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CVC Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 3 To Add Claims in ToolGen Patent

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. 3 in Interference No. 106,127 (which...more

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PTAB Hears Oral Argument on Motions in Interference No. 106,115

On Monday, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) heard oral argument (remotely) from Senior Party the Broad Institute (and its partners as Senior Party, Harvard University and MIT) and Junior Party the University of...more

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CVC Files Reply to Broad Opposition to CVC's Motion to Exclude Broad Evidence

On April 17th, CVC filed its Reply to Broad's Opposition (filed on April 9th) to CVC's Miscellaneous Motion No. 2 to Exclude Evidence filed (on April 2nd), in Interference No 106,155 between Senior Party The Broad Institute,...more

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Broad Reply No. 3 to CVC's Opposition No. 3 to Broad's Motion No. 3 to De-designate Claims as Not Corresponding to Count No. 1

On March 23rd, Senior Party The Broad Institute, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (collectively, "Broad") filed its Reply to Junior Party the University of California/Berkeley, the University...more

Knobbe Martens

Federal Circuit Finds That a Variant Polypeptide Sequence Infringes Under the Doctrine of Equivalents

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Ajinomoto Co., Inc. vs. CH Cheiljedang Corp. (2018-1590, 2018-1629) - In a pair of cross-appeals from the International Trade Commission, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Commission’s ruling that one of CJ CheilJedang...more

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Trustees of Columbia University v. Illumina, Inc. (Fed Cir. 2015)

One of the first IPR petitions ever filed, IPR2012-0006, was related to biotechnology -- specifically DNA sequencing. Illumina, Inc. filed that petition, and two others, IPR2012-00007 and IPR2013-00011, against patents owned...more

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Federal Circuit Holds Full Sequence Not Required for Invention of DNA

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In Sanofi-Aventis v. Pfizer, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed the USPTO’s determination that Pfizer had proven an earlier date of invention of the DNA sequence at issue, even though it did not have the full, correct...more

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