an attacking opposition, and also highlight strategies for defence, including…
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The UIC John Marshall Law School is holding a conference entitled "Digital Platforms: Innovation, Antitrust, Privacy & the Internet of Things" on March 13, 2020 from 8:45 am to 4:30 pm. According to the announcement: Online platforms have become a focal point for many in the United States as well as in key jurisdictions around…
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American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its 18th Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents conference on May 20-21, 2020 in New York, NY. The conference will offer presentations on the following topics: • PTAB Keynote from Hon. Jacqueline Bonilla• Written Description and Enablement Requirements for Small Molecule Patenting in U.S., Europe, and China• Written…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — On January 9th, Junior Party the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") filed its motion in opposition to Senior Party the Broad Institute (joined by Harvard University and MIT) Substantive Motion No. 4 asking the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) for priority…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The prevailing attitude in many quarters is that the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) has not facilitated approval of drugs biosimilar to reference biologic drug products with sufficient alacrity and has not reduced biologic drug prices that was the hope and justification for its enactment. For example, on…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — There is a belief in some quarters that the most significant barrier to patent subject matter eligibility reform is an implacable opposition by companies in the high tech sector because those companies are convinced that the recent Supreme Court precedent (Bilski/Mayo/Alice) as interpreted by the Federal Circuit has resulted in…
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By Bryan Helwig — About Life Sciences Court Report: We will periodically report on recently filed biotech and pharma litigation. Allergan USA, Inc. v. Prollenium US Inc.1-20-cv-00104; filed January 23, 2020 in the District Court of Delaware • Plaintiffs: Allergan USA, Inc. and Allergan Industrie SAS• Defendants: Prollenium Medical Technologies Inc. and Prollenium…
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February 18, 2020 – "Patent Eligibility and Section 101 Update" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT) February 19, 2020 – "Application readiness: Assessing incoming applications" (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) – 12:00 to 1:00 pm (ET) February 20, 2020 – "Blocking Patents in Litigation after Acorda: What's Acorda's…
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American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its 14th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes master symposium on April 27-28, 2020 in New York City. The conference will offer presentations on the following topics: • Strategic Legal and Economic Guidance in View of Regulatory and Jurisprudential Developments• Assessing the Limitations and Prospects of Obviousness-Type Double Patenting• The…
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McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "Navigating USPTO Pilot Programs" on March 11, 2020 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT). In this presentation, MBHB attorneys Lawrence Aaronson and Brett Scott will present a survey of various USPTO pilot programs, some less known than others, but all useful…
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