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The Dangers of Secret Prior Art

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It is well-established that the availability of a prior art reference is dependent on the “effective filing date” of a patent or patent application. Any practitioner seeking to invalidate a patent knows that the ideal...more

Haug Partners LLP

Mylan Failed to “Immediately Envisage” the Compounds in Merck’s Patent Covering Januvia

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In Mylan Pharm. Inc. v. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., the Federal Circuit considered whether prior disclosure of a genus of compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts was sufficient to anticipate, under 35 U.S.C....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Sigma-Aldrich Files Substantive Preliminary Motion 1 to Change the Count in Interference No. 106,132

On November 19th, Senior Party Sigma-Aldrich filed its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 in CRISPR Interference No. 106,132 (where the Broad Institute, Harvard University and MIT, collectively, "Broad" is the Junior Party)...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

ToolGen Files Reply Brief to CVC's Opposition to its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 2

In June, Senior Party ToolGen filed its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 2 to deny Junior Party the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") priority...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

ToolGen Files Opposition to Broad Preliminary Motion No. 3 to De-Designate Claims as Corresponding to Either Interference Count

On May 28th, Junior Party the Broad Institute, Harvard University, and MIT (collectively, "Broad") filed its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 3 in CRISPR Interference No. 106,126 (where ToolGen is the Senior Party).  This...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

ToolGen Files Opposition to CVC Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 for Priority Benefit

On May 20th, Junior Party the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") filed its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 in Interference No. 106,127 (which...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

CVC Files Opposition to ToolGen's Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 2

In June, Senior Party ToolGen filed its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 2 to deny Junior Party the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") priority...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

ToolGen Files Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 2 to Deny CVC of Priority Benefit

In Interference No. 106,115 between Senior Party the Broad Institute (joined by Harvard University and MIT) and Junior Party the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Vienna; and Emmanuelle Charpentier...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

“Consisting Essentially Of:” Expanding the Scope of Indefiniteness

The Federal Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s determination, holding a group of patents invalid for indefiniteness. In December 2014, HZNP Medicines LLC (“Horizon”) brought suit against Actavis Laboratories UT,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

AIA Survives Constitutional Challenge to Applicability to Pre-AIA Filings

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision finding that the America Invents Act (AIA) is constitutionally sound as applied to patents issuing on applications filed...more

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