Month: October 2022

  • By Kevin E. Noonan – On September 28, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied all preliminary motions by Junior Party the University of California, the University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") and Senior Party ToolGen in Interference No. 106,127. On the same day, the Board suspended further proceedings in this interference (and…

  • October 25, 2022 – "China IP: Quarterly Legislation and Case Law Update" (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) – 10:00 am to 11:00 am (ET) October 27, 2022 – "siRNA inventions at the EPO" (J A Kemp) – 16:00 pm to 17:00 pm (GMT) October 27, 2022 – "UPC: The Countdown Begins!" (Intellectual Property Owners Association)…

  • As part of its series of quarterly updates on IP developments in China, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will offer a webinar entitled "China IP: Quarterly Legislation and Case Law Update" on October 25, 2022 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am (ET).  The webinar will feature presentations by senior U.S. Patent and Trademark Office…

  • J A Kemp will be offering a webinar entitled "siRNA inventions at the EPO" on October 27, 2022 from 16:00 pm to 17:00 pm (GMT).  Ian MacLeod and Tanja Preissner of J A Kemp will explore how the European Patent Office (EPO) views inventions in the field of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and discuss obstacles…

  • The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "UPC: The Countdown Begins!" on October 27, 2022 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (ET).  Jakob Kellenberger of Procter & Gamble, Boris Kreye of Bird & Bird, and Bettina Wanner of Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH will focus on the Unified Patent Court and how…

  • By Kevin E. Noonan – On September 28, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied all preliminary motions by Junior Party the Broad Institute, Harvard University, and MIT (collectively, "Broad") and Senior Party ToolGen in Interference No. 106,126. On the same day, the Board suspended further proceedings in this interference (and in Interference No. 106,127…

  • By Kevin E. Noonan – On September 28, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeals Board suspended proceedings in Interference No. 106,126, between junior Party the Broad Institute, Harvard University and MIT (collectively, "Broad") and Senior Party ToolGen, and in Interference No. 106,127, between Junior Party the University of California, the University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier…

  • By Donald Zuhn — A number of European firms, including J A Kemp, reported on Friday that the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation had passed a change to the rules of the EPC relating to the date on which a document is deemed to be delivered.  The change will eliminate the 10-day rule,…

  • IPWatchdog and ClearstoneIP will be offering a webinar entitled "Building a Robust Freedom-to-Operate Process: Finding Competitive Edges & Avoiding Pitfalls" on October 20, 2022 at 12:00 pm (ET).  Gene Quinn of IPWatchdog, Inc. will moderate a panel consisting of Matthew Engel of Baker Botts, Ben Vastine of Braskem America, and Gabe Sukman of ClearstoneIP.  The…

  • American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding an International Summit on Biosimilars and Originator Biologics on December 1-2, 2022 at the Hilton Munich Park, Munich Germany, and as a livestreaming event.  Co-chairs Sharada F. Devarsetty from Sandoz and Christine Berndt from STADA Arzneimittel AG will host, wherein ACI faculty will offer presentations on the following…