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USPTO Proposes Incentivizing Humanitarian Technologies and Licensing

On Monday, the PTO requested comments on the use of the IP system to incentivize humanitarian technologies and licensing to benefit “impoverished population[s].” A grab-bag of concepts and ideas was set forth, with perhaps the most concrete (and marginally useful) … Continue reading

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Pharmaceutical Patent Protection and Enforcement Conference

Warren Woessner will be a speaker on September 28th at Q1 Productions’ “Pharmaceutical Patent Protection and Enforcement Conference” in Baltimore, MD.  Warren will speak on “Myriad: The District Court’s Opinion & Road Ahead”, a topic that has been the subject … Continue reading

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USPTO Issues “2010 KSR Guidelines Update”

On September 1st, the Office of Patent Legal Administration (I didn’t know there was one) issued 17 pages in the Fed. Reg. (Vol. 75, 53643) updating its obviousness guidelines. (A copy of the guidelines is found at the end of … Continue reading

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University IP In The News – Expedited Examination And March-In Request

On July 29th, Rep. Frank Wolf (D.-Va.) introduced H.R. 5980 that would give priority to examination of patent applications filed by U.S. universities and by their “patent holding companies.” The definition of the latter seems a bit vague, but is … Continue reading

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