Late last month, a group of intellectual property organizations sent a letter to members of Congress and officials at the Patent and Copyright Offices to express their support for the United States' continued opposition to...more
Last month, Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) President Daniel J. Staudt sent a letter on behalf of the IPO to President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris "to recommend that intellectual...more
Last month, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announced the release of a BIO commissioned study that estimates the economic impact of academic licensing between 1996 and 2013. The study, entitled "The Economic...more
Last month, in Promega Corp. v. Life Technologies Corp., the Federal Circuit determined that U.S. Patent Nos. 5,843,660; 6,221,598; 6,479,235; and 7,008,771, which are owned by Promega Corp., are invalid under 35 U.S.C. §...more
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...more
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