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Month: December 2014
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By Donald Zuhn — After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its eighth annual list of top patent stories. For 2014, we identified eighteen stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had (or are likely to have) the greatest impact on patent practitioners and…
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By Andrew Williams — Is the ability to obtain personal jurisdiction against an ANDA filer for a Hatch-Waxman-type litigation going to become exceedingly more difficult? In the past, jurisdiction against such a defendant was often predicated on general jurisdiction, analyzing whether the party's contacts with the forum "are so continuous and systematic as to render…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The disconnect between patents and medicine (and more particularly, between physicians who prescribe patented drugs and the pharmaceutical companies who produce them) was illustrated nicely in a recent dustup between doctors working for the National Health Service in the UK and innovator drug company Pfizer over its patented Lyrica® drug…
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By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. et al. v. Par Pharmaceutical Inc.1:14-cv-01494; filed December 18 2014 in the District Court of Delaware • Plaintiffs: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.; Novartis AG• Defendant: Par Pharmaceutical Inc. Infringement of U.S. Patent…
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January 8, 2015 – "Proving and Avoiding Inequitable Conduct in Patent Prosecution and Litigation — Leveraging Court Treatment Post-Therasense and the AIA's Answer to Inequitable Conduct Issues" (Strafford) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) January 13-14, 2015 – Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents (American Conference Institute) – New York, NY January 15, 2015 –…
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The American Bar Association (ABA) Center for Professional Development and Section of Intellectual Property Law will be offering a live webinar entitled "IPR Defense: An Overview of Strategic Considerations and Potential Pitfalls From the Patent Owner's Perspective" on January 29, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (ET). Jonathan Rudolph Kominek Stroud will moderate a panel…
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The University of San Diego School of Law will be hosting its 5th Annual Patent Law Conference on January 16, 2015 in the Manchester Conference Center Auditorium at the University of San Diego. The conference, which is entitled "Patent Invalidity after the America Invents Act," will feature a lunch keynote by Hon. Raymond Chen, Circuit…
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Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Obviousness Standard After the AIA: Leveraging Latest PTO and Court Guidance — Overcoming Challenges of Obviousness and Attacks on Patent Validity" on January 15, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST). Barry J. Herman of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice and Jon Schuchardt of Dilworth IP will provide…
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The Chisum Patent Academy will be offering its next Advanced Patent Law Seminar on March 5-6, 2015 in Cincinnati, OH. The seminar is co-taught by Donald Chisum, author of the treatise Chisum on Patents (LexisNexis), and Janice Mueller, who was a tenured full Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law from 2004-2011. The…
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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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