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Month: February 2023

  • European Biotech Patent Law Webinar

    D Young & Co will be offering its next European biotech patent law update on February 21, 2023.  The webinar will be offered at three times:  9:00 am, noon, and 5:00 pm (GMT).  D Young & Co European Patent Attorneys Simon O'Brien and Tom Pagdin will discuss the latest European biotech patent case law developments.…

  • Webinar on Conversational AI in IP Law

    Black Hills IP will be offering a webinar entitled "Unlocking the Power of Conversational AI in IP Law: A Look at ChatGPT & its Applications" on February 21, 2023 at 12:00 pm (CT).  Manjeet Rege, Director of the Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence at the University of St. Thomas, and Thomas Marlow, Chief Technology Officer,…

  • FCBA Program on Section 112 Issues in ANDA and Biologics Litigation

    The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) Patent Litigation Committee and ANDA & BPCIA Proceedings Subcommittee will be offering a remote program entitled "Section 112 Issues in ANDA and Biologics Litigation" on February 21, 2023 from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (ET).  Jenna Deneault of Groombridge Wu will moderate a panel consisting of Jill Schmidt of…

  • USPTO Women’s Entrepreneurship Event

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be offering its next Women's Entrepreneurship (WE) event from 11:30 am and 12:45 pm (MT) on February 22, 2023 at the Phoenix Bioscience Core (850 PBC) in Phoenix, AZ.  The event will kick-off with a fireside chat between Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and…

  • Webinar on Unified Patent Court

    Questel and will be offering a webinar entitled "The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is around the corner! — What you need to know about UPC opt-outs and the latest news" on February 23, 2023 at 4:00 pm (GMT).  Marie-Noëlle De La Fouchardière of Novagraaf Technologies, Michael Braun of Berggren, and Viviane Chilton of Questel will…

  • Webinar on Patent Considerations for New Product Launch

    Fitch Even will be offering a webinar entitled "Navigating the Patent Gauntlet: Considerations for New Product Launch" on February 23, 2023 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (ET).  Nicholas T. Peters and David M. Kogan of Fitch Even will address the following topics: • How to assess a new product and perform and analyze a…

  • Webinar on Evaluating and Acquiring Patent Portfolios

    Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Evaluating and Acquiring Patent Portfolios: Key Considerations — Structuring the Transaction, Conducting Due Diligence, Drafting and Negotiating Key Provisions" on February 23, 2023 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST).  Charles F. O'Brien of Cantor Colburn, Michael J. Lennon of Potomac Law Group, and Peter J. Toren of Anderson…

  • USPTO Virtual Panel Discussion on Duty of Disclosure and Duty of Reasonable Inquiry

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be offering a virtual panel discussion on the duty of disclosure and duty of reasonable inquiry on February 23, 2023 from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm ET.  Kimberly Braslow of AstraZeneca & Vice Chair of the AIPLA Food and Drug Committee will moderate a panel consisting of Robert…

  • Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2023)

    By Kevin E. Noonan – Minerva and Hologic, competitors selling devices used for ablating uterine endometrial tissue, are notable for their dispute last year that gave the Supreme Court an opportunity to reassess an established patent law doctrine, assignor estoppel (reminiscent of the Court's review of the Federal Circuit's standard for obviousness in KSR Int'l v.…

  • Chromadex, Inc. v. Elysium Health, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2023)

    By Kevin E. Noonan – Judge Giles Sutherland Rich, famous for many things (including being the principal author of the 1952 Patent Act and in particular Section 103, which cabined at least for a while the Supreme Court’s penchant for invalidating patents to such an extent that Justice Jackson remarked that the only valid patent was…