The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law in August 2022, impacted a wide range of tax laws and touched many aspects of government. Significantly, part of the IRA provides Medicare with the ability to negotiate the...more
7/21/2023
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In Amgen v. Sanofi, the Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the District of Delaware and Federal Circuit findings that Amgen’s functionally defined patent claims to a class of therapeutic antibodies are invalid as...more
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has unveiled a series of new rules that provide for significant changes to the procedures followed in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings, including inter partes...more
4/4/2016
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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) recently provided important guidance for prior art “printed publications” asserted in invalidity challenges under the 2011 Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) concerning a doctoral...more