Tag Archives: Patent Law

Excerpts From Amicus Briefs Supporting Prometheus

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Warren Woessner

This intriguing compilation “Excerpts From 15 AMICI Briefs Supporting Respondent Prometheus: Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.,” was sent to me by Mark Corallo of Corallo Media Strategies, Inc., Alexandria, VA. UNH Law used to be Franklin Pierce Law … Continue reading →

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EPO Ruling On Inventiveness Of Drug Polymorphs

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Warren Woessner

Thank you to Dr. Stefan Danner, a German and European Patent Attorney at DHS Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Munich for letting us post the current issue of the biotech IP newsletter dealing with the recent EPO decision concerning the patentability of … Continue reading →

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EU High Court Bans Patents on Cells Requiring Processing Human Embryos

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Warren Woessner

Defining “human embryos” broadly, The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that pluripotent stem cells derived from human embryos and totipotent stem cells derived from blastocysts are not patentable if they are obtained by destroying human embryos … Continue reading →

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Infringement by Unobvious Changes – A Look (Way) Back

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Warren Woessner

As a much younger attorney, I gave a presentation at the 1990 AIPLA Annual Meeting:  “A Review of Recent Federal Circuit Decisions Relating to Infringement” (AIPLA Selected Legal Papers, 9, 3 (July 1991)), in which I wrestled with the question … Continue reading →

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