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Last month, the ABA Journal began work on its 5th annual list of the 100 best legal blogs (or blawgs) and announced that it is seeking the advice of its readers, via the ABAJournal.com website, on which blawgs and practice areas to include on this year's Blawg 100. Readers interested in nominating a particular blog…
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Last week, the ABA Journal began work on its 5th annual list of the 100 best legal blogs (or blawgs) and announced that it is seeking the advice of its readers, via the ABAJournal.com website, on which blawgs and practice areas to include on this year's Blawg 100. Readers interested in nominating a particular blog…
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By James DeGiulio — H.R. 2015 Introduced in House to Improve System of Federally Funded Research On May 26, Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) (at right) introduced The American Discoveries – American Jobs Commission Act of 2011 (H.R. 2015), which is designed to stimulate American job growth, advance federal research and development efforts, and support the…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — As it has done in other areas of the law recently (such as Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly), the Supreme Court on Tuesday addressed the requirements for pleadings sufficient to survive a motion to dismiss a complaint for securities law violations, in Matrixx Initiatives Inc. v. Siracusano. The Court's decision…
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The authors and contributors of Patent Docs wish their readers and families a Happy Holidays. Publication of Patent Docs will resume on December 26th.
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By James DeGiulio — On August 2, patients with the rare Fabry disease petitioned the Department of Health and Human Services to exercise the "march-in" powers under the federal Bayh-Dole Act, and issue an open license to use patents needed to manufacture Genzyme's enzyme replacement drug Fabrazyme (see "Genzyme's Manufacturing Issues with Fabrazyme Prompt Patients…
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The authors and contributors of Patent Docs wish their readers and families a Happy Thanksgiving. Publication of Patent Docs will resume on November 28th.
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The authors and contributors of Patent Docs wish their readers and families a Happy Holidays. Publication of Patent Docs will resume on December 27th.
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By Christopher P. Singer — In the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday, we take a closer look at U.S. Patent No. 6,708,440, entitled "Turkey Decoy" (which is admittedly outside our usual biotech/pharma focus). The '440 patent addresses a problem that has long-plagued the turkey hunting arts, specifically that prior turkey decoys were not laterally…
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By Andrew Williams — As many children and partygoers prepare to dress up as the undead for trick-or-treating fun or Halloween-themed parties, the scientific community is taking the potential of a Zombie attack more seriously. A group of mathematicians at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University (also in Ottawa) have prepared a paper…
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