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Category Archives: Patent Eligible Subject Matter
USPTO Report on State of Confirmatory Genetic Testing Comes off the Waffle Iron
In 2011—after the Fed. Cir. decision in Myriad upholding claims to BRACA1 and 2 genes—the PTO was tasked by a section of the AIA with providing Congress with a report on the effect of patenting on confirmatory genetic testing. The … Continue reading
Physiology/Medicine Nobels Awarded for Discoveries of “Natural Products”
In re Roslin Institute, a Fed. Cir. panel consisting of Judges Dyk, Moore and Wallach ruled that clones including Dolly the sheep were not patent eligible. Judge Dyk, writing for the panel endorsed the “markedly different” structure requirement for patent eligibility … Continue reading
Shire v. Amneal Pharma – Adjusting the Rearview Mirror
While the IP law world is being rocked by new developments in biosimilars, patent-eligible subject matter and IPR’s, it is almost refreshing to see a decision upholding the validity of claims to a “small molecule” drug based on application of … Continue reading
Another Claim Bites the Dust left by Teva v. Sandoz
Although the jury found the claims valid, and the Fed. Cir. affirmed, this decision, which found that the claims were not insolubly ambiguous, was revisited by the Fed. Cir. While there are pages on issue preclusion, in the end, the … Continue reading