Patent & IP news for March 25, 2012

Whatever the Report Says: Can Trade Secrets Really Be That Important?? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

We all rely on anecdotal evidence to help form our understanding of the world, but it seems to this Kat (anecdotally, as it were) that there is little discussion about the robustness of relying on ...

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Definitive Forum on the Realities of Biosimilars from www.patentbaristas.com

What: The only event where the industry leaders driving the business of biosimilars come together to set the standards shaping the rapidly evolving legal and regulatory landscape. Whether you are on the branded or generic ...

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U.S. Supreme Court Strike Down another Patent … Okay, Stay Calm Folks from dcipattorney.com

On March 20, 2012, in an opinion written by Justice Breyer, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Mayo v. Prometheus holding the claimed medical diagnostic methods were ineligible for patent protection ...

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Patent Contingent Fee Litigation from www.ipwatchdog.com

In the last decade, a substantial market has begun to develop for contingent fee representation in patent litigation. Wiley Rein — a traditional general practice law firm with hundreds of attorneys practicing all areas of law ...

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Samsung's designarounds present Apple's source code analysis with moving targets from www.fosspatents.com

A couple of weeks ago, Apple brought a motion for sanctions against Samsung for multiple alleged violations of a court order regarding source code. Many media reported on the motion at the time.

Late on ...

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Super-skill vs. Ordinary Skill from www.717madisonplace.com

The oral argument in In re  Ammar Al Ali, App. No. 2011-1086 (Fed. Cir. 2012)  had a couple of interesting sound bites that I thought might be of interest.  In this first sound bite, Chief ...

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CLE on Patent Prosecution after the AIA from www.patentdocs.org

Law Seminars International (LSI) will be offering a one-hour analysis on "New Best Practices for Patent Prosecution after the AIA" on March 29, 2012 beginning at 1:00 am (Eastern). Paul R. Gupta of Orrick ...

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Webinar on Proceedings before New PTAB from www.patentdocs.org

Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Contested Proceedings Before the New Patent Trial and Appeal Board: Navigating PTO Practice Under the New Procedures" on April 3, 2012 from 1:00 - 2:30 pm (EDT ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

March 26-27, 2012 - PTO Procedures under the America Invents Act*** (American Conference Institute) - New York, NY March 27, 2012 - The Biosimilar Drug Approval Pathway: Draft FDA Guidance and Beyond (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) - 10 ...

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Court Report from www.patentdocs.org

By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. AstraZeneca AB et al v. Mylan Laboratories Ltd. et al. 1:12-cv-00300; filed March 12, 2012 ...

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Vote on Richard Taranto Held Over from www.717madisonplace.com

The nomination of Richard Taranto to the Federal Circuit as well as the nominations of other judges were on the schedule of the Senate Judiciary Committee for March 22nd, 2012; but, discussion of those nominations ...

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