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Month: January 2016
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari to review the Federal Circuit's decision that the U.S. Patent and Trademark's Patent Trial and Appeal Board was entitled to perform claim construction in inter partes review proceedings using the broadest reasonable interpretation standard. This case, Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee, has…
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By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.1:15-cv-00806; filed September 11, 2015 in the District Court of Delaware • Plaintiff: Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V.• Defendants: Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.; Teva Pharmaceutical…
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January 20, 2016 – "Patent Eligibility Post-Alice: Practical Advice for Navigating the Current 35 USC § 101 Regime" (American Intellectual Property Law Association) – 12:30 – 2:00 pm (Eastern) January 20, 2016 – "Insider Threat: Employee Mobility and Trade Secrets" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET) January 21, 2016 – "Top…
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McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar on "Patentable Subject Matter after Alice: Best Practices for Addressing 35 U.S.C. § 101" on February 24, 2016 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT). In this presentation, Patent Docs contributor and MBHB attorney Michael S. Borella, Ph.D. will review the case law,…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Insider Threat: Employee Mobility and Trade Secrets" on January 20, 2016 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Clifford Atlas of Jackson Lewis, Buckmaster De Wolf of General Electric Co., and Randall Kay of Jones Day will discuss best practices for safeguarding trade secret…
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The fourth annual Naples Patent Experts Conference will be held on February 8-9, 2016 at the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club in Naples, FL. The conference, which is presented by the University of Akron School of Law, will feature presentations on current significant topics by leading jurists, scholars, and practitioners from the United States…
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The Chisum Patent Academy will be offering its next Advanced Patent Law Seminar on March 10-11, 2016 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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By Joseph Herndon — Genband US LLC sued Metaswitch for infringement of claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,772,210 ("the '210 Patent") and U.S. Patent No 7,047,561 ("the '561 Patent") in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Marshall Division), each of which arguably includes software patent claims. On January 6, 2016, the…
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By Claire Gregg & Martin O'Brien — Following the recent public consultation in view of the Australian High Court's decision in D'Arcy v Myriad Genetics ("Myriad"), IP Australia has released new Examination Guidelines for applications which may be affected by the decision. The full Examination Guidelines, which can be found here, apply immediately to pending…
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By Sherri Oslick — About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Sage Labs Inc. v. Transposagen Biopharmaceuticals Inc.1:15-cv-00791; filed September 9, 2015 in the District Court of Delaware Declaratory judgment of non-infringement and invalidity of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,558,055 ("Genetically Modified Rat Comprising a Cytokine…
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