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Bayh-Dole Act Turns Thirty – Dec. 1st Fete Planned

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Warren Woessner

With major litigation looming over invention ownership rights affected by the Bayh Dole Act (see my post of November 3rd on Stanford v. Roche), the link below is to a site created by AUTM and a number of other organizations … Continue reading →

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PTO Proposes Simplified Appeal Process – Compared to What?

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Warren Woessner

  On November 15th, Director Kappos published 21 pages of proposed rulemaking entitled “Rules of Practice Before the [BPAI] in Ex parte Appeals.” 75 Fed. Reg. 69828 (Nov. 15, 2010). (A copy is available at the end of this post.) … Continue reading →

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Federal Circuit Clarifies Prosecution Laches

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Warren Woessner

  The facts of Cancer Research Tech. v. Barr Labs., Inc., App. No. 2010-1204 (Fed. Cir. November 9, 2010) (PDF at end of post) are almost more interesting than the holding, which is : “We…now hold that to establish [the … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court To Address Scope Of Bayh-Dole Act

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Warren Woessner

On Monday, November 1st, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Stanford v. Roche, 583 F.3d 832 (Fed. Cir. 2009), in which the Fed. Cir. decided that a professor could void his University-employer’s rights under the Bayh-Dole act to elect title … Continue reading →

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