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Fish & Richardson

Preparing Your Company for Hatch-Waxman

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The Hatch-Waxman Act regulates the relationship between branded and generic drugmakers and attempts to strike a balance between two competing policy interests — encouraging pioneering drug development and facilitating market...more

Kilpatrick

5 Key Takeaways | Rolling with the Legal Punches: Resetting Patent Strategy to Address Changes in the Law

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Kilpatrick partners Tina McKeon, Michael Bertelson, and Michael Turton recently joined Laura Fritts (Vice President, Intellectual Property, Legal, Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) to present at the annual Kilpatrick...more

Strafford

[Webinar] Obviousness-Type Double Patenting and USPTO Proposed Rules for Terminal Disclaimers - Recent Court Treatment,...

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This CLE webinar will guide patent counsel on obviousness-type double patenting (ODP), including the recent decisions that have relied on Cellect. The panel will also discuss the USPTO's proposed terminal disclaimer rule and...more

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[Webinar] USPTO Examiner Interview Strategies: Preparing for and Conducting Interviews to Advance Patent Prosecution - June 27th,...

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This CLE course will guide patent counsel on leveraging interviews with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patent examiners to prosecute patents more efficiently. The panel will provide insight into...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Patent Thicket Avoidance: PTO Proposes Changes to Terminal Disclaimer Practice

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On May 10, 2024, the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (Notice) concerning major changes to the terminal disclaimer (TD) practice, which may lead to a sea change in patent prosecution...more

Fenwick & West LLP

En Banc Federal Circuit Overrules Longstanding Test for Design Patent Obviousness

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On Tuesday, the en banc Federal Circuit released its highly anticipated decision in LKQ v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC, rejecting as “improperly rigid” the previous standard for evaluating whether a design patent is...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 22nd Advanced Summit on Life Sciences - May 29th - 30th, New York, NY

Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 22nd Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents returns for another exciting year with curated programming that will provide practical insights on how to maximize your patent term...more

Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Practical Steps for Patent Prosecutors Addressing 101 Rejections

For many who draft, prosecute, or examine software-based claims, the Supreme Court’s 2014 opinion in Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International (Alice) kicked off an era of uncertainty and frustration. Based on a...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] IP Focus 2024 | Session 1: The Weaponization of Prosecution Laches - February 21st, 9:00 am - 10:00 am JST

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McDermott is committed to providing insightful commentary on intellectual property (IP) developments from around the world to our Japanese clients. In light of that effort, we are pleased to announce that our free webinar...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

How Your Trade Secret Could Help to Defend Against Claims of Patent Infringement

For companies that need to protect their valuable intellectual property, the choice between trade secret and patent protection can be a difficult one. There are benefits to either approach...more

Polsinelli

Rethinking Examiner Interviews – A Data-Driven Analysis

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Examiner interviews are a powerful but underutilized tool in patent prosecution. Last year, a whopping 75% of patent applications concluded without a single interview in their file history. This data is remarkable since many...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Nothing to See Here: Judge Reznik Finds that Privilege with a Patent Prosecuting Attorney Belongs to the Assignee, Not the...

On November 22, 2023, United States Magistrate Judge Victoria Reznik (S.D.N.Y.) provided some rare insight into “the applicability and scope of the attorney-client privilege as it relates to patent counsel.” Op. at 1. Judge...more

Linda Liu & Partners

Noteworthy Points in the Rules for the Implementation of China's Patent Law 2023

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Recently, the new Rules for the Implementation of Patent Law (hereinafter referred to as "the Rules") has been approved and promulgated by the State Council, and will come into force on January 20, 2024. There are many...more

Kilpatrick

5 Key Takeaways | Best Practices in Patent Drafting: Addressing 112 and Enablement after Amgen

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On December 8, Partner Nena Bains and Counsel Yifan Mao presented “Best Practices in Patent Drafting: Addressing 112 and Enablement After Amgen” at the 24th Annual Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute organized by...more

Linda Liu & Partners

Third Party Observation in Patent Prosecution in China

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In practice, companies regularly search the competitors's related published patent applications to determine whether they pose a threat to their own market activities. If necessary, companies can consider using the third...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

IP Considerations in Protecting Autonomous Vehicle Software with Patents and Copyrights

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As autonomous vehicles and associated software become more commonplace in the automotive industry, it is important to recognize which forms of intellectual property grant protection within quickly evolving areas of technology...more

Haug Partners LLP

Haug Partners Secures Victory Before the PTAB for Sartorius BioAnalytical Instruments, Inc.

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On June 20, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a decision in favor of Haug Partners client Sartorius BioAnalytical Instruments, Inc. (Gator Bio, Inc. v. Sartorius BioAnalytical Instruments, Inc., IPR2023-00215...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

[Webinar] Growing Global: Act Now or Act Later? Unitary Patents and the UPC - May 11th, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT

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One of the biggest changes in international patent law takes effect on June 1, 2023, when Europe's new Unitary Patent System and Unified Patent Court become a reality after years of planning. Join us for a virtual CLE as...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 21st Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents - May 18th - 19th, New York, NY

ACI’s 21st Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents returns to New York City, this May, to provide practical insights on how to maximize your patent term and develop strategies to enhance global protections for your patent...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] C5’s 16th Annual Forum on Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation in Europe - May 23rd - 24th, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Hosted by C5, the 16th Annual Forum on Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation in Europe returns 23-24 May, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Central Station, Amsterdam with curated programing for you to gain the knowledge and...more

Kilpatrick

3 Key Takeaways - Ethics Issues in Patent Prosecution

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Kilpatrick Townsend partner Charles Gray recently co-presented on the topic of “Ethics Issues in Patent Prosecution” at the firm’s annual three-day “Ski-LE” in Colorado. Three key takeaways from the discussion concerning...more

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With Germany’s Ratification, the EU Unified Patent Court Begins June 1, 2023

After years of setbacks, the EU Unified Patent Court (UPC) will begin its work on June 1, 2023. Germany’s ratification of the UPC Agreement on Feb. 17, 2023, triggered a countdown under Article 89 of the UPC Agreement for the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions: Google LLC v. IPA Technologies Inc., 34 F.4th 1081...

Google petitioned for IPR of two patents owned by IPA. Each of the asserted grounds relied on the Martin reference. Martin lists as authors the two inventors of the challenged patents and a third person, Dr. Moran. During...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions: In re McDonald, 43 F.4th 1340 (Fed. Cir. 2022)...

In 2008, McDonald filed a patent application for methods and systems related to the display of primary and secondary search results in response to search queries. The examiner rejected McDonald’s original application as being...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions

As part of the recovery from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit took steps to return to normal operations. It began requiring live oral arguments in August 2022 and, by November,...more

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