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Month: April 2010
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April 27-28, 2010 – 4th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes*** (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY April 27-28, 2010 – Corporate IP Counsel Summit (World Research Group) – New York, NY April 29, 2010 – 26th Annual Joint Patent Practice Seminar (Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Associations) – New York,…
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The Law Bulletin Publishing Company will be holding its Corporate Intellectual Property Law Conference on May 25, 2010 in Chicago, IL. The conference will address the following topics: • General Session — A discussion of conflicts and ethical challenges facing management and outside counsel;• Patent Track Sessions —• Patent Law Update: A discussion of recent…
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Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine will be hosting its next IP Business Congress on June 20-22, 2010 in Munich, Germany. The IP Business Congress is designed to meet the needs of senior business executives responsible for the creation and management of IP value inside corporations, as well as those who advise them. Among the plenary…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — On April 13th, the Department of Commerce released a White Paper entitled "Patent Reform: Unleashing Innovation, Promoting Economic Growth & Producing High-Paying Jobs." All admirable goals, but unfortunately the paper is more hortatory than informatory. Disappointingly, department economists, including Mark Doms, the chief department economist, and Stuart Graham, Chief…
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By Donald Zuhn — In a press release issued earlier this month, MPEG LA, LLC announced that it was launching an initiative to enhance the availability of gene patents for diagnostic testing. MPEG LA, which describes itself as the world's leading packager of patent pools for standards and other technology platforms, would accomplish this…
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By Donald Zuhn –- On Friday, the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), a trade association representing the U.S. venture capital industry, released the results of its latest MoneyTree Report on venture funding. The study, conducted with PriceWaterhouseCoopers based on data from Thomson Reuters, indicates that venture capitalists invested $4.7 billion in 681 deals in…
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By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Biovail Laboratories International SRL v. Paddock Laboratories, Inc.0:10-cv-01571; filed April 15, 2010 in the District Court of Minnesota Infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,569,610 ("Modified Release Formulations of a Bupropion Salt," issued August 4,…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — At least since William Shockley's crackpot racial theories had their brief moment in the public discourse, it has been evident that merely achieving a Nobel Prize is not a guarantee of Solomonic wisdom, particularly outside the recipient's field of expertise. Or perhaps it is just a reflection of the…
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By Donald Zuhn — On last Thursday's "Colbert Report," host Stephen Colbert turned his attention to the Association of Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office case that was decided on March 29. Pointing to the result in the BRCA1/2 gene patent case, Mr. Colbert said he had found "a reason to be…
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April 19-21, 2010 – Intellectual Property Counsels Committee (IPCC) Spring Conference & Meeting (Biotechnology Industry Organization) – New Orleans, LA April 22, 2010 – "Bio-Similars: The New Litigation Landscape" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 – 3:00 PM (EST) April 23-24, 2010 – 12th Comprehensive PCT Seminar (Franklin Pierce Law Center & World Intellectual Property…
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