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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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Department Of Justice Weighs In On Myriad DNA Claims

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Warren Woessner

In an Amicus Brief dated October 29, 2010, (link at the end of this post) the U.S. Department of Justice (not the Solicitor’s Office of the PTO or the NIH) filed an amicus brief urging the Federal Circuit to affirm … Continue reading →

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Bertram Rowland 1930 – 2010. Biotech Patent Pioneer Dies

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Warren Woessner

died recently after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He had a long and productive career in patent law, but will always be known as the attorney who prepared and prosecuted the Cohen-Boyer patent (U.S. Pat. No. 4.237,224) on cloning a … Continue reading →

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