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Month: September 2019
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By Kevin E. Noonan — In a brief Order issued September 25, 2019, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board authorized the Junior Party (the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier; collectively, "CVC") in Interference No. 106,115 to file a motion opposing Senior Party's (the Broad…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Doctrine of Equivalents: Impact of Recent Federal Circuit Decisions on Prosecution and Litigation" on October 2, 2019 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). John Livingstone of Finnegan, Sailesh Patel of Schiff Hardin, and Adam Perlman of Williams & Connoly will help practitioners understand…
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Loeb & Loeb LLP will be offering a webinar entitled "Vive la différence — What you need to know to survive Canada's Patent Law changes" on October 2, 2019 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm (EST). H. Samuel Frostand Patricia Folkins of Bereskin & Parr LLP will discuss the 2019 revisions to the Canadian Patent Rules…
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Clyde & Co and McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be hosting an onsite program from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm on October 14, 2019 at The Studio at White City Place in London, England. The program will offer presentations on the following topics: • Patenting In the USA: Is There Anything Patent Eligible?…
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October 2, 2019 – "Doctrine of Equivalents: Impact of Recent Federal Circuit Decisions on Prosecution and Litigation" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET) October 2, 2019 – "Vive la différence — What you need to know to survive Canada's Patent Law changes" (Loeb & Loeb LLP) – 12:00 to 1:00 pm…
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By Donald Zuhn — Last week, in Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. v. Iancu, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia affirming a determination by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) for U.S. Patent No. 8,648,077. In affirming the District Court's grant…
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Land Rover's Patented "Terrain Response Technology" Found Patent Eligible By Joseph Herndon — In 2016, Bentley Motors Ltd. and Bentley Motors, Inc. launched their first SUV, the Bentayga, which is a direct competitor to Jaguar Land Rover Ltd.'s (JLR) Range Rover model. JLR's patented Terrain Response technology is included on certain vehicles, and the Bentayga…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Friday, the Broad Institute (and its partners as Senior Party, Harvard University and MIT) filed its opposition to an authorized motion for protective order by the Junior Party (the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier; collectively, "CVC") as well as its Substantive Motion No. 1…
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By Donald Zuhn — Earlier this month, in Phigenix, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California striking the infringement opinion of Phigenix's expert and granting summary judgment of noninfringement based on a lack of evidence of both direct infringement and intent…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — A question of sovereign immunity, which has come before the Federal Circuit in many guises of late (Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Regents of the University of Minnesota v. LSI Corp.), arose again in Board of Regents of the University of Texas System v. Boston Scientific Corp.…
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