Monthly Archives: October 2009

Who Owns First? Stanford University v. Roche Molecular Systems

Attached is an article written by Ron Schutz of Robins, Kaplan, Miller and Ciresi and is posted with his permission. APaTS Who Owns First.pdf

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SECOND PAIR OF EYES REVIEW – IS THE WICKED WITCH REALLY DEAD?

I have heard rumors for some months that the dreaded “Second Pair of Eyes” review of Examiners’ intent-to-allow patent applications had been eliminated. For those of you who are not on the front lines of patent prosecution, the “SPOE” review … Continue reading

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JUDGE RADER DEFENDS THE FUTURE OF IP

Judge Randall Rader of the Federal Circuit was the luncheon speaker at the AIPLA Annual Meeting Friday in DC and, as usual, he spoke well. So many of his fellow- (and one female) judges where there that he quipped: “Now … Continue reading

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TALKING WRITTEN DESCRIPTION REQUIREMENT BLUES – ARIAD WOBBLES

On October 5, 2009, Ariad filed a 60 page brief (not counting attached appendices) with the Federal Circuit in support of its appeal in Ariad v. Lilly. (Attached below.) As you will recall from my post of August 24th, the … Continue reading

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