Patent & IP news for October 25, 2017

International patent litigation and arbitration in London from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The friends at Informa wish to let IPKat readers know that their annual conference on International Patent Litigation & Arbitration returns to London on 8 December to discuss the latest developments in this area of the ...

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IPKat comment moderation policy from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Do not make Merpel angry, or...The comment section of IPKat posts is a place for vigourous debate, often adding valuable insights to the posts. In fact, Merpel has heard that some people visit IPKat ...

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Teva v Gilead: Swiss court bashes ECJ on SPC "mess" from ipkitten.blogspot.com

As reported on the SPC Blog, on 3 October 2017, the Swiss Federal Patent Court issued a judgment confirming the validity of Gilead’s Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) for a composition containing tenofovir disoproxil with ...

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Book Review: Form in Intellectual Property Law from ipkitten.blogspot.com

With 'Form in Intellectual Property Law', David Booton gifts future generations of IP lawyers, researchers and practitioners alike, with a precious present: a tool to make sense of contradicting legal judgments in patent, copyright and ...

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PTAB Life Sciences Report from www.patentdocs.org

By John Cravero -- About the PTAB Life Sciences Report: Each month we will report on developments at the PTAB involving life sciences patents. Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries, Ltd. v. Novartis AG PTAB Petition: IPR2017-01929; filed August ...

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No Progress On WTO Appellate Body Appointments As Ranks Thinning from www.ip-watch.org

The imbroglio which might cause a major impediment to the World Trade Organization's functioning is thickening as the United States continues to block the selection process to fill vacancies in the WTO Appellate Body ...

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WHO Draft 5-Year Plan Would Focus On Impact, Innovation; Be Discreet On Medicines Access from www.ip-watch.org

After the new head of the World Health Organization provided his vision for his tenure of the global health institution this summer, the organisation is working on its next programme of work for the period ...

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Health Group Challenges Gilead Patents In The US On Grounds Of Lack Of Novelty from www.ip-watch.org

A health advocacy group today announced that it has challenged a set of United States patents for a hepatitis C medicine. The group says drug maker Gilead Sciences has obtained unmerited patents for sofosbuvir, blocking ...

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FAO Calls On WTO Ministerial Conference To Protect Small Farmers from www.ip-watch.org

As the biennial World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference is drawing closer, a number of stakeholders are pushing for their priorities to be heard. For its part, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ...

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Oil States Briefing: Linking AIA Trials to Reexaminations from patentlyo.com

Amici briefs supporting AIA Trials and Inter Partes Review are beginning to be filed.   The first brief in is filed by John Vandenberg’s team at Klarquist representing SAP, Gilead, Nautilus, and others.  The Brief ...

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Presenting on Intellectual Property Law at University of Michigan – Flint on November 16, 2017. from anticipatethis.wordpress.com

Patently Good Ideas: Intellectual Property Law for Business and Entrepreneurs With Registered U.S. Patent Attorney Jacob M. Ward Thursday, November 16, 2017 1:00-3:30 p.m. Flint Ferris Wheel 615 S. Saginaw St ...

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