The Dutch & Pharma Policy: A Groundbreaking Presidency from www.ip-watch.org The Netherlands’ Presidency of the European Council proved to be far from quiet in relation to pharmaceutical affairs. June 17 was the concluding Health Ministers Council (EPSCO) that signed off the most strongly-worded conclusions Brussels ...
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Patents for Finding Parking Spaces Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 from docketreport.blogspot.com The court granted defendant's motion to dismiss because the asserted claims of plaintiff’s patents for finding parking spaces encompassed unpatentable subject matter and found that the claims lacked an inventive concept. "[T]he ...
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Privacy Commissioner Seeks Public Input on Consent Model from www.iposgoode.ca The re-posting of this article is part of a cross-posting agreement with CyberLex. On May 11, 2016, Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien announced the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (“OPC”) would seek public input ...
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Congratulations to Professor David Vaver, Inducted into the Order of Canada from www.iposgoode.ca IP Osgoode is delighted to congratulate Professor David Vaver on being inducted into the Order of Canada. Professor Vaver was acknowledged, on the eve of Canada Day on July 1, “for his leadership in intellectual ...
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Method of Selecting Desired Trait from Cell Plate is Patent Eligible from patentlyo.com Rapid Litigation Management v. CellzDirect (Fed. Cir. 2016) In an interesting decision, the Federal Circuit has rejecting a district court Section 101 invalidity finding. On appeal, the Federal Circuit held that the claimed hepatocyte prep-method ...
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US Industry Hopes, Frustrations On IP Rights In India from www.ip-watch.org What do global innovators make of India’s new National Intellectual Property Rights Policy? What do global innovators make of India’s new National Intellectual Property Rights Policy?A recent discussion on “India’s National ...
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CAFC interprets the Biologics Price Competition and Inn ovation Act of 2009 (Biologics Act or BPCIA ); Apotex loses from ipbiz.blogspot.com From the conclusion:
Apotex would infer an outsize consequence from the
mere modesty of the role played by (9)(B)’s mention of
(8)(A). Apotex ’s proposed inference from (9)(B)
would implicitly make ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
RAPID LITIGATION MAN AGEMENT LTD. (FORMERLY CELSIS HOLD INGS, INC.) wins 101 issue at CAFC from ipbiz.blogspot.com A decision of the ND Illinois was reversed and claims were found to survive 101 analysis under Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l, 134 S. Ct. 2347, 2355 (2014):
Even if LTC were correct ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Australian law professor threatened plagiarism charges to exact sexual favors from female law students from ipbiz.blogspot.com From the Canberra Times:
A former University of Canberra law professor accused of sex offences against six female students had threatened to report them for alleged plagiarism, court documents reveal.
link: http://www.canberratimes.com ...
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CAFC interprets the "patent dance" of the Biologics Act (BPCIA ) in favor of patentees from ipbiz.blogspot.com Regulatory Affairs noted the importance of the case:
The ruling has major implications for when biosimilars can be launched and it follows the US Supreme Court’s request in late June that the solicitor general ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook