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America Invents Act › Product of Nature Doctrine

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The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 2011 aimed at simplifying the U.S. patent system and allowing inventions to be brough to market sooner. The AIA makes significant changes to the patent system, including changing from a first-to-invent scheme to a first-to-file scheme, eliminating interference proceedings and developing post-grant opposition. less -

Patent Law Update for Medical Device Companies 2018 (Presentation)

Knobbe Martens on 12/5/2018

Knobbe Martens Partners Paul Conover, Irfan Lateef, and Curtis Huffmire presented "Patent Law Update for Medical Device Companies 2018" at the MedTech Innovation Summit in San Francisco, CA on November 28, 2018. This session...more

Intellectual Property Impacts of In Vitro Gametogenesis

Knobbe Martens on 5/25/2018

In vitro gametogenesis (IVG) is a recent development in reproductive technology, and has been used for creating mouse embryos in vitro. IVG includes obtaining cells from a donor (such as skin cells), and differentiating the...more

Patent Rights in the U.S.: Is the Pendulum Finally Swinging Back to Center?

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 9/30/2016

The U.S. patent system has long struggled to strike a balance that both encourages patent rights and prevents patent abuse. Finding that balance requires giving patent owners the right amount of patent enforcement power,...more

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America Invents Act › Product of Nature Doctrine

Patent Law Update for Medical Device Companies 2018 (Presentation)

Intellectual Property Impacts of In Vitro Gametogenesis

Patent Rights in the U.S.: Is the Pendulum Finally Swinging Back to Center?

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