Last month, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) and Harrity Analytics announced the release of the 40th annual list of the top 300 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (see "Top 300 Organizations...more
After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 16th annual list of top patent stories. For 2022, we identified ten stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had...more
On December 16, the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights of the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a report recommending that the General Council extend the deadline by which the WTO would...more
On March 2, 2022, the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued General License No. 13, which authorized "U.S. persons . . . to pay taxes, fees, or import duties, and purchase or...more
Last week, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo (at right) to express their "grave concerns with the so called 'compromise' agreement...more
Earlier today, the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), Licensing Executives Society (LES) International, LES USA & Canada, and New York Intellectual Property...more
A Reuters report published last week indicated that the United States, European Union, India, and South Africa had reached an agreement on a waiver with respect to patents for COVID-19 vaccines. The text of the compromise...more
According to a Reuters report published earlier today, the United States, European Union, India, and South Africa have reached an agreement on a waiver with respect to patents for COVID-19 vaccines...more
In an open letter posted on February 26, six life sciences business leaders called on other members of their industry "to cease all business involvement in Russia." The authors of the open letter included Meg Alexander,...more
Following the release earlier this month of its annual list of the top 300 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (which Harrity Analytics compiles with the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)), Harrity...more
Last month, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) and Harrity Analytics announced the release of the 39th annual list of the top 300 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (see "Top 300 Organizations...more
Earlier this month, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property of the Senate Committee of the Judiciary, wrote to United States Trade Representative Katherine C. Tai to express...more
Last week, United States Trade Representative Katherine C. Tai responded to a series of letters sent by a group of Senators regarding a proposal by India and South Africa to waive certain provisions of the World Trade...more
In a message distributed to Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) members, Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath, BIO President and CEO, released a declaration signed by the corporate and organizational leaders of 209 global...more
Yesterday, Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) wrote to President Joseph Biden to share his concerns regarding the Biden Administration's support for waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines and urge the President...more
On Friday, Dr. Albert Bourla, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pfizer, sent an open letter to Pfizer employees regarding the U.S. Trade Representative's announcement last week that the Biden-Harris Administration...more
Last month, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) sent separate letters urging the Biden Administration to join the European Union, United Kingdom,...more
Earlier today, a group of fifteen industry and trade organizations sent a letter to five members of the Biden Administration, to express their strong support for the Administration's work to leverage international mechanisms...more
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Last month, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) and Harrity Analytics announced the release of the 38th annual list of the top 300 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (see "IPO & Harrity Analytics...more
In a notice published earlier this summer in the Federal Register (85 Fed. Reg. 41570), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was extending the Cancer Immunotherapy Pilot Program. ...more
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Last week, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) and Harrity Analytics announced the release of the 37th annual list of the top 300 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (see...more
Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued two reports suggesting that declining private investment and lack of innovation in the development of new antibiotics is undermining efforts to combat drug-resistant...more
On November 26, 2019, in Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Wyeth LLC, the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded two final written decisions by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board finding claim 18 of...more
Last month, in Enzo Life Sciences, Inc. v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware finding the asserted claims of U.S. Patent Nos....more
Last month, in Illumina, Inc. v. Natera, Inc., District Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denied a motion to dismiss filed by Defendant Natera, Inc., to dismiss a complaint...more