Month: October 2021

  • The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a remote program entitled "Patent Valuation: Crystallization or Ambiguity" on November 2, 2021 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (ET).  Andy Culbert of Perkins Coie LLP will moderate a panel consisting of Rakesh Michael of Uber, Blair Jacobs of McKool Smith, and Ute Kilger of Boehmert…

  • J A Kemp will be offering a webinar entitled "IP for Plants and Plant Protection Products in Europe and UK" on November 2, 2021 from 4:00 pm GMT.  Andrew Bentham and Chris Milton of J A Kemp will provide an update on legal developments and practical tips for practitioners active in the agri-tech sector.  The…

  • The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Strengthening Your Patent Portfolio to Resist AIA Post-Grant Attacks" on November 2, 2021 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm (ET).  Ashita Doshi of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Nichole Valeyko of Merck & Co., Ben Searle of HP Inc., and Todd Walters of Buchanan Ingersoll…

  • HGF Limited and Knobbe Martens will be offering a webinar entitled "Challenging Granted Patents: A Comparison between Europe and the US" on November 3, 2021 at 11:00 am (ET).  Adam Hines of HGF and Christy Lea and Sabing Lee of Knobbe Martens will compare and contrast mechanisms for challenging patents in both Europe and the…

  • The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a remote program entitled "Competition Law: Shifting Plates? Balance Between Competition and IP" on November 3, 2021 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (ET).  Sabine Age of Hoyng Rokh Monegier will moderate a panel consisting of Patrick Coyne of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP;…

  • The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will be offering a webinar entitled "Inequitable Conduct Lives!" on November 3, 2021 from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm (ET).  William Covey of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, David Hricik of Mercer Law School, and Warren Woessner of Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. will provide an overview…

  • The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a remote program entitled "Patent Subject Matter Globally: The US (Section 101) and Other Countries" on November 4, 2021 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (ET).  Michael P. Sandonato of Venable I Fitzpatrick will moderate a panel consisting of Paul Browning of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett…

  • By Kevin E. Noonan — The advent of technology making feasible elucidation of whole genomic sequencing over the past 30 years has led to reports of many if not most important or interesting animal genomes (including the most celebrated results of the Human Genome Project) (see, e.g., "Nautilus pompilius Genome Determined"; "Giraffe Genome Reveals Relevant…

  • By Kevin E. Noonan — On May 28th, Junior Party the Broad Institute, Harvard University, and MIT (collectively, "Broad") filed its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 3 in CRISPR Interference No. 106,126 (where ToolGen is the Senior Party).  This motion, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 41.121(a)(1)(iii) and 41.208(a)(1) requested that the Board de-designate Broad claims in these…

  • October 25, 2021 – "Don't End Up Like the Owner of That CRISPR Patent" (Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC) – 3:00 to 4:30 pm (Mountain Time) October 26, 2021 – "Patent Purgatory: How the USPTO Puts Patent Applications on Hold, and How One Inventor Is Fighting Back" (IPWatchdog and Triangle IP) – 12:00 pm (ET).…