Intellectual Property – May 23, 2012

by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 5/23/2012

As part of its efforts to implement the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a Federal Register notice (77 Fed. Reg. 3748) earlier this year indicating that the Office had begun to...more

by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 5/22/2012

About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Orion Corp. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. 1:12-cv-00523; filed April 26, 2012 in the District Court of...more

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/22/2012

Originally published in Law360, New York, May 21, 2012 -- On March 26, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a much anticipated GVR (grant [certiorari], vacate and remand) order in the Association for Molecular Pathology v. the...more

by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/21/2012

Last month, we wrote about the proposed settlement on "mechanical royalties" under Section 115 of the Copyright Act. These royalties are paid when "reproductions" are made of a musical composition. In the analog world, these...more

by Mintz Levin - Intellectual Property on 5/18/2012

As previously posted, ICANN’s TLD application system (“TAS”) has been plagued by a “technical glitch ” that has caused the online application system for new generic top level domains (gTLDs) to be taken offline in order to...more

by Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP on 5/18/2012

Representing a compromise in the pharmaceutical industry in balancing patent exclusivity against market competition, the effect of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act (commonly known as the Hatch-Waxman...more

by Lawyers.com on 5/17/2012

Farmers, seed distributors and food justice organizations filed an appeal after their lawsuit against agricultural giant Monsanto was dismissed. More than 80 plaintiffs, including the Organic Seed Growers and Trade...more

by Howard Ullman on 5/17/2012

In Apple, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Case No. 11-CV-01846 (N.D. Cal. May 14, 2012) (Koh, J.), a patent case, the court refused to dismiss Apple’s counterclaims, including a Sherman Act § 2 counterclaim, against...more