Month: July 2021

  • LexisNexis and IPWatchdog and will be offering a webinar entitled "A Conversation with the Commissioner: A Look Inside Patent Processes at the USPTO" on July 15, 2021 at 12:00 pm (ET).  Gene Quinn of IPWatchdog, Inc. and Megan McLoughlin of LexisNexis IP will discuss the processes and policies driving the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office…

  • By Kevin E. Noonan — On June 11th, Junior Party the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") filed its Responsive Preliminary Motion No. 2 in Interference No. 106,127 to be accorded benefit of priority to U.S. provisional application No. 13/842,859, filed March 15, 2013, pursuant to 37 C.F.R.…

  • July 13, 2021 – "We Did It Our Way: Women IP Trailblazers Share Their Incredible Journeys" (IPWatchdog and Foresight) – 2:00 pm (ET) July 14, 2021 – "IP Case Law Mid-Year Review" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm (ET) July 21-22, 2021 – Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents conference (American…

  • IPWatchdog and Foresight and will be offering a webinar entitled "We Did It Our Way: Women IP Trailblazers Share Their Incredible Journeys" on July 13, 2021 at 2:00 pm (ET).  Gene Quinn of IPWatchdog, Inc. will moderate a panel consisting of Angela Grayson, Founder and Principal Member, PRECIPICE; Mary Jutten, CEO Traklight, Inc and Juetten…

  • The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "IP Case Law Mid-Year Review" on July 14, 2021 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm (ET).  Paul Berghoff of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert Berghoff LLP, Greg Castanias of Jones Day, and Wendy Larson of Pirkey Barber PLLC will provide a roundup of this year's…

  • By Kevin E. Noonan — On May 20th, Junior Party the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") filed its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 3 in Interference No. 106,127 (which names ToolGen as Senior Party), asking the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to add claims in ToolGen's U.S. Patent…

  • From our Foreign Correspondents — While many patiently await developments in the pending U.S. interference proceedings relating to the CRISPR patents in the U.S., matters are progressing in Europe.  The Opposition Division (OD) of the European Patent Office (EPO) has just issued (on June 29, 2021) its written decision in the case of EP3241902, owned…

  • By Kevin E. Noonan — On May 20th, Junior Party the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") filed its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 2 in Interference No. 106,127 (which names ToolGen as Senior Party), asking the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to deny ToolGen benefit of priority to…