Patent Docs

Cleveland Clinic Foundation v. True Health Diagnostics LLC (Fed. Cir. 2017) By Kevin E. Noonan -- Most people have had the experience of becoming lost and, having arrived at their destination, realizing that it was only one false turn that caused their confusion. For those with a physics background one can recall the feature of vector calculus that a small displacement at a...

GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc. (D. Del. 2017) District Court Overrules Defendants' Objections to Magistrate's Report on Lost Profits By Donald Zuhn -- Earlier this month, in GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., U.S. District Judge Leonard P. Stark of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware issued a Memorandum Order...

Conference & CLE Calendar June 27, 2017 - "CRISPR Confusion: A Legal and Practical Analysis for IP Professionals" (Technology Transfer Tactics) - 1:00 to 2:00 pm (Eastern) June 27, 2017 - "Essential Developments in Patent Subject Matter Eligibility: What Lies Ahead in 2017?" (The Knowledge Group) - 12:00 to 2:00 pm (EST) Jun...

IPO Webinar on Exhaustion The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Exhaustion Unleashed: Licensing, Other Business Strategy, and Litigation after Lexmark" on June 28, 2017 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Paul Jahn of Morrison & Foerster LLP; William Krovatin of Merck & Co., Inc.; ...

Webinar on Labeling and Induced Infringement in Pharma Patent Litigation Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Labeling and Induced Infringement in Pharma Patent Litigation and Protecting IP Rights" on July 13, 2017 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT). Thomas L. Irving and Barbara R. Rudolph of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner will provide guida...

Presentation on Japanese Patent Law Developments The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) International Patent Committee will be offering a seminar on "Important Developments in Japanese Patent Law" by Kisaragi Associates on June 30, 2017 from 5:00 to 6:00 pm (CT) in Chicago, IL. The seminar will provide important guidance on i...

Webcast on Developments in Patent Subject Matter Eligibility The Knowledge Group will offer a live webcast entitled "Essential Developments in Patent Subject Matter Eligibility: What Lies Ahead in 2017?" on June 27, 2017 from 12:00 to 2:00 pm (EST). Fang Xie of Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Robert McFarlane of Hanson Bridgett LLP; Mark Thronson of Blank Rome LLP; a...

Novartis AG v. Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Fed. Cir. 2017) By Andrew Williams -- Can a prior art reference that does not contain a teaching sufficient enough to allow it to be used in an obviousness combination nevertheless be used as a background reference for evidence of motivation to combine? Moreover, does it matter if an adjudicating body had concluded...

FDA Relents, Grants Premarket Authorization to 23andMe Genetic Diagnostics Test By Kevin E. Noonan -- On April 6th, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continued to loosen the reins on the genetic diagnostic and DNA analysis company 23andMe with regarding to direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing related to predicting disease risk. While falling short of permitting th...

PTAB Life Sciences Report -- Part I By John Cravero -- About the PTAB Life Sciences Report: Each month we will report on developments at the PTAB involving life sciences patents. Reckitt Benckiser LLC v. Ansell Healthcare Products LLC PTAB Petition: IPR2017-00063; filed October 12, 2016. PTAB Trial Instituted; entered February 1, 2017...

Conference & CLE Calendar February 21, 2017 - "Structuring Collaborative Agreements in Life Sciences -- Drafting Terms to Expand Product Lines, Reduce Costs and Risks, and Leverage and Protect Assets" (Strafford) - 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) February 22, 2017 - "Patent-Eligibility Update: Abstract Ideas in the Federal Circuit and...

IPO Webinar on Willfulness, Enhanced Damages, and Opinions of Counsel The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Willfulness, Enhanced Damages, and Opinion of Counsel Since Halo" on February 23, 2017 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Natalie Hanlon Leh of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Christopher Marchese of Fish &...