Tag Archives: biotechnology law

Review of Indian Working Requirements

This newsletter (attached below) from a leading Indian firm, contains a good review of the perils of the working requirement in India. It also provides a good summary of three recent decisions holding pharma patents invalid for obviousness. What is striking is … Continue reading

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Evidentiary, My Dear Watson; Biosig, Instruments v. Nautilus, Inc.

This is a guest post from Ronald Schutz of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi. In Biosig, Instruments v. Nautilus, Inc., a unanimous panel of the Federal Circuit had little trouble deducing the definiteness of the patent at issue despite a … Continue reading

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Bosch, Ultramercial, Commil, Fresenius: All-Star Break

A guest post from Ron Schutz of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi The Federal Circuit goes into the symbolic half-way point of summer leading the league with a series of homerun opinions. To keep the games back gap on updates … Continue reading

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Senator Leahy Urges NIH to Exercise “March-in” Rights on Myriad’s Tests

The Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 grants universities the right to elect to take title in any patent application and patent that was made by their researchers with the support of the Government, e.g., NIH. 35 USC s. 200 et seq. This … Continue reading

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