Tag Archives: intellectual property

Patentability Issues for Plants in the EPO

While this decision from the EPO Technical Board of Appeal raises more questions than it answers, it does a very good job of framing the issues and uncertainty regarding the patentability of plants in the EPO. The claim was to … Continue reading

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Wyeth v. Abbott Labs. – Picking Plaintiff’s Poison

In July of 2011, I wrote a post for this blog on BSC v. J&J, a Fed. Cir. decision in which four J&J patents claiming stents eluting rapamycin, a drug that inhibits restenosis after balloon angioplasty, were held invalid for … Continue reading

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Finally, A Reasonable Decision

This is a guest post from Greg Stark, attorney at Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner. Attached at the end of this post is an annotated copy of the June 21st decision from the Federal Circuit in Ultramercial v. Hulu. The underlying patent … Continue reading

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Association For Molecular Pathology V Myriad Genetics – An Isolated Local Difficulty?

Paul Cole, Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Bournemouth University and European Patent Attorney at Lucas & Co, Warlingham, Surrey, UK discusses yesterdays Myriad ruling by the Supreme Court. How does yesterday’s Supreme Court decision match international opinion on the patentability … Continue reading

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