Donald Zuhn

Donald Zuhn

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP


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Supreme Court Issues Decision in AMP v. Myriad -- Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. (2013)

In a much anticipated decision, the Supreme Court issued its opinion this morning in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. In an opinion by Justice Thomas, joined by Chief Justice Roberts, Justices...more

6/14/2013 - AMP v Myriad Biotechnology DNA Human Genes Myriad Patent-Eligible Subject Matter Patents SCOTUS

USPTO Issues Memo on AMP v. Myriad to Examining Corps

On the same day that the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a one-page memorandum to its Patent Examining Corps...more

6/14/2013 - AMP v Myriad DNA Human Genes Myriad Patent-Eligible Subject Matter Patents SCOTUS USPTO

Rubin v. General Hospital Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2013)

On March 28, the Federal Circuit in Rubin v. General Hospital Corp. affirmed judgment by the District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissing the suit brought by Drs. Berish Rubin and Sylvia Anderson against The...more

5/8/2013 - Biotechnology Human Genes Inventors Patents

A Primer on Claim Construction -- Comments on Dr. Mason's Response

Yesterday, we posted a response from Dr. Chris Mason of Cornell University to a recent Patent Docs post and an article posted by Dr. Chris Holman on Holman's Biotech IP Blog. Dr. Mason co-authored an article in the current...more

4/12/2013 - Claim Construction DNA Gene Patenting Human Genes Patents

Genome Medicine Article Calls for Limits on Patenting of Existing Nucleotide Sequences

In an article published in the current issue of Genome Medicine, Jeffrey Rosenfeld of the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey and Christopher Mason of Cornell University contend that due to the non-specificity of...more

4/3/2013 - DNA Human Genes Myriad Patent-Eligible Subject Matter Patents

IPO Files Amicus Brief in Support of Respondents in AMP v. Myriad Genetics

In an amicus brief filed last week in support of respondents Myriad Genetics, Inc. et al., the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) asked the Supreme Court to affirm the Federal Circuit's decision in Association for...more

3/20/2013 - AMP v Myriad Human Genes Intellectual Property Owners Association Patent-Eligible Subject Matter Patents SCOTUS

Top Three Stories of 2012

Reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its sixth annual list of top biotech/pharma patent stories. For 2012, we identified fifteen stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that...more

1/4/2013 - America Invents Act DNA Human Genes Mayo v. Prometheus Myriad Patent-Eligible Subject Matter

USPTO to Hold Roundtable on Genetic Diagnostic Testing

In a notice published last week in the Federal Register (77 Fed. Reg. 71170), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was interested in gathering "additional information" on independent second opinion genetic...more

12/5/2012 - Human Genes Patents USPTO

AMP v. Myriad Briefed and Distributed for Conference - Update

Last week, the Supreme Court updated its docket for the Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. case to indicate that it has been distributed for conference on November 30. In response to the Petition...more

11/20/2012 - ACLU Human Genes Myriad Patents SCOTUS

AMP v. Myriad Briefed and Distributed for Conference

Earlier today, the Supreme Court updated its docket for the Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. case to indicate that it has now been distributed for conference on November 30. In response to the...more

11/14/2012 - ACLU Human Genes Myriad Patents SCOTUS

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