Business Better Podcast Episode: Bridging Campuses: Legal Insights on Education Industry Consolidation - Intellectual Property
Rob Sahr on the Administration’s Aggressive Approach to Bayh-Dole Compliance
Intellectual property (“IP”) policy does not weigh heavily on most voters’ minds, and so is not often addressed in presidential campaigns. This past campaign was no different – President-elect Donald Trump did not expressly...more
Intellectual property policy may not have driven many voters to the polls on November 7, but change was on the ballot. Below, we summarize changes in U.S. intellectual property law that you might see starting in January 2025....more
Ex parte reexamination proceedings have been available for over 40 years. The reexamination statutes, Public Law 96-517 of July 1, 1981 (also known as the Bayh-Dole Act), included 35 U.S.C. § 303, which codified, in part,...more
Univ. of South Florida Bd. of Trustees v. United States, Appeal No. 2022-2248 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 9, 2024) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit examined the scope of a provision of the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 (35...more
Last month, Moderna Therapeutics, one of the global leaders in the race to produce a COVID-19 vaccine, made the following statement regarding enforcement of its patents: We feel a special obligation under the current...more
In a precedential decision, issued June 14, 2019, the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s ruling against the University of Minnesota, declining to dismiss petitions for inter partes review (“IPR”). The court rejected the...more
Patenting - Patenting generally offers a superior means for legally protecting most inventions, particularly since: • copyright, when available, does not provide a broad scope of protection; and • the...more