Tag Archives: Federal Circuit

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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O’Malley Nomination To Fed. Cir. Moves Forward

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Warren Woessner

On September 23rd, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination of Judge Kathleen O’Malley (N.D. Ohio) to fill a vacancy on the Federal Circuit. Judge O’Malley has handled significant IP litigation and is married to veteran Covington patent litigator George Pappas. Like … 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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Court Blocks Obama’s Stem Cell Order

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Warren Woessner

In December of 2009, I argued that President Obama’s Executive Order 13505, that lifted President Bush’s 2001 Order banning the use of federal funds for embryonic stem cell (ESC) research, should be a Top Biotech Story of 2009. The Bush … Continue reading →

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