Patent Law Weblog
Year: 2020
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August 25, 2020 – "Chasing technology 'unicorns' – How to spot acquisition targets early on" (LexisNexis IP and IPWatchdog) – 12:00 pm (ET). August 27, 2020 – "Drafting Patents to Ground Electric Power: AI and Section 101" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (ET) September 11, 2020 – IP, Technology &…
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American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its FDA Boot Camp conference on September 23-24, 2020 as a VIRTUAL conference. The conference will provide attendees with presentations on these topics: • The organization, jurisdiction, functions, and operations of FDA• The essentials of the approval process for drugs and biologics• The role of the Hatch-Waxman Act…
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McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "Traps for the Unwary Prosecutor: What Practitioners Should Know About US and European Patent Practice" on September 15, 2020 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT). In this presentation, Patent Docs author and MBHB attorney Donald Zuhn, MBHB attorney Sarah Fendrick, Forresters…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Drafting Patents to Ground Electric Power: AI and Section 101" on August 27, 2020 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (ET). Thomas Burton of Siemens Corp., Michael Kiklis of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, and Christine Lam of NetApp will analyze the Electrical…
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LexisNexis IP and IPWatchdog and will be offering a webinar entitled "Chasing technology 'unicorns' – How to spot acquisition targets early on" on August 25, 2020 at 12:00 pm (ET). Gene Quinn of IPWatchdog.com and William Mansfield of PatentSight® — A LexisNexis Company will analyze the decision made by Amazon Inc. to "buy" Zoox Inc. …
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By Kevin E. Noonan — ANDA litigation, pursuant to the Hatch-Waxman Act, has become more complicated over the years since enactment of the statute in 1984, with more patents being asserted and more parties participating over the opportunity to market a generic version of a branded, innovator drug. Particularly under circumstances where there are several…
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By Donald Zuhn — In a Decision on Petition issued in April, and signed by Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy Robert W. Bahr, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office refused to vacate a Notice to File Missing Parts of Nonprovisional Application mailed on August 8, 2019 in U.S. Application No. 16/524,350. The '350 application,…
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Turns Out, Early Humans Not the Cause of Woolly Rhinoceros Extinction By Kevin E. Noonan — Paleogenomics (the use of genetic analysis of DNA contained in ancient remains) has developed rapidly since Svante Pääbo first showed that DNA could be extracted in sufficient quantity and of sufficient quality to be useful in making evolutionary comparisons…
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Common Sense Prevails By Joseph Herndon — B/E Aerospace, Inc. appealed a final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that found certain claims of B/E's aircraft lavatory-related patents obvious. B/E contended that the Board's decision is erroneous because the Board incorporated a claim limitation that is not present in the prior…
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August 18, 2020 – "CRISPR Ownership Disputes: Current Status and Future Prospects" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT) September 11, 2020 – IP, Technology & Social Justice in the Age of Coronavirus (Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law at UIC John Marshall Law School and Institute…
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