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Month: February 2022
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OxFirst Limited will be offering a webinar entitled "Damage Calculations in Patent Infringement Cases in the United States of America" on February 24, 2022 from 15:00 to 16:00 (GMT). Judge Randall Rader, former Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and Prof. Thomas Cotter of the University of Minnesota Law…
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IPWatchdog and Similari will be offering a webinar entitled "The Role of IP Managers in Promoting Innovation" on February 24, 2022 at 12:00 pm (EST). David Kappos of Cravath Swaine & Moore, Marlene Valderrama of Halliburton, Alejandro Plazas of General Motors, Udi Cohen of Similari, and Gene Quinn of IPWatchdog, Inc. will discuss the challenges…
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Foley & Lardner will be offering a webinar entitled "PTAB Year in Review" on February 24, 2022 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (CST). Michael R. Houston and George C. Beck of Foley & Lardner will discuss the year's major developments at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and how they may impact practice…
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The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) Patent Litigation Committee will be offering a remote program entitled "Patent Law Year in Review 2021" on February 24, 2022 from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (ET). Andrew R. Sommer of Greenberg Traurig, LLP will moderate a panel consisting of Sharonmoyee Goswami of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP; Derek…
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be hosting a Black Innovation and Entrepreneurship program on February 24, 2022 from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (ET). The program will feature: • Interviews with, and tips from, successful entrepreneurs• Investing in intellectual property• Building wealth Those interested in registering for the event, can do so here.
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By Kevin E. Noonan — On December 3rd, Senior Party Sigma-Aldrich filed its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 in Interference No. 106,133 (which names the Broad Institute, Harvard University, and MIT (collectively, Broad) as Junior Party), asking the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to deny Broad benefit of its U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/736,527, filed…
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Federal Circuit Denies En Banc Review in GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA By Kevin E. Noonan — The 2020 decision by a divided Federal Circuit panel in GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA regarding the extent to which an ANDA applicant who obtained regulatory approval under the Section viii carve-out provisions of the statute…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — On December 3rd, Junior Party the Broad Institute, Harvard University, and MIT (collectively, Broad) filed its Contingent Preliminary Motion No. 3 in Interference No. 106,133 (which names Sigma-Aldrich as Senior Party), asking the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to designate certain claims deemed in the Declaration as corresponding to the…
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February 15, 2022 – "The Expanding Reach of the Abstract Idea — What Is and Is Not Patentable Eight Years After Alice" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT) February 16, 2022 – "Making Sense of Chaos in Non-Competes" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Making Sense of Chaos in Non-Competes" on February 16, 2022 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (ET). Russell Beck of Beck Reed Riden LLP; Jim Pooley of James Pooley, PLC; and John M. Williamson of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP will…
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