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Should Preambles “Count” – The Debate Continues

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Warren Woessner

On September 13th, the Fed. Cir. reversed a summary determination of non-infringement which turned on the question of whether or not to give weight to a term that appeared only in the preamble of a claim to a prostate treatment … Continue reading →

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USPTO Proposes Incentivizing Humanitarian Technologies and Licensing

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Warren Woessner

On Monday, the PTO requested comments on the use of the IP system to incentivize humanitarian technologies and licensing to benefit “impoverished population[s].” A grab-bag of concepts and ideas was set forth, with perhaps the most concrete (and marginally useful) … Continue reading →

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U.S. Court of Appeals Stays Decision to Bar Stem Cell Funding

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Warren Woessner

A three judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia stayed the recent district court ruling which voided President Obama’s executive order permitting Federal funding for research on an  expanded number of embryogenic stem cell lines … Continue reading →

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Stem Cell Funding Ban Stayed by D.C. Cir.

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Warren Woessner

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit stayed the order of the D.C. District Court that had nullified President Obama’s executive order restoring Federal funding for research on embryonic stem cells (ESCs) as conflicting with … Continue reading →

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