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Common Patent for European Union Adopted

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Warren Woessner

The European Union has finally decided to adopt a common patent that will be granted in three languages – English, French and German – but will cover all of the 27 EU countries. Note that there is not a perfect … Continue reading →

Posted in EP and UK Practice | Tagged biotechnology law, EPO, intellectual property, ip, IP law tools, Patent Law, patents, Warren Woessner | Leave a comment

ACI Biotech Conference in Boston – What’s New?

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Warren Woessner

A lot of the speakers will have big changes in patent law and watershed case law to tackle at the American Conference Institute’s 14th Advanced Forum on Biotech Patents in Boston, Nov. 28-29, 2012. I will be speaking with Kevin … Continue reading →

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Federal Circuit to Address Computer-Implemented Inventions En Banc

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Warren Woessner

On October 9, 2012 the Fed. Cir. decided to revisit the divided panel decision in CLE Bank Int’l v. Alice Corp., Appeal No 11-10-1 (Fed. Cir. July 9, 2012) en banc. (A copy can be found at the end of … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court to Review Monsanto v. Bowman

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Warren Woessner

On Friday, Oct 5th, the Supreme Court granted cert. to review the Fed. Cir.’s decision in Monsanto Co. v. Bowman, App. no. 2010-1068 (Fed. Cir. September 21, 2011). (A copy of the decision is at the end of this post.) … Continue reading →