Tag Archives: biotechnology

Essentially biological processes for the production of plants and animals – EPO Enlarged Appeal Board decisions G2/07 and G1/08 – Essentially Biological Processes

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Warren Woessner

From Paul Cole Opinions were handed down on 9th December in the above two cases concerning the scope of the exclusion of a.53(b) EPC 1973. That article is further defined in r.23b(5) EPC 1973, now r.26(5) EPC 2000 which specifies … Continue reading →

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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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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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