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Genetic Technologies Affirms Ariosa/Myriad With An Introduction By The Sequenom Petition for Cert.

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Warren Woessner

On April 1st, Lilly filed an amicus brief in favor of Sequenom’s petition for cert. seeking to reverse Ariosa, that caused a lot of buzz in the IP community. (A copy is available at the end of this post.) To … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday to Us! We are 7 Years Old!

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Warren Woessner

In fact, Patents4Life’s birthday was in late March of 2009, but the earliest posts were short papers I wrote for an IP newsletter that no longer exists. However, the s. 101 storm clouds were gathering even then. One article (in … Continue reading →

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Superman Breyer v. Batman Lourie Battle in the Sequenom Petition for Cert.

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Warren Woessner

Since this is an amplification of my last post on the Sequenom petition for cert. in Sequenom v. Ariosa, please go back at read my first post on the petition. I have been arguing for some years that the patent … Continue reading →

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Sequenom Files Petition for Cert. After Invalidation of Cff Patent

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Warren Woessner

Sequenom, the loser in “Ariosa,” has filed a petition seeking Supreme Court review of the Fed. Cir.’s invalidation of the claims of US Pat. No. 6,258,540 as an attempt to claim a natural product, cffDNA. While there is no dispute … Continue reading →

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